Category Archives: Carnival

Carnival Breeze Library Bar

Only on a cruise ship.   Cruise ships have many bars.  Most also have a library.  Normally these are two separate entities.  Perhaps the bars get more use, or they wanted a way to make the library more attractive or a … Continue reading

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Carnival Breeze Punchliner Comedy Club

Carnival Cruises Funship 2.0 upgrades includes all sorts of food, fun, and entertainment.  A wide variety of new spaces and places get added all over the ship as each boat in turn goes into drydock.  The new Breeze didn’t have … Continue reading

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Carnival Breeze Thrill Theater

Carnival Breeze has a new way to have fun on a cruise ship.  For a small fee, passengers can buy either a one ride ticket, or the much better unlimited full cruise pass to visit the brand new 4-D Thrill … Continue reading

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Grand Turk

Sunshine sparkles on water in varying shades of blue on both sides of the dock.  Walking down the dock from the Carnival Liberty in Grand Turk takes almost no time.  The light blue of shallow water drops to the dark … Continue reading

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Dining on Carnival Liberty

Carnival Liberty, the first ship to undergo the Funship 2.0 transformation, has many dining options – most of them free.  The only regular mealtime eatery on the ship that costs extra is the steakhouse. Liberty has two main dining rooms, … Continue reading

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Bicycling in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

While walking up the road to San Filipe Del Morro castle, one of two old forts within walking distance of the cruise ship docks in San Juan Puerto Rico, we spied two bright yellow bikes chained to a lamp post.  … Continue reading

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Carnival Liberty Private Tour

Writing does have its advantages.  The crew on the Carnival Liberty treated us like royalty.  When we arrived our room greeted us with champagne and fruit baskets, gifts from some of the ship’s staff.  Every afternoon we got random deliveries … Continue reading

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Paradise Point Skyride, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI

A few steps from the cruise ship dock in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas US Virgin Islands, we found a taxi to town.  After a bit of shopping we ended up on an unplanned random bus tour of the island.  Luckily … Continue reading

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Random Bus Tour on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

A tour of Saint Thomas on a local open-sided tour bus ran by island locals. Views of ships in the harbor and Magens Bay. A visit to Bolongo Beach, a favorite of local iguanas. Lots of photos. Continue reading

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Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands

The US Virgin Islands include St. John and St. Croix along with St. Thomas.  They create the boarder between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, 40 miles east of Puerto Rico and 1100 miles southeast of Miami.  Cruise ships … Continue reading

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