I am a navigator at heart, so I tend to travel with multiple GPS units. (GPS, especially handheld, cheap GPS [and really, GPS built into mobile phones] is what made an entire generation of navigator wanna-bes into virtual navigators. (With the phone GPS, just because you can’t make calls doesn’t mean you can’t figure out where you are.)
I’ve tracked all of our cruises, and then used Google Maps to mark where we’ve been. (I have a bunch of airports and hotels marked from all of my business travel, as well, but that’s another site.)
My goal was to always be on a different ship or at least go to different ports, which we did for the first few years, but we’ve fallen off since then, mainly because we’ve found we prefer some ships (or classes of ship) and some ports. Plus, you can’t get everywhere in the Caribbean without your own boat, and I’m still working on that. In fact, we just did the exact same cruise twice in three months (and the same basic cruise three times in a year on three different ships), so we’re probably officially off the rails on the original plan.
- Christmas Cruise XI ( December 2019) – MSC Divina
- Summer Cruise I (May 2019) – MSC Seaside
- Anniversary II (February 2019) – Norwegian Bliss
- Christmas Cruise X (December 2018) – Norwegian Breakaway
- Alaska I (August 2018) – Norwegian Bliss
- Spirit of Peoria River Cruise (May 2018 – solo)
- Christmas Cruise IX (December 2017) – Norwegian Jade
- Transatlantic IV (April 2017) – Norwegian Epic
- Christmas Cruise VIII (December 2016) – Norwegian Getaway
- Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (September 2016) – Carnival Freedom
- Spring Cruise I (February 2016) – Norwegian Jade
- Christmas Cruise VII (December 2015) – Norwegian Jade
- Harbor Lights Cruise To Nowhere (July 26, 2015) – Harbor Lights
- Transatlantic III (April 2015) – Norwegian Epic
- Vow Renewal (February 2015) – Norwegian Getaway
- Christmas VI (December 2014) – Norwegian Pearl
- Transatlantic II (April 2014) – Norwegian Epic
- Christmas V (December 2013) – Norwegian Jewel
- Transatlantic I (April 2013) – Norwegian Breakaway (Inagural Crossing)
- Christmas IV (December 2012) – Norwegian Epic
- Christmas III (December 2011) – Norwegian Pearl
- Christmas II (December 2010) – Norwegian Dawn
- Christmas I (December 2009) – Norwegian Spirit
- Wedding Cruise To Nowhere (February 11, 2000) – Dream Catcher