Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 3

On Day 3, we had a bright and early start at the FlowRider Surf Simulator on Deck 16 as the private time slot for Key guests was 9am to 10am. Note that the recommended attire is swimwear that doesn’t come off easily as the force of the waves is powerful enough to disrobe a person. … More Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 3

Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 2

The next day (with the ship docked at Penang), my husband and I chose sleep over breakfast and only woke up closer to lunch time. We made our way to Windjammer on Deck 14 to partake of the international buffet. The sheer variety of dishes available was mind-boggling, I’m pretty sure I spent at least … More Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 2

Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 1

Spectrum of the Seas is the first cruise ship of the Quantum Ultra class in the Royal Caribbean International fleet introduced in 2019. I recall fond memories sailing on an older ship, the Mariner of the Seas, with my family a great many years ago, so I was really looking forward to checking this newer … More Review: Royal Caribbean Spectrum Of The Seas 3-Night Penang Cruise – Part 1

Review: Sunrise Express Sleeper Train – Sunrise Seto (Osaka To Tokyo, Japan)

The Sunrise Express is a pair of overnight sleeper trains, Sunrise Seto and Sunrise Izumo, jointly operated by JR Central and JR West. Sunrise Seto runs between Tokyo and Takamatsu while Sunrise Izumo runs between Tokyo and Izumo. Both these limited express trains are coupled together for a portion of the journey, and then decouple at … More Review: Sunrise Express Sleeper Train – Sunrise Seto (Osaka To Tokyo, Japan)

Review: Horizon Fast Ferry, HarbourFront Centre (Singapore) & Harbour Bay (Batam, Indonesia)

Horizon Fast Ferry is a ferry service operating between HarbourFront terminal in Singapore and Harbour Bay terminal in Batam. At the point of writing, this is the only ferry service that docks at Harbour Bay terminal while the others dock at Batam Centre terminal. Passengers can choose from economy, business and even VIP class options. … More Review: Horizon Fast Ferry, HarbourFront Centre (Singapore) & Harbour Bay (Batam, Indonesia)

Review: Dream Cruises 2-Night Bintan Island Weekend Getaway – Part 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our experience here on Genting Dream! Alas, it didn’t start out the way I had hoped as my husband and I overslept our alarm and just missed the 10am service timing for breakfast (as mentioned in Part 1, the inclusive restaurants only open for full service at specific timings). So … More Review: Dream Cruises 2-Night Bintan Island Weekend Getaway – Part 2

Review: Dream Cruises 2-Night Bintan Island Weekend Getaway – Part 1

Cruises are usually stereotyped as the kind of vacation endeavour mainly undertaken by the older folks, which I think is a largely accurate description. I’m probably the anomaly to that stereotype though, as the prospect of going on a cruise has never failed to delight me ever since I can remember. So when my mom-in-law … More Review: Dream Cruises 2-Night Bintan Island Weekend Getaway – Part 1