It’s debarkation morning. I usually try to work my schedule where I don’t have to rush off of the ship. I booked a late flight so I can have a relaxing morning.
Carnival requests that you be out of the room by 8:30 so that’s what I try to…
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I woke up at 8 this morning. After showering and getting ready for the last day of the cruise, I took a small detour up to the Lido deck on my way to the MDR. I wanted to drop off my pizza plate from last night with the guy…
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Good morning from Grand Turk! It looks like everyone is getting off of the ship at 8am ship time, 9am local. My excursion doesn’t leave until 12:30 local time. I have a few hours to kill.
Today’s excursion is the “Hop on Hop off” shuttle that is available on Trip…
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I already covered my day in Puerto Plata. But there really is a lot to do right in the Amber Cove cruise port area. That’s what we are going to look at today.
Here is the visitor’s guide they have available at the information desk.
This is an overview look at…
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Good morning! My alarm went off at 7am. My excursion is scheduled for 45 minutes after arrival. I don’t know what time they consider that. The estimated guests off the ship time is 8:15. I got up, showered, shaved, brushed my teeth, got dressed, and headed up to the top…
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Good morning! Today is the first sea day. We’re on our way to the Dominican Republic. It’s currently 8am. I’m going to get ready and head downstairs to checkout the sea day brunch situation.
Main Dining Room
It’s 8:30 I’m in the brunch line for the br part of brunch.
Skillet cake,…
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Good morning from Nassau! This port day really did sneak up on me. This is the first time I’ve had a port day before my first sea day. I prefer to have a sea day, three port days, then two sea days at the end.
My last two cruises…
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Packing
This is my first time flying to a cruise so I’m going to have to figure out how to go from the 30-inch monstrosity I call a suitcase and the 19-inch pack that makes it look like my back is expecting twins to my new air travel friendly 21-inch suitcase and 13-inch…
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I booked this cruise after the NFL schedule was released. The football gods left me two potential windows to cruise: September 23rd-October 5th and November 29th-December 7th. I definitely have developed a preference for Dream and Vista class ships so I searched for cruises during those two time frames…
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