June 25-30, 2012: Brett & I set sail aboard the Carnival Destiny for an Eastern Caribbean cruise because Brett's company was celebrating its 15th anniversary. Back in the fall Pioneer sent out an email offering a cruise for employees & spouses at a really good price. A cruise was not on our radar, however this came up & my in-laws (Grandpa, Adele, & Amanda) SO nicely offered to come down to stay & care for the kids part of the week. The rest of the week my parents got the kids. So we couldn't turn down such a fun opportunity!
We were both looking forward to the 3 stops on the cruise: Turks & Caicos, Half Moon Cay (Carnival's private island which is part of the Bahamas), & Nassau, Bahamas.
We cruised from late Monday until Wednesday morning when we arrived in the beautiful Turks & throughly enjoyed our relaxing time on the beach & under the palm trees. Then, we set off towards Half Moon Cay, unfortunately Thursday morning as soon as the boat was taking people onto the island it started raining & lightening. The captain informed us that we couldn't stay due to the weather & continued onto Nassau. We were so bummed to miss this island because we heard it was amazing. Friday morning we arrived in Nassau & unloaded early so we could get to our excursion. Paradise Island The Atlantis!! This is where Brett & I honeymooned so to say we were excited to return was an understatement! We spent 8 hours off the boat that day & LOVED being at The Atlantis together riding slides (Brett a lot more than me), seeing the aquariums, swimming, lunching, & walking all around.
Every night we would have dinner in the Universe Dining Room with all the Pioneer group. We made friends with some of the other accounting people & their spouses so we ate dinner, went to bars, the casino, the Disco, & the comedy shows together.
Overall, fantastic trip! My favorite part was simply being with Brett 24/7! It's a rare event these days! Thanks babe for working for such a wonderful company! xoxo
(These are pics Monday-Thursday.)
Bye Miami!
All aboard!
On our room balcony leaving Miami.
Tuesday night @ the cocktail party & dinner
Our view Wednesday am when we woke up. Turks & Caicos
It's still so odd to me that this is how we traveled to these different places. By boat. Yikes!!
<3
Happy place
Very relaxed
Half Moon Cay- didn't get off there, but we had to snap a pic.
The reason for our departure...lightening close. :(
Wed. night dinner
