Bahama Cruise!

In April, John and I went on a Bahama Cruise with our friends of over 40 years, Don and Brenda. Yes we did go on Carnival! Our wonderful travel agent, Carl Anderson of Anderson Vacations fixed everything for us when our cruise ship, Carnival Triumph failed at sea. No, we weren't on that cruise but scheduled for a future one. Since Carnival offered a 15% discount if we rescheduled; we did.

We went on the Carnival Magic which is only two years old and and so large there were about 3,000 people on board. Carl recommended the floor and section of the ship which would be the most pleasant in which to stay and a balcony room which was totally worth the extra expense.

There were lots of fun things to do on the ship. We didn't go down the water slide but it looked like a lot of fun. There was a casino, several bars, a gym, spa, games, 2 pools, multiple hot tubs and more. I'm not much of a drinker but his is what we did - drink! We would have Bloody Mary's with breakfast, hit our favorite on board pub which Carl recommended every day at 4 for cocktails, have wine with dinner and end the evening on our balcony with more wine. It was fun and relaxing!

What did we do inbetween drinking parties? There were three ports at which we stopped. First, Key West where we walked around the beautiful port area, toured the Mel Fisher Museum of ship wrecked treasure and shopped. Next we went to Freeport in the Bahamas where we went to the beach and shopped. Last we went to Nassau where we took a 45 minute Catamaran ride to a coral reef where we went snorkeling and shopped. On sea days, we laid on lounge chairs reading, watching people, watching the sea and napping and in the evenings we would listen to live music or take in a comedy show. Everyone who worked on the ship was fabulous.

We had a GREAT time and can't wait to do it again!