FTFE with Cheryl & Steve

06/06/2025

June 6th - 2022, 2023, and 2024. (Sadly June 6, 2025 is a little less exciting... but we're already planning our next adventures!)

02/20/2025

We only started collecting models of the ships we have been on after Covid. I think we're doing pretty good so far.

01/26/2025

Trying out the new bar in town at Universals Stella Nova resort which opens this week

12/24/2024

Cheryl and I took our first cruise together in October 2021. 3 years and 2 months later, we completed our 27th cruise together - 24 with Royal Caribbean, 2 with Celebrity and 1 with MSC.

112 actual nights with Royal earned us 180 cruise points which elevated us to Royal’s second to the top rewards program - Diamond Plus. (The next level is 700 cruise points and I don’t see us ever reaching that - but who knows).

We have had so many First Times. Visiting new places, trying new food, learning about the ups and downs of travel, especially Cruising. Getting to Diamond Plus wasn’t the goal, but a nice side effect and we are enjoying the perks that come with it. Looking forward to many more firsts over the next few years. Hopefully we’ll see some of you out there.

Cheryl and Steve

11/24/2024

Thanks to Park West Gallery and their staff on Royal's Voyager of the Seas, while on a trip to the Mediterranean in October, we were able to get some wonderful art work pieces from Alexander Chen of some of the ports we visited - Athens, Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini. They are now framed and proudly displayed as a nice reminder of a great trip.

10/29/2024

It's always sad when your trip ends and you have to get off the ship and the same was true when our Mediterranean trip ended last week and we were escorted off the Voyager of the Seas. But that sadness was quickly replaced the other day when Cheryl commented - "Oh! It's time to check in for our next cruise!" And off we go again! This one gets us to Diamond+ with Royal (in just over 3 years)

10/21/2024

"The Wake View is the best view" (from somewhere in the middle of the Mediterranean)

10/08/2024

Why should you never plan to arrive in town the day of embarkation day? Because Uncle Miltie might decide to visit the day before you are supposed to fly out to get to your Mediterranean cruise in Athens! Thanks Milton. Fingers crossed.

09/12/2024

We recently tried a virtual balcony cabin on Utopia of the Seas. Wanna know what we thought of it? Read our most recent blog post to find out!

We recently sailed on Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas and because it was a fairly last minute decision to sail on a brand new ship, we decided to be economical and book an interior cabin…

08/20/2024

What do we do when not on a cruise ship?
Listen to good music live
Yacht Rock R***e, REO Speedwagon and Train

08/19/2024

In the last few days, we have battled robots for control of Planet Z, ridden a train through the Wild West, jumped willingly into the mouth of a very toothy fish, and found the professor who went missing just before finals - all on board a ship! We spent the weekend on Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas, and had a number of first time adventures. What. A. Cruise!

07/12/2024

Check out our newest blog post and find out why Cheryl was so excited about dancing with Sid in Roatán!

There are countless reasons why I love to travel – history, architecture, nature, culture and the list goes on. But there’s another, less common rationale that ranks higher on my list t…