Since my first toot-toot cruising adventure, I’ve experienced the following major lines: Carnival, Celebrity, NCL and Royal Caribbean. The process of handing over my boarding pass and packing for a seven-day getaway is second nature to me (and yes, I can tell you everything you’ll need to know about attending the Broadway-style productions, beating the buffet lines and dressing up for the lido deck’s White Hot Party).

Since I was a young girl, my family and I sailed on a family cruise annually. That’s right, nearly everything you can hope for or want is already on board. Why, you may ask? From my experience, the all-inclusive nature of cruises allows you to generally save money on a la carte travel expenses - like food, checking luggage and other forms of entertainment - and they’re the type of vacation I always look forward to.

Sailing away on a cruise - whether docking in the tropics of The Bahamas or the chillier abode of Alaska - is one of the best vacations you can opt for. Terrifying video shows passengers hanging on for dear life after massive wave stranded cruise ship Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger missing after going overboard on trip to the Bahamas We sold everything to live on cruise ships for the rest of our lives - it’s cheaper than living on land Pet cat smuggled aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship was going to be euthanized but crew spent weeks trying to save it

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