80s Cruise 2025

80s Cruise 2025

Another 80s Cruise has come and gone. And it went way too fast, of course. In most ways. Tragedy struck early. Our first show in Studio B on Sunday night was Faster Pussycat, a band I knew only one song by, which is not uncommon for some of the harder rock/metal...
Monkeyland

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...
2024 80s Cruise Recap

2024 80s Cruise Recap

Here’s my attempt of a recap of the 2024 80s Cruise. Overall, a wonderful time. Despite falling and slightly spraining my ankle, it was a wonderful time. Another week where we sometimes had to try to figure out when we would have time to eat because there was so much...
Coming Back to Myself

Coming Back to Myself

I’ve been off the ship a week and am still suffering the 80s Cruise Hangover. I look forward to this cruise every year for approximately fifty-one weeks, then we get to go back in time to my favorite decade for one full week. And then we’re thrust back into the...
Strange Days Indeed

Strange Days Indeed

After a week on the 80s Cruise, I’m not sure anything seems as strange as it typically does. On Pop Icon night, for example, there were seven Madonnas lined up in a row, all from different stages of her career. There were two Chers from the “Turn Back Time” video, one...
80’s Cruise 2023

80’s Cruise 2023

Each year, I face certain daunting tasks once we return from the 80’s Cruise: getting all of the pics and videos posted to share with my friends on Facebook; getting unpacked (I still have our two largest suitcases to go and we have been home for ten days now); and...