Day 1 It seems all of my cruise blog entries start out the exact same way, with picking my son up from school. This is no different. We decided to leave for Charleston on Wednesday to enjoy a few days in the city before our cruise. This would have both kids missing school but not much since spring break is the week after. So Wednesday about noon we picked him up from...
Grand Turk Turks & Caicos In case you stumbled upon this page without reading the days leading up to this port stop, check out the blog post below. 2019- Carnival Magic If you stumbled upon this page without reading from the...Read More JoshJune 7, 2019 Monday, May 27, 2019 Memorial Day We arrived in Grand Turk on time, and we sat on the balcony and watched us pull...
If you stumbled upon this page without reading from the beginning, you can catch up on our vacation by reading the blog entry below. That way you’ll know what happened Monday-Friday. 2019- Ft. Lauderdale Saturday, May 25, 2019 Embarkation Day! It’s here!! Embarkation Day!!We booked this cruise on January 29, 2019 directly with Carnival (we won’t...
If you stumbled here without reading the previous days of this vacation, you can catch up by reading the blog entry below. 2019- Carnival Magic If you stumbled upon this page without reading from the...Read More JoshJune 7, 2019 Thursday, May 30, 2019 Willemstad, Curacao We are due to arrive in beautiful Curaçao at 8am. We woke up and went to the main dining room in...
If you stumbled here without reading the rest of our vacation, click the blog entry below. 2019- Carnival Magic If you stumbled upon this page without reading from the...Read More JoshJune 7, 2019 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Oranjestad,Aruba 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...
Sunday, May 26, 2019 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas Despite the spelling, this island is pronounced Half Moon Key.This is our favorite island ever, and it’s not even in the Caribbean! I am not a fan of cruise ports in the Bahamas as none of them are very nice, but honestly Half Moon Cay is amazing.We had to be in the theater early that morning for our priority...
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida In case you stumbled upon this page without reading the first few days of this vacation, you can catch up on this journey by reading the post below. 2019- Raleigh Monday May 20, 2019 It’s close to Memorial Day so...Read More JoshJune 7, 2019 Wednesday, May 22 2019 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida We woke up at 4:15 this morning since we had to...
Monday May 20, 2019 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, 2019 We were going to pick up the...
Half Moon Cay is probably the most beautiful place on Earth. It’s a private island owned by Holland America Cruise Line, which is a subsidiary of Carnival Corp. The sand is as soft as baby powder, the ocean was as warm as could be and the water was crystal clear. It was heaven. Our first time there, we rented cabana #12 through Carnival (this is a Carnival...
