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ha. for sure I shouldn't fuss too much but isn't that what people do here on CC? But yeah that wouldn't be fun to miss a port due to inclement weather. We've always been fortunate. My biggest complaint was it was so hot! (says the guy who went to Florida in july) 😂

Regardless this was probably the shortest cruise we've been on and honestly I don't know that i'd want to do it again. The term "booze cruise" was definitely applicable this time. Normally we book longer cruises but we were already in Florida so this was just a little bonus. Basically the old "you don't know til ya know" situation.

seems to me like if they jacked up prices a little bit that would be something but as much as 2x? I know it's a captive audience, blah blah but they'd probably move a bit more product if prices were closer to what they are on land. I know they gotta make money where they can, but I guess you gotta wonder if the point of the shops is to provide cruisers with a fun shopping experience or make the most money possible? Yes. But there's a point where there's not a good roi. I think i remember learning this on those graphs in 7th grade, given the right equation. but, like other things it must be working or they wouldn't do what they're doing. Like anything else, speak with your wallet. Same like Disney world, etc.

you know I think we didn't really notice til we did look at the map, good catch. We just felt like if we were moving a bit more it would have made a little more breeze.

oh, perhaps it's even closer than I realized. I was basing what I thought on a video from a Youtuber. Before we went I guess I didn't realize it was so close. We had previous been to Nassau like 3-4 times, but like I said on cruises with multiple ports, necessitating longer sails, but dang I didn't know they'd just go in circles all day!

So last year we did a 3 night cruise out of Miami last July. One stop, Bimini in Bahamas. Wife wanted to stay on the boat and I only left to go swimming off the beach near the port where the ship docked. Also being July it was Hot, not just hot, but hot- hot. Like 90-95. SO why did I call it trip to nowhere you might ask? well here's why. Technically it wasn't nowhere but pretty darn close. Here was our cruise path. Crazy huh? we had been on quite a few cruises here and there, most have been mostly at least 4 night to multiple ports so we had not experienced this before. From what I know a fast boat can get to Bahamas in like 3 hours, and maybe 7-8 for a slower boat? So carnival just had us basically drifting in the channel between Florida and Bahamas...probably just using bow thrusters to keep us in the circle. I get wanting to save some fuel but this was crazy. And since most of the travel was done overnight Instead so we were doing circles on our sea days, there was just about no breeze at all which really did not help create a breeze, and it was scorching on deck. I know Bimini isn't far but they could have done some bigger loops to at least get a few more miles on the trip. Also I'm not sure but I doubt this was to avoid "weather" further south. That could probably be figured out pretty easy. So that's it. I'm sure this has come up before, I just haven't been on CC for a long time.

pretty much this. just this last 3 day i managed 10-12 drinks/day (all day) with a couple coffees everyday so it was worth it. I can put 'em back too but 15 was hard to do everyday. otherwise beers were about 8-9.50 and mixed drinks were about 10-12.50 avg.

Hello everyone. So as the title states I called this the cruise to nowhere. To be fair we did go to Bimini the first full day then a day "At Sea" and that's where it gets funny. So we arrived to the Terminal Via lyft from Fort Lauderdale. Got there just abour 10 a.m. per our "check in time". Boarding passes and id's in hand we got right through and sat in the waiting area for maybe 20 minutes and soon enough our group was called - we did have fttf, though i'm not sure what we really needed it for. We boarded shortly after, typical gangway and "we're on the boat" dance. Went through the lobby and up to deck 4 to our muster station. Ours was "G", so alllll the way back. After that we headed to the coffee statin on Promenade (5) and got an iced coffee and wandered the ship a little but too much since we've been on similar ships and my better half sailed conquest last year. Got some food, a guy's burger and a burrito. And yes, the fries weren't that good. just regular seasoned fries but the rest was as normal. Not phenomenal, but fine pretty much like the food for the duration. we attended the Welcome aboard show and won some candy from cherry on top with a raffle ticket. first night we did assigned dining (8:15) and were seated with another nice couple. We planned to go to the evening show at 9:30 but service was about slow and we got done about 10:15. We both got the roasted beef with potatoe. It was pretty good but not wow. So next day we got to Bimini right around 7 or so "right on time"...through some creative navigating by the captain. Bimini is only 2 hours out of Miami so you can see in the first picture this was the route, out, south, hairpin and a loop then right into Bimini. My wife didn't want to go to Bimini since there's not a whole lot there and the ship was super crowded she opted to stay on. I went to Bimini prepared to find a good beach for shore snorkeling but niceafter i walked down the pier and over to fisherman's village I lost ambition...it was wayyy too hot for me. I went to the beach by the pier and did some swimming/snorkeling. The water was very clear and quite warm, not refreshing but nice. I did that for a bit then walked back to the ship. By the time I walked back to the ship i was soaking in my t-shirt from sweat. went to the 80's pop to the max show that night which was actually pretty fun. Then went and got a few drinks at Alchemy. Eventually she went to bed and i had a couple more drinks at the Casino bar. Day at sea was what you'd expect. I want to point out that the regular buffet breakfast, the hot part is Garbage. Worse scrambled eggs I've had, over cooked brown and serve sausages instead of good links. second and third morning they did have a different sausage that was a bit better though. And while there was plenty of bacon , it was very thin and a little burnt. 3rd morning I opted for the omelette and that was pretty good. But how hard is it to good "american" style breakfast?? so third day "at sea" was very hot on deck, and virtually no breeze due to the slow circling the ship did all , like a vulture waiting for roadkill. see second picture. Basically the whole cruise we only travelled 319 n.m. That's fewer miles than it took us to get to the airport...lol. and of course overnight we finally sailed north and got into port just about 6:30 or 7. Overnight it was nice to feel the vessel "moving" and hearing the hum of the engines. Overall this was a fun cruise, huge party crowd , which is expected for a 3 night from Miami. But the food was only so/so. The staff was very nice and friendly . The ship was clean and in good maintenance. Pools were wayyy crowded, and our bed wasn't the usual very nice carnival quality i'm used to. Not trying to be negative, these are just my thoughts. Probably in a year or two I'll be ready to go again, this time to some more exciting ports.

sorry it was late when i posted. For carnival I just needed my enhanced MI DL to go to Bimini, and from Bimini they were good with just my ship card.

finally just got home tonight from this strange cruise. No birth cert needed for me. Also I know they ask you to bring your ship card and an ID but i was just fine with my ID.

we're on thbe conquest in a couple weeks, debating packing the snorkeling stuff if there;s good snorkeling on Bimini. Looks like it's not the most exciting cruise stop. thanks.

thanks. yeah mine is an EDL and does have the flag. Come to think of it I used it 2 summers ago when we did a trip to Nassau and back ...So I should be good but may bring the BC anyway.

Hey everyone! We'll be sailing on the conquest this July, it was sort of a last minute trip that's revolving around a couple other things that happened to be going in in Florida. The cruise just goes to Bimini and back My SO does have a passport , I used top have one and it's expired (and I don't know where it is currently). Regardless I probably wouldn't be able to get another in 2 months anyway. But! I do have an enhanced DL from MI. a quick googling says it's valid for return from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the Carribean....So not sure where Bahamas/Bimini falls into that . Heck our last cruise 2 years ago they didn't even check as we went through customs. I'm sure they're back to it now, but I do have a valid ID and I have a birth cert. somewhere around here.

i think it was our last cruise, like 2 years ago maybe?....A cruiser had a larger speaker at the pool. music wasn't offensive but i was sorta like "really, dude?" i guess some people care and some don't.