Mahogany Bay, Roatan If you are heading out on a Western Caribbean itinerary with a stop in Belize and you’re sailing on a Princess, Holland America, Carnival or other Carnival Corporation ship, chances are good that a stop at Mahogany Bay, Roatan, is on your itinerary. Mahogany Bay is a Carnival Corporation built port on the …
The Carnival Vista is Carnival’s newest ship (until the Carnival Horizon comes out in 2018) and is a beautiful ship. Gone are the days of the bright, glaring décor and it is now a subtle décor that is pleasant to everyone. This ship has a lot of the features you’ll find on other newer Carnival …
Carnival Magic Chef’s Table Although I don’t profess to be a ‘foodie’ at home, the Chef’s Table on a cruise allows the cruise line to pull out all the stops and offer a prix fixe meal not found in the main dining room. Fortunately my most recent cruise on the Carnival Magic had a Chef’s …
Carnival Cruise Line has adopted the slogan “Fun For All. All For Fun.” Carnival has long offered their kids’ club, Camp Carnival, but now some newer options really set the Fun Ships apart for their youngest guests! Over 700,000 kids travel aboard one of Carnival ships annually and the company has recently enhanced their ships …
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a “Disney Cruise Line snob”. Yes, I’ve exclusively sailed on Disney Cruise Line for the past decade on every Disney Cruise Line vessel with a dozen cruises under Castaway Club account. So when my best friend and business partner suggested we try another cruise line to venture out …
Back in the end of 2011, Carnival announced that it would be upgrading their fleet with what they called Fun Ship 2.0 Enhancements. These were to include a variety of new partnerships, enhanced dining choices, additional bars and loungers and unique entertainment opportunities. The program would continue through the end of 2015. On our first …
Salsa and Salsa … and Margaritas! Cozumel, Mexico, is a destination on most Western Caribbean cruise itineraries and there is no shortage of things to do in this port of call. You can swim with dolphins, lounge on a beach, ride ATVs, snorkel and dive, and do some great shopping. One thing I’ve read on …
Visiting Tulum from a cruise ship in Cozumel Recently I had the opportunity to do a cruise on the Carnival Breeze with a Western Caribbean itinerary. My travel companion for this trip was my very active senior-citizen mom. Since I’d been to Cozumel many times I let her pick our activities, and she decided she …
While sailing on the Carnival Valor out of Puerto Rico, one of our stops was in St Maarten. This island is part of the Netherlands Antilles located in the Eastern Caribbean and is popular with cruise lines. The island itself is divided into two sections: one half is French, and the other half is Dutch. The cruise …
An Island Tour of St Lucia In April 2014 we sailed the Carnival Valor our of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a Southern Caribbean itinerary and one of our ports was the island of St. Lucia where I did an island tour. This was my second cruise on the Valor but my first time to a …
