Beautiful, Sunny Caribbean

We had a fabulous trip! We went with some friends to Orlando then on a Western Caribbean cruise. This was our first cruise and we absolutely loved in! The weather was amazing, the ship was wonderful, the service was incredible, the entertainment was great, the food was OKAY but plenty of it and the ports were a blast!

Our trip started on a VERY rocky road! We boarded our NWA plane at 7:00 AM and sat on the plane for a good hour until they finally told everybody to get off the plane because they had to fix something. Well at this point we were not going to be making our connecting flight so we had to figure out a new route to get to Florida. UGH! After a lot of phone calls and shuffling around we were able to get on a Delta flight at 5:00 PM. So what to do for 8 hours at the SLC airport? We went to Gateway and watched a movie! Not exactly how we planned to start the trip but it all worked out and we ended up in Orlando by midnight! We spent the next day at Universal Studios and then shopping of course! We had a blast.

We boarded the ship on Monday and the first thing we did was EAT at one of the buffets. I always heard that you definitely don’t starve while cruising, that was the truth…there was food everywhere! Being on the ship is like being in a little city, they have so much going on and it’s hard to imagine you are in the middle of the Ocean. Every night we went to a Broadway style show, it was great entertainment! The boys especially enjoyed the costumes!

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Our first port was Grand Cayman. We spent the day swimming with sting rays and snorkeling at a “coral reef” that was not really a coral reef! The sting rays were amazing but the snorkeling not so much. Our stay at port was short but I felt it was enough to see the city. I am not sure I would want to go back and spend an entire week on the island I think the 8 hours was probably plenty!

Our second port was Cozumel, Mexico. Of course we love this place! This was our sixth time to Mexico in 3 ½ years! Because Phil speaks Spanish we are able to get around easily and see anything we want! We spent a lot of the day at the beach and then shopping! I have to say that Cozumel has the best shopping out of the other cities we have been to! There was a lot more to see than just MEXICAN trinkets!

Of course we had a Formal Night. It was so fun to get dressed up and see all the other people decked out! We had a cocktail party (fruit punch for us!) before dinner, and then of course enjoyed another great show that evening! Next cruise I will definitely go all out on the formal night because it was a lot of fun!

Every night we would come into our room and our cute Steward had created little animals out of our towels, and sometimes clothes! One night we came back to the room and found somebody lying in our bed! No, it was not real! Yes, I freaked out! Overall we had a blast and will definitely be cruising again, hopefully SOON!