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Day 10 was a sad day on our trip.  We had to get back on a plane and head back north.  Even though it was only in the 50’s in Florida, the 20’s back home seem pretty cold and the forecast was even calling for temperatures below zero by Tuesday.  (more…)

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Day 9 had us wake up just off the Florida coast.    The night before we had packed our suitcases and placed them in the hall outside our cabin.  Carnival implemented a new procedure since out last cruise for luggage. We were given tags that had a number on then, we were number 17.  When they started calling for guests to disembark the self assist guests were called first.  Self assist guests are those who are taking there own luggage.  I personally think they should do away with self assist guests, it seemed to really bog down the process.  (more…)

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  Day 8 of our trip was our last full day on the ship as well as another Fun Ship day at sea.   This day ended up being the worst weather day of the cruise.  It was windy, cool and the rain was falling from time to time.  I think a number of our group took naps, some played cards and others just relaxed.  There was a disembarkation talk in the theatre, I missed it but others from our group attended.  (more…)

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 Day 7 was our 2nd Fun day at sea.  It started with Dennis and Anna singing with the deck band. We enjoyed Beautiful weather on Thursday, It was easily in the upper 80’s and the sun was out in full strength.  The perfect day for sun and partying on the Lido deck. (more…)

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 Arriving in St Maarten provided us with some beautiful views of the island.  On previous cruises to both St. Thomas and St. Maarten we arrived overnight and did not get a chance to see the islands from sea.  This trip let us see what we had previously missed.  We were arriving on the Dutch side of the island which is called St. Maarten and porting in the town of Philipsburg.  The northern French half of the island is known as St. Martin and has a main town of Marigot.  (more…)

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