We’re in the home stretch of this 7-day western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Celebration, and day 5 is in the books. Today’s port-of-call took us to Honduras to the Carnival-owned port of Mahogany Bay located on the island of Roatan. The bay gets its name from the valuable mahogany…

Greetings from Costa Maya! It’s day 4 of 7 on this western Caribbean cruise on the newest Carnival Fun Ship, Carnival Celebration. Let’s talk for a brief moment about Costa Maya, shall we? Costa Maya is one of those ports, like Freeport in the Bahamas, that you stop and ask,…

It’s day 3 onboard Carnival Celebration and we arrived at our first port of call, Cozumel, Mexico. With this being my 49th cruise, I lost track of how many times I’ve been to Cozumel and how many times I’ve said, “This place sucks.” However, the next port of call is…

Day 2 on the new Carnival Celebration and it’s a sea day! In other words - a very busy day on board. I started the day off by writing the previous day’s update on Deck 16, just outside the buffet, next to the ice cream machine. This was done for…

My latest cruise adventure takes me onboard the brand-new Carnival Celebration. The ship, launched in December 2022, is the flagship of the fleet and one of the largest with a maximum capacity of 6,500 passengers. The ship itself is huge and like her sister, Carnival Mardi Gras, is a far…

The other day I posted some notes and photos of Joe Palko's cruise on the Carnival Splendor from Carnival Cruise Line.  Joe has been gracious enough to share his thoughts on the cruise with my readers and just filed his "wrap up" report on the trip.  If you haven't read…

My friend Joe Palko is currently onboard the Carnival Splendor sailing through the Western Caribbean on a 7-day cruise that departed from Miami on May 15, 2016. Over the course of the week, the ship will visit Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. The Carnival…

For the past three days, Joe Palko has been guest blogging from a four-day Western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Paradise from Carnival Cruise Line. Today we have his final installment from onboard as the cruise ship makes its way back to Tampa, FL after a port call in Cozumel,…

This week, Joe Palko is guest blogging from the Carnival Cruise Line ship, Carnival Paradise. Joe left on October 22, 2015 for a four day cruise out of Tampa, FL where there will be one port call, Cozumel, Mexico. [caption id="attachment_10493" align="aligncenter" width="800"] The Tampa skyline as seen from the…

It's Day 2 on the Carnival Paradise from Carnival Cruise Line and Joe Palko is guest blogging from the ship which is currently enroute to Cozumel, Mexico, the only port of call during this four-day Western Caribbean cruise. [caption id="attachment_10502" align="aligncenter" width="800"] The Fun-nel of the Carnival Glory[/caption] Joe says…