The last weekend in September 2014 (I know, I know. I'm way behind...) we embarked on our most amazing Caribbean cruise vacation! We booked this vacation way back in February and were anxiously awaiting September to arrive so we could go have some fun in the sun! The whole week was amazing; just what we needed before things got crazy at work for both of us. We did our best to take lots of videos so we could share all the fun with our friends and family! It was a busy week and there is a lot to show and tell! Enjoy!
We left Portland on a Saturday night. We took a Red-Eye flight to New York City. This was our first experience with a Red-Eye and I can pretty much guarantee that we won't be doing that again. I slept a little but Andrew didn't hardly sleep at all. We were exhausted. Overall, our flights were fine. We had a short lay-over in NYC during which we grabbed some breakfast and took the opportunity to freshen up. Our next flight was down to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We stepped off the plane and immediately felt the humidity. We got our luggage and went to check-in for our transfer service. Carnival Cruise Lines provides the option of using their airport to port transfer service. It's so handy and fairly inexpensive. We had only a 15 minute drive to port so we weren't able to see a whole lot of San Juan but we did see a few things.
We arrived at the port around 1p.m. We had been travelling since 7p.m. the night before and were running on very little sleep. We wanted a nap and a shower. Getting through security and check-in for the ship went very smoothly. Once we were on the ship, we had to wait about an hour before our room was ready. We grabbed some lunch and explored all the fun things that the ship had to offer. Once our room was ready, we went right there to get some shut-eye before the fun really started that evening! We took a nice long nap and woke a few hours later to find that Andrew's luggage had been delivered, but mine had not. I was a bit frustrated so I made a few phone calls and then waited some more. After a while, right before dinner, my luggage arrived! I was able to shower and spruce up for dinner. Dinner this night was not the usual format of sitting at your assigned table at your assigned time. It was a "come when you want" sort of a format. We were seated at whatever table was available. Our table had 8 other people. The food was great (like always) and the conversation was fun. We were finally feeling like we were on vacation!
After dinner, we had safety drills in our muster stations. It was so hot and humid and standing in the middle of a huge crowd of people with barely any breathing room for 45 minutes was a bit uncomfortable. We survived the safety drills, although I did start to have a minor panic attack. I was thinking about everything that could possibly go wrong and I was convinced that something terrible was going to happen to us! The ship was schedule to leave soon and there were a lot of fun activities going on to celebrate this. We debated going to some of these activities but ultimately decided to sit out on our balcony and watch the ship depart. It was beautiful. Yes, it was 11:00p.m. and 80 degrees and still 90% humidity, but the the city lights reflecting in the clear ocean water was breathtaking. This first night proved to us very quickly that we were in for quite an amazing week.
We left Portland on a Saturday night. We took a Red-Eye flight to New York City. This was our first experience with a Red-Eye and I can pretty much guarantee that we won't be doing that again. I slept a little but Andrew didn't hardly sleep at all. We were exhausted. Overall, our flights were fine. We had a short lay-over in NYC during which we grabbed some breakfast and took the opportunity to freshen up. Our next flight was down to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We stepped off the plane and immediately felt the humidity. We got our luggage and went to check-in for our transfer service. Carnival Cruise Lines provides the option of using their airport to port transfer service. It's so handy and fairly inexpensive. We had only a 15 minute drive to port so we weren't able to see a whole lot of San Juan but we did see a few things.
We arrived at the port around 1p.m. We had been travelling since 7p.m. the night before and were running on very little sleep. We wanted a nap and a shower. Getting through security and check-in for the ship went very smoothly. Once we were on the ship, we had to wait about an hour before our room was ready. We grabbed some lunch and explored all the fun things that the ship had to offer. Once our room was ready, we went right there to get some shut-eye before the fun really started that evening! We took a nice long nap and woke a few hours later to find that Andrew's luggage had been delivered, but mine had not. I was a bit frustrated so I made a few phone calls and then waited some more. After a while, right before dinner, my luggage arrived! I was able to shower and spruce up for dinner. Dinner this night was not the usual format of sitting at your assigned table at your assigned time. It was a "come when you want" sort of a format. We were seated at whatever table was available. Our table had 8 other people. The food was great (like always) and the conversation was fun. We were finally feeling like we were on vacation!
After dinner, we had safety drills in our muster stations. It was so hot and humid and standing in the middle of a huge crowd of people with barely any breathing room for 45 minutes was a bit uncomfortable. We survived the safety drills, although I did start to have a minor panic attack. I was thinking about everything that could possibly go wrong and I was convinced that something terrible was going to happen to us! The ship was schedule to leave soon and there were a lot of fun activities going on to celebrate this. We debated going to some of these activities but ultimately decided to sit out on our balcony and watch the ship depart. It was beautiful. Yes, it was 11:00p.m. and 80 degrees and still 90% humidity, but the the city lights reflecting in the clear ocean water was breathtaking. This first night proved to us very quickly that we were in for quite an amazing week.
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