Jackie Roseboom, Author at Cruise News Weekly https://cruisenewsweekly.com/author/jackie/ The latest cruise news, tips, deals, reports, and more. Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:55:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Trip Report: A few fun days on the new Norwegian Prima https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-norwegian-prima/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-norwegian-prima/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2022 21:29:15 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=7079 Norwegian Cruise Line recently invited my husband Matt and I on a three-night media cruise to check out the brand new Norwegian Prima.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-norwegian-prima/feed/ 0 Spoiler Free Trip Report: Two-night cruise on the Halcyon, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-two-night-cruise-on-the-halcyon-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-spoiler-free/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-two-night-cruise-on-the-halcyon-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-spoiler-free/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:39:38 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=7041 I recently was invited to go on a brand new cruise ship. One like no one has ever been on before. This one doesn’t sail the ocean, it sails outer space. Yes, it’s all pretend, but the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is now “taking guests into outer space and on an excursion to the planet …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-two-night-cruise-on-the-halcyon-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-spoiler-free/feed/ 0 Trip Report: A few days with the Scarlet Lady, Virgin Voyages https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-scarlet-lady-virgin-voyages/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-scarlet-lady-virgin-voyages/#respond Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:55:09 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6997 I’m listening to the waves while enjoying the 75 degree weather on my cabin balcony. It’s been an amazing first evening on the Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady cruise ship. It was way less stressful than I thought it might be. All Aboard We were nervous about cruising with the omicron variant spreading rampant. But Virgin …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-scarlet-lady-virgin-voyages/feed/ 0 Our tour of the MSC Divina at Port Canaveral https://cruisenewsweekly.com/tour-msc-divina-sailing-port-canaveral/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/tour-msc-divina-sailing-port-canaveral/#respond Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:46:47 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6934 The MSC Divina departed from Port Canaveral last week on Sept. 16. It was MSC Cruises first of many ongoing 3-, 4-, and 7-day cruises from the Central Florida port. We were invited to tour the ship.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/tour-msc-divina-sailing-port-canaveral/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Day seven on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: Bahamas and disembarkation https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-seven-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-bahamas-and-disembarkation/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-seven-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-bahamas-and-disembarkation/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2021 21:32:56 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6879 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 7 and 8 went.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-seven-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-bahamas-and-disembarkation/feed/ 1 Trip Report: Day five on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: Amber Cove https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-five-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-amber-cove/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-five-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-amber-cove/#respond Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:39:09 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6848 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 5 went.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-five-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-amber-cove/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Day four on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’: San Juan https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:31:46 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6817 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 4 went.
Top photo by @Bioreconstruct on Twitter.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-four-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras-san-juan/feed/ 1 Trip Report: Day three on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-three-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-three-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:11:51 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6804 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how day 3 went.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-three-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/feed/ 0 Trip Report: Day two on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:09:04 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6777 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s what we experienced on day two, Aug. 1, 2021.

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-day-two-on-the-carnival-mardi-gras/feed/ 0 Trip Report: First day on the Carnival ‘Mardi Gras’ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-embarkation-day-carnival-mardi-gras/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/trip-report-embarkation-day-carnival-mardi-gras/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 02:28:48 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=6762 Carnival Cruise Line invited us to sail on their newest ship, the “Mardi Gras”. It’s a seven day sailing and the first ship to sail out of Port Canaveral since the pandemic stopped all cruising in 2020. Here’s how our first day, July 31, 2021, on the Carnival 'Mardi Gras' went.
Top photo by @Bioreconstruct on Twitter.

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