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Monday, May 27 – Memorial Day We arrived in Grand Turk on time, and we sat on the balcony and watched us pull into port next to the Carnival Conquest. I had a friend sailing on the Conquest so I took some pictures of her ship for her. I never saw her in port though. We have been to Grand Turk a septillion times and usually rent a golf cart through Karib. They...
To read Monday-Friday (Pre-cruise, click the link below) 2019- Ft. Lauderdale Saturday, May 25th It’s here!! Embarkation Day!! We booked this cruise on January 29, 2019 directly with Carnival (we won’t use travel agents) We woke up around 8am to get ready. It didn’t take too much to get ready since I had gotten everything together the night before...
Thursday, May 30 We are due to arrive in beautiful Curaçao at 8am. We woke up and went to the main dining room in Southern Lights to eat a quick breakfast before debarking the ship. We sat on the balcony after breakfast and watched us dock in port. The gangway finally opened, and we were able to get off of the ship. We usually book something through the locals when...
Wednesday, May 29 We had a full day in Aruba today. We arrived and debarked at around 10am. I had not been to Aruba before, but it was an easy debarkation process. As soon as we got out of the terminal there were taxis waiting to take people where they needed to go. We really wanted to go to Flamingo Island, so I contacted Marriott to see how we needed to do this. We...
Sunday, May 26 Despite the spelling, this island is pronounced Half Moon Key. This is our favorite island ever, and it’s not even in the Caribbean! The Bahamas are horrible but honestly Half Moon Cay is amazing. We had to be in the theater early that morning for our priority tendering to the island. At Half Moon Cay, you have to take a tender from the ship to...
To read the previous day, click the link below 2019- Raleigh Wednesday, May 22 We woke up at 4:15 this morning since we had to catch the 5am shuttle. I always take a morning shower, so I got up, showered and got dressed. We grabbed our luggage and headed downstairs to catch our shuttle. The shuttle driver was right on time, and we loaded up with 1 other couple and...
Monday, May 20 It’s close to Memorial Day so that means it’s time for us to cruise! This was a long anticipated trip for us, since we hadn’t sailed in almost 9 months. It was killing us. We were leaving Tuesday morning so Monday night it was time to pack, and get ready to get the party started! Tuesday, May 21 We were going to pick up the boys from...
In case you missed day 1, click the tile below 15th Anniversary Trip – Raleigh 15th Anniversary Trip – Ft. Lauderdale In case you want to go back to the ship review, click the tile below. 15th Anniversary Trip – Carnival Conquest Day 8, Grand Cayman We arrived on our tender into George Town, Grand Cayman Island on the first tender in. We then...
In case you missed day 1, click the tile below 15th Anniversary Trip – Raleigh In case you want to go back to the ship review, click the tile below. 15th Anniversary Trip – Carnival Conquest Day 7, Ocho Rios, Jamaica I had booked a private driver through Marvyn’s Paradise Tours back in January. It was $150 for the day for both of us which included...
Missed the beginning? Here ya go! 15th Anniversary Trip – Raleigh 15th Anniversary Trip – Ft. Lauderdale Day 5, Embarkation It’s sailing day! We woke up around 8:00 to get ready for this busy busy day. We had everything packed so I just needed to shave and take a shower. We got ready and called for an Uber to take us to the port. It was $26...
