Day 7 , the final day of this Eastern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Celebration, was spent at Celebration Key, Carnival’s brand-new $600 million private destination on Grand Bahama Island. This place just opened a few weeks ago, and today was my first chance to see what all the hype has…

Day 6 onboard Carnival Celebration, and today we found ourselves in Nassau, Bahamas. Before we dive into it, the usual reminder—since I’ve been on Celebration several times before, I’m keeping this week’s updates focused on highlights and lowlights rather than full day-by-day deep dives. For more detailed reviews of past sailings, check out the…

Day 5 onboard Carnival Celebration and today we’re at sea, making our way toward the final two ports of this cruise—Nassau and Carnival’s brand-new private destination, Celebration Key. Quick reminder: since I’ve sailed Celebration several times already and done the full day-by-day deep dives, I’m keeping this week’s write-ups to…

Welcome to Day 4 of my trip report from the Carnival Celebration, where I’m currently on a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. As with the rest of this week’s posts, this isn’t meant to be an in-depth, minute-by-minute breakdown like I’ve done in the past. Since I’ve already written extensive day-by-day…

Welcome to Day 3 of my report from the Carnival Celebration, where I’m currently enjoying a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. Today we made our first port of call—Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. Just as a reminder, since I’ve already written detailed day-by-day reviews of Carnival Celebration from previous sailings (including my most recent…

Day 2 onboard Carnival Celebration was spent at sea as we make our way toward the first port of call on this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise—Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos. As a quick note before diving in: I’ve already written extensive day-by-day reviews of Carnival Celebration, so to…

I am back on the Carnival Celebration for the next week! By now, if you’ve been following along, you know that I’m on this vessel quite a bit. So this week, I’m not going to do lengthy day-by-day reports. Instead, I’ll share highlights and lowlights in a more condensed format.…

It’s the final day of this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard the beautiful Carnival Celebration as we sail back to PortMiami after visiting Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As I always do in my final-day recap, I’m…

We’re in the home stretch of this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Celebration, and the next two days will be spent at sea as we make our way back to Miami. It’s been a great itinerary so far, with port calls in Amber Cove (Dominican Republic), San Juan…

The final stop on this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard Carnival Celebration is none other than St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. St. Thomas has been a cruise hotspot for what seems like forever, and is one of the ports I visited on my very first cruise back in 1993…