Back to my Southern roots (haha)

Orlando

Pearl Island, Nassau (Day 2)

You guessed it! We are traveling again and I am so excited!!!

Yesterday James came home from work and expressed his interest in going somewhere warm for a winter vacation. And I am not to agrue with a man who wants to go somewhere warm!!! So thanks to Airmiles, Westjet seat sale and Carnival Cruise line... we are going to.....

ORLANDO AND THE BAHAMAS!!!!

Feb. 19-Mar 2

We had enough airmiles for 1 person to go to Orlando for free and we found an amazing seat sale on Westjet, so we booked right away. We checked around the internet and carnival cruiseline had a last minute special on some of their cruises, one leaving for Port Canaveral which is only 45 minutes from Orlando. And the price for a 4 day cruise is only $249/person! Amazing! I know! Cheaper than the airplane ticket we had to get!

It will be so nice because for the first 6 days we get to stay with my grandparents at their house (which is in a community that has their own pool, golf course, the works) and then the last 5 days we will spend cruising the ocean and laying in the Carribean sand. My grandpa has a list of stuff he needs James to do while we are down there, so we will help him out since we can stay at their house for free. We went to their place for Christmas '04 and had an amazing time. In their "village" everyone drives around on golf carts and they are all over the age of 60. SO CUTE! But their place is great and has everything anyone could ever ask for.

As for the cruise, we chose the cheapest room available (no window, 2 beds) but picked the option of the free upgrade if another room is available. In all honesty I don't plan on being in the room too often. You can eat all the food you want, go to any show you want, or just wander around the MASSIVE boat. The only thing you have to pay for is the alcohol and any merchandise, and we have already pre-paid our "tips" for the servers. You can have room service anytime for free, so James plans ordering cheesecake at 3 am!

We deport at 4:00 pm on Feb 25, and set sail to the Bahamas. We stop in FreePort, Bahamas on our 1st full day on the cruise. There are some excursions you can pay to go on but I think our first day we will just lay in the sun on the white beach. The second full day we are at a place called Nassau, another carribean island. That day I am going to book a snorkeling adventure for James and I. The third full day is our Fun Day At Sea so most likely I will be found at the pool or on the deck (or maybe eating because all the food is FREE!!!). We then get back to Port Canaveral on the morning of March 1. Short but SWEET!

I love speratic trips! 2 weeks in the sun!

Thanks Deb for giving us all the "cruising tips". We ended up booking with Carnival, so I will let you know how that cruiseline is... You got us to excited that there was no way we were not going to book after talking to you!