12D - 7N Clearwater/Tamps Cruise - Key West (June 25-July 6)

06/28/25 - 07/05/25

This is a mini 12 day trip that includes a 7 day cruise from Tampa to Bahamas to Key West and Back to Tampa.
I'll have lunch with my dad on the 25th for his birthday on the 26th of June and work my way to Clearwater and take cruise on 28th-July 5th, returning home on July 6th

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7 Night Perfect Day Bahamas Cruise - New Jersey

03/30/25 - 04/06/25

This is another cruise that I won from the casino on the World Cruise. This one just goes to Bermuda, Orlando, and Coco Cay. Not much for me to do at those places really. But it's a different ship "Odyssey of the Seas" and a lot bigger than the Serenade and Radiance, so looking forward to seeing what this one has to offer.

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7 Night Western Caribbean Cruise - Tampa

11/16/24 - 11/24/24

This is a 7 day cruise on the Radiance of the Seas. I "won" this cruise for playing in the casino on the World Cruise. I wanted to see how the casino system works with winning cruises. I'll probably step off in Belize and Honduras, but no real excursions.

The ship is the same as Serenade of the Seas (the World Cruise ship), so I know what to expect.

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The World Cruise

12/09/23 - 09/10/24

A 9 month (274 day) World Cruise that goes to all 7 continents, 60+ countries and 160+ ports

There will be a digital frame on the cruise (provided by a friend), that you can upload pictures to.

By The Way - You can send an email to "xabula@ourskylight.com" and it will automatically upload that picture to the picture frame (when wi-fi connected).

If you want to view the Royal Caribbean Website you can go here
Click here to view the Royal Carribean Website

Gallopagos Island Cruise

07/19/23 - 07/31/23

This a 7-Day cruise of the Galapagos with three additional nights added on for the travel to and from Quito.

Panama Canal Cruise

04/03/23 - 04/17/23

Since the World Cruise doesn’t take me through the canal, because it goes through the southern tip of South America, I wanted to take a cruise through the Panama Canal.

This is that cruise!

Father/Son - Kiawah Island

02/20/23 - 02/23/23

This is a 3-Day Golf Trip with just Dad and I to Kiawah Island. We will play three different courses on the island, with the big one being the Ocean Course.
The Ocean Course has hosted the Ryder Cup and two PGA Championships.

Alaska Cruise

05/13/22 - 05/20/22

Galveston Cruise

05/04/22 - 05/09/22

This was a little 5 Night Cruise out of Galveston.
This was after an 8 day trip with my mom to Chicago and to break up my drive from San Antonio back to Cincinnati

Mom - Chicago Trip

04/24/22 - 05/01/22

Mom always wanted to go to the International Miniatures/Dollhouse Show in Chicago.

I surprised her with a trip that was supposed to actually happen April 2020, but got postponed multiple times because of Covid.

April of 2022 we were finally able to take the trip with consisted of me driving to Chicago, flying to San Antonio, Amtrak with Mom to Chicago, and drive Mom back to San Antonio.

Super Bowl 2022

02/11/22 - 02/14/22

Pre-Super Bowl Cruise LA

02/07/22 - 02/11/22

This is the Pre-SuperBowl cruise out of LA.
It as going to cost me $600 more to leave from Cincy on Thursday than Monday. I left on Monday and found a $600 cruise out of LA.

Kansas City - AFC Championship

01/29/22 - 01/31/22

This is the trip from Cincinnati to Kansas City with Uncle Thad to root on the Bengals in the 2022 AFC Championship Game.

14D Trip w/ 9N Canada Cruise (Aug 23 - Sep 6)

08/23/25 - 09/06/25

This is two week geteway that finishes with a 9 Night cruise out of Baltimore.

To get started I will leave after the Bengals Pre-Season game on Saturday August 23rd, and stop near Ashland, KY, before heading to Chesapeake, Virginia on the 24th. There I will meet up with my "Grandmother from another Mother" whom I met on the "World Cruise". In addition Randy (who was on the cruise) and his wife Sandy (who didn't go) will meet up as well. Randy and Sue live like 5 miles away from each other, but didn't know each other prior to the World Cruise.

On Monday I will leave Virginia and head to Washington, DC. I last visited here in 2002 and just want to have one more experience, so on my way to Baltimore, I figured I would stop and check it out.

I'll head to Baltimore on the 27th and cruise out on the 28th. I'll be returning on Saturday September 6th and will drive straight home from there. Be back in time for Bengals opening game in Cleveland on Sept 7th.

That's the trip.

Enjoy the follow along, can't guarantee how much I'll be posting, but do plan to post a lot from DC.

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Mini Road Trip

11/04/24 - 11/16/24

Going to take a road trip to Big Cedar Lodge in the Ozarks before stopping to see some friends and then mom and family in San Antonio. Then I'll head to Clearwater, Florida to spend time with my cousin Anita and then I'll take a cruise on November 16th (that will be the next vacation blog)