Yesterday evening on his daily update the captain warned us that Miami would be particularly busy this weekend as in addition to the Spring Break student holiday, the annual Miami Music Festival was taking place. It didn’t concern us too … Read More
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.
Day One.
Clearing immigration in the USA is always a lengthy procedure, but when you have a boat-load of 3000+ passengers it can turn into a nightmare. On the ship we were allocated a colour coded sticker to indicate our … Read More
Rescue at sea.
Today was supposed to be another quiet day at sea as we continued our journey towards New Orleans. In the morning we attended a lecture on the music of the “Big Easy” before having a light lunch of pizza on … Read More
Belize city.
The sea around Belize City is very shallow and so for today we were anchored approximately five miles off the coast. We had booked on a shore excursion and therefore had to meet up on-board awaiting a shore transfer.
Roatan, Honduras.
The island of Roatan sits some 40 miles off the mainland of Honduras, it being the largest of the Bay Islands. Mahogany Bay, where the ship docked this morning, is a purpose built facility exclusively for passengers of Carnival cruises. … Read More