Ms. Terry's Blog: Our Caribbean Cruise Adeventure

I have officially made it to my 30th country! Yay! And I still have more than a month before I turn 30!

Over Fall Break, I went on a Carnival Cruise to the Bahamas with my grandmother, and we just had a wonderful time. I have been on one cruise before, but it was all the way the back in 2015. Both have been Carnival Cruises, and I only have the nicest things to say about the staff of both cruises. Even with the pandemic, every person working on the ship was awesome.

In particular, there are couple things I really like about cruises, if you're curious.

1. Cruises can be a good mixture of adventure and relaxation. On the cruise to the Bahamas, my cruise was a lot of relaxation since I was traveling with my grandmother. We went to the spa, we took naps, and we had calm, guided tours of Freeport and Nassau. But I also got my dose of adventure snorkeling in Bimini at the Sapona Shipwreck. It was super cool, and I made friends with a turtle. Other people we spoke to did jeep tours, dolphin adventures, and other activities that were more high energy. And this diversity of activities leads me to the second thing I really like about cruises.

2. Cruises really are the have it your way vacation. You want to book an excursion? Book an excursion. You want to play in the pool all day? Play in the pool all day. And there are a million things to choose from. There's trivia, shows, games, the gym, the spa, the library, the casino, art auctions, and so much more. Or you can just nap! It's whatever you want it to be.

3. There's also a million food choices. That's amazing. I ATE ALL THE FOOD. Also, you want two entrees at dinner? Order two entrees at dinner. You do you.

4. Finally, what I think I like most about cruises is you have all these different people from different places who are just there to have a good time. This means pretty much everyone gets along, you have some great conversations, and people embrace the fun. The dance, they sing, they laugh. That's my experience at least. The only drama we had was someone cheating at trivia. This lady was winning like every trivia game and finally another lady came up saying she had VIDEO EVIDENCE that there was cheating involved. DRAMA ON THE CRUISE SHIP. I found it quite trivial.

But anyway, we had an excellent time. 10/10 would recommend. And of course, here are some pictures.