Family Cruise 2015

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Family Cruise 2015 is in the history books!  We had so much fun!  it was the first time that we had ever all been on vacation together at the same time.  In total there were 29 people in our group.  We all boarded the Carnival Glory out of Miami, FL and we went to 4 different ports:  Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas; St Thomas in US Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Grand Turk.  By far, the best 2 stops were Half Moon Cay and St Thomas.  In Half Moon Cay, the water was crystal clear.  We rented some tubes and mats, and Carnival had a big barbecue on the beach for everyone.  Cody got some good video with his go pro here.  In St Thomas, we took a 40 minute boat ride over to the island of St John (it is only accessible by boat) and, on the ride over, we saw lots of famous peoples' houses (Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Madonna, David Letterman). When we arrived to St John, we went into the US Virgin

Trunk Bay - St John

Island National Park to the beach at Trunk Bay.  It is listed as the 3rd 'most beautiful' beach in the entire world.  We went snorkeling here, and loved it!  We saw lots of fish and coral along the snorkeling trails there.  In San Juan, we just walked into town from the pier.  We stopped at CVS and got a few groceries, took some pictures at Senor Frogs, and got back on the boat.  San Juan is not one
of my favorite places...it is just nasty.  In Grand Turk, we docked right on the beach.  There is a new shopping area that had a Margaritaville with a HUGE swimming pool that we hung out in for a long time, and Cody and Riley snorkeled in the ocean again for a little while.

The ship we were on was pretty cool.  It had been refurbished in 2012, so it had all the new Carnival bells and whistles.  Like Guy's Burger Joint (we had a BUNCH of burgers!).  It also had a big waterslide that Riley rode 212 times!  It had a taco bar that me, Jay, and Cody ate pretty much everyday.  Riley and Cody won at sports trivia one night and got a trophy.  We watched some amazing musical shows, played bingo, and saw lifesize Hasbro boardgame shows.  Jay tried all sorts of new and 'amazing' foods that he had been wanting to try....octopus (he did not care for it), ratatouille, ox tongue, and frog legs!  We had a great waiter named Vane.  He was from Macedonia,
and he made all our dinners very enjoyable.  He cut up with the boys, and they all had a blast!


The best part of the trip for me was just being able to shut down my cell phone for a week, and spend time with the people that I love the most.  Hopefully we made lots of memories that will last a lifetime!

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