Cities and Seas Blog Site!
Welcome to the Journey
As we travel together, this space will serve as a shared journal of the road. Here you’ll find posts from Jeff, Spencer, Melissa, and our guests, each offering their own perspective and reflections along the way.
This blog is designed to capture moments from the journey—conversations, observations, and insights that emerge as we move from place to place. It’s not about a single point of view, but a collection of experiences that together tell the larger story.
We invite you to explore the posts as they’re shared and check back often as new entries are added throughout the trip.
Blog Crew
Jeff is a world traveler and cruise specialist with a passion for helping others explore with confidence. He brings extensive firsthand experience with cruises and Walt Disney World, combining deep destination knowledge with a practical, detail-driven planning style. His goal is simple: make travel easy, fun, and tailored to the way you actually want to vacation.
Spencer is a native of Southwest Ohio with a strong background in public service and a growing passion for travel. He works full time in public sector communications and serves his community as a volunteer firefighter, EMT, and fire inspector. Spencer brings a detail-oriented, service-driven mindset to everything he does, qualities that translate naturally into helping others plan meaningful travel experiences. In his limited free time, he enjoys sport shooting, working with used cars, and cooking. His journey into travel began with his first cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl in January 2023, sparking an enthusiasm for exploring new destinations that has continued to grow and now inspires him to help others create their own memorable adventures.
Melissa – Was late submitting her bio!
Time for the Blogs
Jeff’s Blog
Spencer’s Blog
Melissa’s Blog
By Destination and Topic
Cruises
Cities and Seas Website
You might be asking yourself… what’s with the yellow brick theme?
Simple answer: because it made us smile.
This site started coming together somewhere between coffee refills and ocean views on the 14th Deck of the MSC Divina. As we sketched ideas, clicked buttons, and said “what if we tried this…,” the idea of building something together kept coming up. One brick at a time. No rules. Just fun.
And then we found out MSC actually sells a brick-style cruise ship you can build yourself. At that point, the decision was basically made for us.
So the yellow bricks stuck. They’re a reminder that travel doesn’t have to be polished to be perfect, that some of the best ideas happen at sea, and that building something together—whether it’s an itinerary, a memory, or a website—should always be fun.
Welcome to the build.