Chrissie’s Blog
Take It to the Limit
Unlike any concert experience I've ever had! Almost like a 3-D movie-scape that 17,600 people have just been dropped into, the immersive experience "takes you" into whatever content has been created for the songs being performed. It’s like we’re all in every video...
Wild, Wild West
On Sunday, April, 13, we traveled to Grand Canyon West. Our first stop was Joshua Tree Forest in Arizona, just past Dolan Springs, AZ. I'm familiar with the Joshua Tree only because that's the name of the immensely popular U2 album that solidified their chart-topping...
You Have to Believe We Are Magic
Spent a laid-back day with Russ on Saturday, April 12, just hanging out, playing games and eating at The Rio before Penn & Teller's show that night. Missed seeing Gene Simmons in the KISS store by about 5 minutes. He was in there while I was having my picture made...
Monkeyland
On this year’s 80s Cruise, we visited the ports of Nassau in the Bahamas, San Juan in Puerto Rico, and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Having been to Nassau and San Juan several times, we opted not to take excursions in either of those cities on this trip. In...
Parable of the Long Spoons
I’d never heard this story before. The gist of it is that a man asks the difference between heaven and hell. He is shown a door where people are starving, despite a huge pot of delicious-smelling stew being at their disposal, because all they have to feed themselves...
Here I Go Again
It’s almost that time again. That time of year when I get on a Royal Caribbean ship and go back in time with about 4000 other 80s enthusiasts, usually the same ship that has just the previous week hosted the same number of Trekkies from around the world. Yes, the...