Day two on the Carnival Horizon and it's the first of two back-to-back sea days as we head to our first port of call, Aruba.  I look at sea days as a stress test for the ship and the passengers.  With everyone "stuck" with nowhere to go, lines get long…

My latest cruise adventure takes me onto a ship I haven't been on before, the Carnival Horizon, the second ship built as part of Carnival Cruise Line's Vista-class cruise ships.  Launched in 2018, the Horizon has capacity for 3,960 passengers (4,977 max) and 1,450 crew.  Carnival Horizon currently sails from…

The final port call on this 8-day Southern Caribbean cruise, commonly called an "ABC Cruise" because of the islands it calls on, is Curaçao.  If you've been following along, the other ports were Aruba and Bonaire - the A and B part of the nickname.   When it comes to these…

Tony Randall, best known for his role as Oscar Madison in the hit television series The Odd Couple, played the lead role as famed detective Hercule Poirot in the 1965 movie, The Alphabet Murders.  Throughout the film, Poirot investigates a series of murders committed in alphabetical order by the victim's…

Day 4 of this 8-day Southern Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Celebration saw us visit the first of the "ABC Islands," Aruba - known as "One Happy Island." We arrived a little before 8 am and docked in the capital city of Oranjestad. The first thing you notice is the…

I'm currently sailing an 8-day Southern Caribbean Cruise on the Carnival Celebration, which checks off all three routes the newest ship in the Carnival fleet takes out of its home port, PortMiami.  Since I have pretty extensively reviewed the ship during my previous two cruises, this trip I'll be posting…

Just off a 7-day Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the Carnival Celebration, I'm back onboard for an 8-day Southern Caribbean run out of PortMiami.  The Celebration sails three itineraries - Eastern, Western, and this Southern one which is only offered a few times a year - in fact, for 2023, there…

The final day of this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Celebration saw us heading back to PortMiami with an arrival time of 4:00 am which means this latest adventure is almost over.  Just a few things to cover before I get into my final thoughts. As we sailed…

It's the first of two back-to-back sea days as Carnival Celebration heads back to Miami as the end is in sight for this 7-Day Eastern Caribbean cruise.  Along the way, we stopped at Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and St. Thomas, USVI. So far that…

It's the 5th day of this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise on Carnival Celebration and today's port-of-call is St. Thomas.  It's the last stop, followed by two days at sea before returning to Miami on Sunday.  It was quite an interesting day, to say the least, so be sure to keep…