I'm keeping my word and this post is all about the first part of our fabulous honeymoon!!! Hehe ;)
Our Carnival cruise left out of Galveston so we drove part of the way after the reception ended so we could get there just as early as possible on Sunday morning. Since we splurged and got the balcony suite, we got VIP check in which was very nice!
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were all days at sea so we got to see a lot of the ship, abused our Sign and Sail card quite a bit, and ate way too much!
Wednesday we were in Montego Bay, Jamaica and Quade was very excited as we pulled in since he had never been out of the country or had never seen really blue water.
We didn't plan any excursions in Jamaica mainly because we had one place in mind.......
MARGARITAVILLE!!
We had an awesome time there! Honestly can say we did NOT have too much to drink because they are so darn expensive!
They had a great view from the top bar area:)
We wanted to go to the beach, but I couldn't believe that you had to pay just to go!!
As close a picture as I could get!
We came back to the ship early for a nap before getting ready for dinner but had an early wake up call......
A Jamaican marching band!
Sweet gesture I understand to see the ship off, but not for those trying to get some sleep. Oh well!
Thursday we were in Grand Cayman and we did the sting ray and sea turtle farm excursion. I was kinda freaked out at first...you know...Steve Irwin and all....but we had an absolute blast!!!
On the way to Sting Ray City
Sting Ray City!!
Some of the sting rays were literally as big as me! The water was only waist deep in the middle of nowhere. I got to feed one, KISS one (it's good luck apparently for 7 years), and get a back massage from one! I only really got freaked out when one of the sting rays "attacked" me! OK maybe he didn't attack me exactly but he thought I still had food in my hand so he circled all around me looking for the food that I did NOT have! The only way we could get pictures of these exciting events was to pay a heavy price so we decided to save our money.
On to the Sea Turtle Farm....
They're starting to lay eggs in the sand now and should be hatching soon! Wish I could be there for that!!
Our baby turtle :) Awwww
We also got our very first Christmas ornament in the gift shop! I already put it up to prepare for the the holidays. It's Santa Claus dressed in his swim trunks on top of a Carnival ship that says Grand Cayman!!
I got this great shot of the ship when we were driving back.
I'll show pictures of the second half of our honeymoon in my next post, but here's the first few nights of our towel animals until then!
More on my next post!!!
wow... three days at sea. that's a lot! on our cruise, we just had one. when we went to the cayman islands last year, we went to the beach.
ReplyDeletearen't cruises so much fun? :)
Hi there! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog. We actually just went on the same cruise back in February. I know exactly what you mean about Margaritaville being expensive! Geez, our bill was high for just having a couple of cheeseburgers. It was 18% taxed. Don't worry about missing the beach, I wasn't that impressed. Congrats on being a newlywed! You just got yourself a new follower ;)
ReplyDeleteP.s. I loved that little marching band :)