Carnival Imagination and Carnival Sunshine - My Back-to-Back Photo Review

[iheartmarshall]

I love everything about these reviews and especially the parts in Key West. DH and I are planning a trip there next year and I am already so excited! We're driving down instead of cruising but still, your review and photos have helped me quite a bit in the preliminary planning. We may even rent a scooter from Sunshine Scooters :)

 

Looking forward to the rest!

[wrigley80]

I love everything about these reviews and especially the parts in Key West. DH and I are planning a trip there next year and I am already so excited! We're driving down instead of cruising but still, your review and photos have helped me quite a bit in the preliminary planning. We may even rent a scooter from Sunshine Scooters :)

 

Looking forward to the rest!

 

You will love Key West. The drive to Key West is beautiful. :)

[wrigley80]

Once the meet and greet party was over we headed up to the EA Sports Bar to catch a round of sports trivia. We love playing sports trivia. After trivia we headed back to the cabin to sit out on the balcony for a while and get cleaned up for dinner. We were getting hungry so we headed on to dinner in the MDR early tonight

 

We got to the dining room and I was so happy to see my favorite thing on the menu.....the Chicken Quesadilla. I didn't even have a main course on this night. I had 4 quesadillas.....they are so yummy

 

our nightly entertainment

 

One of my favorite desserts.....the Strawberry Cheesecake

 

Lemon Cake

[wrigley80]

After dinner we headed down to the atrium for a drink

 

 

 

[wrigley80]

Tonight was the Mardi Gras party in the Atrium.....

 

 

Throwing out some beads

 

 

Jaime has more energy than an energizer bunny

 

[wrigley80]

Well that was the end of Day #3 onboard (Tuesday).....tomorrow we would be in Montego Bay, Jamaica (our first port of call)

[wrigley80]

In Montego Bay we were going to go on the Hop On/Hop Off Bus Tour that is sponsored by Carnival. It was $19.00 per person. I was really looking forward to trying this out but it wasn't meant to be.

 

I got sick during the night and when I woke up in the morning I was so weak and tired. I never left the cabin on Wednesday. That was awful. I had been counting down the days for months and here I was stuck in our cabin. This wasn't what I had in mind.

 

My dad still went into Montego Bay but he only went as far as the cruise center and to get a few pictures of the ship.

 

 

 

 

[dotheyes]

Well that was the end of Day #3 onboard (Tuesday).....tomorrow we would be in Montego Bay, Jamaica (our first port of call)

 

was there any place to sit on the upper decks for mardi gras

[wrigley80]

 

 

 

 

 

Not too many photos were taken from our day in Montego Bay so that is the end of Day #4 in Montego Bay.....next port of call would bring us to Grand Cayman

[wrigley80]

was there any place to sit on the upper decks for mardi gras

 

For the Mardi Gras party??? I didn't see any. We sat in the atrium :)

[Gingee]

Bummer to be sick on vacation.

[hotburner]

Once the meet and greet party was over we headed up to the EA Sports Bar to catch a round of sports trivia. We love playing sports trivia. After trivia we headed back to the cabin to sit out on the balcony for a while and get cleaned up for dinner. We were getting hungry so we headed on to dinner in the MDR early tonight

 

Everything looks so yummy!

[wrigley80]

Bummer to be sick on vacation.

 

Yeah it was no fun staying in the cabin all day :(

[wrigley80]

Well the next day of the cruise would bring us to Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman is one of our favorite ports of call. I woke up around 6:30 am to a very unusual sound coming from outside so I woke up and went to the balcony and this was what we saw

 

This helicopter was literally about 100 yards away from the ship and then it would swoop in and get real close

 

 

 

WHOA....they are taking my picture. good thing I had clothes on ;)

[wrigley80]

 

The sky looked so eerie this morning

 

 

 

 

So when we returned to the ship that afternoon after our day in Grand Cayman we found out that the helicopter was there filming a new commercial for Carnival Cruise Lines. I'm gonna be a TV STAR :p

[wrigley80]

Another benefit of getting up this early....I was able to catch a beautiful Caribbean sunrise

 

 

 

That is just beautiful :)

[wrigley80]

We watched the helicopter for a little while longer and then we started to get ready for the day. We went up to Lido for some breakfast

 

It was still pretty quiet up on deck

 

 

 

After breakfast we returned to our cabin to gather up our stuff for the day. We pre-booked a Swim with the Stingrays tour through MarineLand tours. This was our second time going with them and they are wonderful.

 

Costa Luminosa

 

The Carnival Sunshine is a beautiful ship

[wrigley80]

Our excursion started with a short trolley ride to their dock. Their dock is over by the airport.

 

The trolley

 

Were heading out on our journey

 

 

WOW.....and we thought $3.29 a gallon was expensive :eek:

 

GIVE WAY.....all that means is holy crap I hope they slow down

[wrigley80]

There's my yacht....I'm ready to go for a ride

 

 

Me and my poppa

 

 

Heading out to Stingray City

[shoppingfever]

Oh I cannot wait to see these next pics! I just paid for that excursion last week! Oh, and with your advice, we called and booked the swim with the manatees also! Yes, they gave us a discount so it was just $100 for the two of us. Super excited about both of these excursions and even more excited they are paid for already!

[Niquein99]

Great review and awesome pics! Can't wait to meet you on the Dream. :)

[cruiserking]

Really enjoying your great pictures, and cruise travelogue Wrigley80!

 

Jonathan

[wrigley80]

Oh I cannot wait to see these next pics! I just paid for that excursion last week! Oh, and with your advice, we called and booked the swim with the manatees also! Yes, they gave us a discount so it was just $100 for the two of us. Super excited about both of these excursions and even more excited they are paid for already!

 

 

Oh Jodi.....you will love this excursion with MarineLand tours. The boat is wonderful. We prefer to go with them because the boat has steps that go all the way down in to the water.....no ladders. It makes it very easy to get in and out of the water. After going to Stingray City with them I won't go with anyone else. I will make sure to include some pics of the boat to show you the stairs.

 

So happy to hear that you got the manatee excursion booked. And even better that you got a discount for it. It's always a great feeling to know when you have things pre-paid.

 

 

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[wrigley80]

Great review and awesome pics! Can't wait to meet you on the Dream. :)

 

 

Thank You. Yeah can't wait to meet you as well. It's gonna be a great cruise.....it's gonna be so nice to be onboard for 9 days.

 

 

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[dotheyes]

glad you were feeling better the next day

great review; the Lido did not look to crowded

keep the good stuff coming

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