Lido Marketplace buffet After a quiet night at sea, we woke up completely ready to take on the day. We decided to try the Lido Marketplace for breakfast, which of course, was completely jam packed full of people. My son waited about 15 minutes in the omelet line, while we went inside and tried to… Read More
Day 1 of Our Cruise on the Carnival Magic The time finally arrived for us to head to the port and we were definitely excited for day 1 of our cruise on the Carnival Magic. We checked out of the Harbor House and walked the short distance to the cruise port. At this point we could… Read More
Camp Carnival My recent 4-night cruise to Canada from Boston on the Carnival Glory provided me with the opportunity to interview the Camp Carnival Youth Director, Heather Carrick from Canada. Heather has only been the Youth Director for a few months after her recent promotion, but she has been with Carnival for almost five years… Read More
Carnival Glory in port in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada If you’ve been following along recently, you’ve seen that I was just recently onboard the Carnival Glory out of Boston to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada for a 4-night cruise. The Carnival Glory is a Conquest-class ship that was built in Italy and went into… Read More
As we all know, all good things must come to an end and so our family cruise is now ending as we return to port in Boston. The ship was expected to arrive into port at around 5 am and we could begin disembarkation after 7:30 am. We received information in our cabins regarding the… Read More
View from cabin 7270 I was determined to see a sunrise or sunset at least once on this trip, but it hasn’t happened yet. I missed the sunrise this morning as I actually slept in a little, but that was partly because my husband rolled in late this morning. Well, not as late as some… Read More
Let’s just say we had an early wake up call today. Although we weren’t doing a shore excursion, five members of our group were doing one and we offered to help get them to where they needed to go. We were up at 6:15 am although I didn’t get much sleep worrying about whether or… Read More
Carnival Glory Here we are on day two of our cruise on the Carnival Glory. After waking up to the sound of the elevators all night, we were wide awake and ready to go. I highly recommend on this particular ship finding a cabin farther away from mid-ship as the elevator bays ding constantly when… Read More
Grand Atrium Nothing in life is ever easy, right? My task was to organize and plan something that most might shy away from. What normally might be a quick 4-night Canada cruise out of Boston required not only work, but all of the stars and planets to align in perfect harmony. Yes, we were not… Read More
Rainy Miami, FL Parting is such sweet sorrow and today is our last day on our ship, the Celebrity Eclipse. We woke up to rain in the port of Miami at 7 am, I think a signal to return to reality. We had set our bags out the night before prior to 11 pm as… Read More