Cruise Diaries

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These articles are not meant as reviews but to share my personal experiences when I sailed with these cruise companies and their ships. 

All my trips listed in this blog are self-paid.

Crystal Symphony tendering offshore from Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand (2024)

Cruises

Quantum of the Seas, 5 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Penang and Phuket (Mar 2028)

Ovation of the Seas, 4 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Penang and Phuket (Feb 2026)

Ovation of the Seas, 4 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Penang and Phuket (Jan 2026)

Ovation of the Seas, 5 nights: One-Way from Singapore to Hong Kong (Apr 2025)

Anthem of the Seas, 8 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Bali & Lombok (Feb 2025)

Spectrum of the Seas, 4 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Penang & Phuket (Mar 2024)

Spectrum of the Seas, 12 nights: One-Way from Yokohama to Singapore (Aug 2023)

Spectrum of the Seas, 5 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Klang, Penang & Phuket (Oct 2022)

Spectrum of the Seas, 3 nights: Roundtrip from Singapore to Penang (Jul 2022)


View from the aft of Spectrum of the Seas at dusk as it departed Yatsushiro Port, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (2023)

Genting Dream, as seen from Deck 8 of Spectrum of the Seas, Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia (2022)

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