This was our friends first cruise so we took care of getting everything booked. Since we had the bigger car we drove down to the port. Look at all that luggage!! The porters will have fun unloading all that!
We both had a balcony cabin for this cruise. Not a bad size, about normal for this type of stateroom. What was nice was our friends were in the cabin next door so they opened up the door between the two balconies so we had one really long balcony that we shared. Very nice! We spent lots of time out here during the week, relaxing, reading, & sleeping!!
After finding our cabins, we did a quick tour of the ship to get our bearings and to check out the pool area. Also a quick stop at the ice cream machine! Then it was time to get ready for dinner. Aren't we a good looking bunch!
Our first stop on this trip was Cozumel. Since our friends hadn't been before we walked around the shopping area and just wandered through the shops. Since we walked pretty much the whole street I got some really neat pictures here this time. 
We weren't off the ship long and we were back on to enjoy the pool area without the masses. Also time for a little snack.
Next stop was Grand Cayman. We did a shore excursion here. It wasn't the best excursion we have ever done but a neat concept. You were on these little 2 person boats that had a glass bottom built in so you could see what was underneath you. It wasn't as cool as we thought it would be and ended up being kind of boring. We definitely wouldn't do this again. After the tour we just headed back to the ship since we aren't big shoppers but if you are this is the port for you. You can find pretty much anything you are looking for. After we were ready to head back it was time to get on the tender for the ride back to the ship for another evening aboard ship.
Our last stop was Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We did a great tour here this time. Since our friends had never been, we decided we should climb Dunn's River Falls. My wife and I had done this before on our honeymoon. This trip however was different from the one we did. We did a plantation tour the 1st time. This time we did a catamaran sail. We boarded the catamaran at the dock and sailed over to the beach in front of Dunn's River Falls where we got off and began our climb. I had almost forgotten how chilly the water coming down the falls is but that memory came back very quick. You climb up the falls in a daisy chain holding hands with the person in front of and behind you. This comes in handy in a couple of the stops that can be quite slick. It is a pretty easy climb for the most part but it can be crowded and slow going at times. After the climb it was back aboard the catamaran for a leisurely sail back to the ship. The trip back was filled with music and dancing and drinking! We had a great time.
Once again we were very lucky to have some flat seas on our trip. It amazes me at how calm the seas can be sometimes and other times so rough. We also met some cool people on this trip. Here are Travis & Bill having a drink. Bill was a cool guy and we ended up running into him several times and he bought a couple rounds of drinks for us.
Since we aren't huge Carnival fans to begin with we went into this with low expectations of the food and service in the dining room. The food was good but I don't remember our servers being the best. Of course that can happen on any cruise line but they just weren't as good as servers we have had on other lines. We did have a great bar guy that we all loved in the dining room, Yoki! He was the bomb. He introduced us to the "kiss on the lips" and he made our trips into the dining room each night so much fun! We wanted to bring him home with us at the end of the cruise.Overall we had a good time but we just aren't big fans of Carnival and they would be one of our last choices to pick for a cruise.
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