Day 2 onboard Carnival Cruise Line's Mardi Gras is in the books and it was our first sea day as we sailed to our first port of call, Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos. It was also the first "party day" of the cruise with plenty of activities scheduled…
Ever since returning from my 7-day Western Caribbean Cruise on the Carnival Celebration a few weeks ago, Carnival has been sending along some great offers to get me back on board. Some of them weren't exactly "great" as ever since the restart after COVID-19 Carnival's pricing has increased quite a…
As I prepare to embark on my latest adventure, I am very excited. Not only because I booked this cruise Thursday and leave Saturday, but this one just happens to be my 50th cruise, a milestone I've been eagerly awaiting. I will be sailing on the Mardi Gras from Carnival…
Well, the final day of this 7-day western Caribbean cruise has arrived and it’s time to do a quick rundown of the day and a recap of the week onboard the newest ship in the Carnival Cruise Line fleet, the Carnival Celebration. The last day of any cruise is always…
Sea days… people love them or hate them. On this particular cruise, we have two of them back-to-back as we head back to Miami to wrap up this 7-day western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Celebration. While I love sea days, they have their pros and cons. Some cons, the…
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…
