Calling All Ports

20/10/2024

We've just released a new video, a complete ship tour of Oceania Sirena. Find out why we love this 25-year-old R-class ship!

Oceania Cruises

Join us as we tour Oceania Sirena and take you around the wonderful public spaces found on this R-Class cruise ship. Built in 1999 and refurbished in 2019, S...

24/08/2024

A surprising and humbling milestone. We're amazed that people are finding and watching our videos.

Thanks for watching!

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26/07/2024

Today, we’re celebrating the anniversary of our very first cruise! We will admit we were very fortunate to have Regent Seven Seas Mariner be the very first ship we ever stepped foot on. But it definitely skewed our view of what cruising is all about.

We took this Alaska cruise back in 2017. It was a family trip, a one-way voyage from Vancouver to Seward. And for this cruise, we definitely checked off most of the must-do excursions—Alaska Bear Adventure by Floatplane, dog sledding on Mendenhall Glacier, Tracy Arm Fjord and Glacier Explorer trip, Eagle Preserve float adventure, Sea Otter and Wildlife Cruise. It was a very packed week and one that we still talk about fondly to this day.

Looking back at the photos, we are amazed at how little we’ve changed (haha!), but how much Regent Mariner has. I mean, look at that suite! We should probably sail on Mariner again to see the differences in person.

We’re curious - what was your first cruise? And what do you remember about it? Let us know!

We didn’t have a channel back on 2017, but make sure to check out our Regent Seven Seas Cruises Splendor videos on YouTube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2CB79k6BwPZVAQ-e6Qy0IBcN3sB6AYLv&si=JLPJ-u_zo2GobwEg

21/07/2024

Happy National/World Ice Cream Day!

When we're in port, we like to self-explore. And that often means lots of walking. And when you're hot, tired, and adding to the step count, why not reward yourself with some ice cream?

Our collective personal favorite is a soft-serve cone, but we're not picky, we will try any type of ice cream in any type of vessel! It's a delicious (and cheap) treat that you can quickly squeeze into a busy day of exploring. And it's a neat way to support local businesses and take in the local, er, flavor--it's aways enlightening to see what styles and flavors of ice cream are popular in a new place.

Do you like to partake in local ice cream while traveling? Have a favorite spot? Let us know!

01/01/2024

2023, what a journey it's been! We started the Calling All Ports channel back in January. With only a handful of videos under our belts, we quickly hit 1,000 subscribers in April. And we're ending the year with total video views just shy of 300,000. We're genuinely surprised -- and sincerely touched -- by how positively Calling All Ports has been received by YouTube viewers and everyone in the cruise community.

We began the year the best way possible: on a cruise! We were midway through a Christmas-New Year's cruise of the Panama Canal onboard the remarkable Regent Seven Seas Splendor. We then sailed the southern Caribbean onboard the Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam, Alaska on the Holland America Koningsdam, the Mediterranean on the Oceania Sirena, the Danube River with Viking River Cruises, New England and Canada on the Carnival Venezia, and the eastern Caribbean on the Norwegian Encore. For the calendar year of 2023, that's 7 cruises and 50 days spent onboard ships. Wow!

It's wild to think that the Regent Seven Seas Splendor cruise which kickstarted our 2023 was only our third-ever cruise, and our first since 2019. Indeed, we started Calling All Ports under the premise that we're experienced world travelers yet relative new-to-cruisers, and our YouTube channel and social media platforms exist to document our experiences as we dive wholeheartedly into the cruising lifestyle. Calling All Ports was (and still is) very much an experiment for us: gaining an understanding of cruise travel and the cruise industry, learning YouTube and new forms of content creation, familiarizing ourselves with the wonderful cruise community, and more.

We've played around with different video styles and formats throughout the year -- and we're definitely still figuring out what we do best along with what viewers like you want from us most. No doubt, we'll keep exploring new ideas in 2024. We've got a lot of new videos in the works, along with many more cruises planned, and we're excited to have you continue to join us on our journey!

Thank you for all your support in 2023! And we wish you all a joyous holiday season and a prosperous New Year.

Andrew & Diana