Caribbean Carnival Cruise

Our Cruise was amazing. We left Friday December 10th at midnight until the following Sunday December 19th. My first (and hopefully last) red eye. It wasn't too bad, but it definitely was not fun. Trying to sleep in an airport is almost impossible.
The Cruise was with Rodger's Real Estate Team which includes his father and 2 other guys that are brothers. The wives came along as well, of course! Because my husband rocks this Cruise was a special treat for us because Rodger hit all his goals in 2010. I'm so proud of him!
*Random coincidence was that our good friends the Bendt's were on the same cruise, not planned at all. It was fun to run into them every now and then.

Don't we look happy?
*Hint-If you click on the collages they will expand for better view*

We arrived in San Juan Puerto Rico Saturday afternoon. That evening we went to dinner and went to their HUGE mall. It was extremely big and so many people were there.
The next day our Cruise Ship didn't leave until later that evening so we dropped our luggage off at the Port and signed in that we were here (best decision we ever made, no lines to wait in) and then off to shop some more downtown San Juan.

Our Ship was called Carnival Victory. Our room was nice and big with a balcony which made it extra nice. The slide was a blast, along with miniature golfing, the casino, big screen TV, and much more.

Our 1st stop was St. Thomas/St. John's. This day we took a cab, a ferry, and then another cab to a famous beach called Trunk Bay. It was beautiful. We went snorkeling and hung out at the beach.

Our 2nd stop, Barbados. This day we took a catamaran out to go swimming with Sea Turtles. It was magical and they looked so fake and animated. I felt like I was swimming with the turtles off of Finding Nemo.

Our 3rd stop was my favorite, St. Lucia. It was gorgeous. This is the place where The Bachelor was filmed. We went to the beach just down from the place they stayed in. The views were breathtaking on this island. I would love to go again.

Above are the beautiful pictures in St. Lucia. The top left is a spot where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. The pictures don't do the place justice, I promise it was beyond pretty.

Our 4th stop was St. Kitts. I really enjoyed this day also. We took a beautiful cab drive to a beach. Pretty much every stop we went to a beach. All we wanted to do was relax, and that's just what happened.
In St. Kitts they are really into their Aloe Vera plants. Rodger fell for it and got a foot rub with the stuff, you can see the picture above. I was dying of laughter and anger because he falls for anything.

All throughout St. Kitts there are monkeys everywhere going wild. We stopped to get a few snap shots taken with one. He was so cute and well mannered.

Our last and final stop was St. Maarten. This was probably my 2nd favorite spot. No, not because of the Nude Beach, in fact that was not worth my time:). It too, like all the other locations, was beautiful.

The 1st Formal Night. I tend to love formal nights. I don't know if its because of the fact I have a reason to get dressed up and feel pretty or mostly to observe everyone else on the Cruise Ship. I could sit and watch families get pictures together (oh and don't forget the single shots) all night long. Some of their poses/facial expressions are priceless.

The Night Life. We had fun doing the following:
-Play Card Games (Scum was a big hit)
-Going to the Comedians
-Karaoke (Together with Ryan and Tara we sang, The Picture by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock)
-Bingo
-Hitting up the Casino (Pretty much every night)
-Miniature Golf in the dark

-Home, Happy, and Tan-

I would recommend this Cruise to all. The stops were so pretty and so much fun.
What a difference the Caribbean is when it comes to their pretty white sand and bright blue ocean water. We had such a fun time!
May I not forget to mention that my poor Rodger got soooooo sick the last night of the Cruise. He must have gotten food poisoning. He was throwing up and was up all night. The next day was travel day with 8 hours on an airplane. I felt so bad. I have never in my life as knowing Rodger seen him this badly.
I think we went through hundreds of rolls of toilet paper once we got back home. I can't count how many dirty wads of tissue I have picked up all over my house the last week.
I'm so glad he was semi better in time for the Christmas Celebrations.