Cruising with the Halls

CRUISING WITH THE HALLS

Cruising is a wonderful vacation and the ONLY way to relax! We have created a cruising page that we hope will be useful to you, whether you are an experienced cruiser or a newcomer to cruising. We hope it shows how much we love to cruise. See you at sea some day!!

Our 43nd cruise was on Sapphire Princess to Hawaii for Christmas.	Our 44th cruise was on HAL Rotterdam to Spain and the Med.
Our 45th cruise was On Sapphire Princess California Coastal	Until we sail on our 46th cruise on American Queen From New Orleans to Memphis For the Holidays

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< FORTY YEARS OF CRUISING

The 70s to the 90s

Here are the cruises that got us started. Through the decades, you can see us change from young active folk to … well … experienced cruisers!


#1 RCCL Song of Norway Eastern Caribbean 1972	#2 Matson Mariposa from Hawaii to California 1974	#3 Chandris Amerikanis Southern Caribbean 1976	#4 RCCL Song of Norway again 1977	#5 HAL Veendam Alaska 1978

	#6 RCCL Sun Viking Western Caribbean 1982	#7 Mississippi Queen Steamboatin' 1984	#8 HAL Rotterdam Alaska 1986

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#9 RCI Viking Serenade December 1995 Baja California	#10 HAL Westerdam January 1997 Eastern Caribbean	#11 Carnival Holiday December 1997 Baja California	Sun Princess May 1998 (Renée only) Voyage of Glaciers	#12 Celebrity Zenith November 1998 Panama Canal

The 2000s

As we moved into the new Millenium, we started posting our travel pictures and reviews. Click on the picture or the ship name for our cruise page.


Globus Travel to Europe May 1999 A land trip, but we cruised the Canals of Venice!	#13 Sun Princess September 1999 Voyage of Glaciers	#14 Pacific Princess March 2000 Africa Safari Cruise Safari review	#15 RCI Viking Serenade June 2000 Group Cruise Baja	#16 Royal Princess February 2001 Amazon River

#17 Radiance of the Seas September 2001 Pacific Northwest	#18 Regal Princess February 2002 Australia and New Zealand	#19 Radiance of the Seas May 2002 Pacific NW again	Not a cruise, but here we are cruising through the Vieux Carré of New Orleans by mule power September 2002 Pictures	#20 Royal Princess July 2003 around the British Isles. Review and pictures Precruise trip to Iceland

#21 Rhapsody of the Seas Feb 2004 to Mardi Gras and Cozumel. Review and pictures.	#22 HAL Zuiderdam Eastern Caribbean for Mike's birthday! May 2004	#23 Sapphire Princess to Alaska September 2004	#24 Serenade of the Seas Southern Caribbean January 2005	#25 HAL Maasdam Canada and New England May 2005

#26 Oberoi Shehrayar on the Nile River with a tour of Egypt October 2005	Then we cruised on the "Ship of the Desert" in Morocco October 2005	#27 Grand Princess Grand Mediterranean cruise May 2006	#28 HAL Zuiderdam Alaska Inside Passage July 2006	#29 Grand Princess Western Caribbean December 2006

#30 HAL Westerdam Southern Caribbean March 2007	#31 HAL Volendam Alaska and Hubbard Glacier September 2007	#32 Royal Princess The Med, Holy Land, and Egypt November 2007	#33 Star Princess Round the Horn of South America March 2008.	#34 Crown Princess to the Baltic with St. Petersburg May 2008.

#35 Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing NY to Southampton Oct 2008.	#36 Mariner of the Seas Cruise to Nowhere from Los Angeles Feb 2009.	#37 Sapphire Princess Pacific Coastal for Mike's Birthday May 2009.	#38 HAL Volendam Alaska Cruise and Tour August 2009.	#39 HAL Prinsendam Black Sea Cruise and Northern Greece Tour October 2009.

#40 HAL Oosterdam Alaska May 2010.	#41 Norwegian Star party cruise to Nowhere from LA November 2010.	#42 HAL Volendam Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia March 2011.	#43 Sapphire Princess to Hawaii for Christmas December 2011.	#44 HAL Rotterdam Western Mediterranean Sept 2012.

		#45 Sapphire Princess California Coastal April 2013

We like to discuss our travels.
Email us at TheHalls@bully4.us.

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