The Lovely Voyage

Wednesday, June 20th- Amber Cove, Dominican Republic We started our day off with breakfast in the Lido Marketplace and some entertainment while we waited in line. There was a group of 6 staff members dancing in a conga line around the dining area with a boombox. It was certainly a fun way to start the day! After eating, we debarked the ship and walked the VERY long pier to find our shore excursion group at zone one, as listed on our tickets. Real talk, this pier was long.  You'll want to give yourself at least 5 minutes just to get from the ship to the shore excursion group area.  On the long pier walk It was SO hard to get a good picture of the sign without people in front of it A waterfall in port Today's excursion was booked through Carnival and called "Amazing Ultimate Adventure with Lunch" and ran from 9:30am to 2:45pm. It was $115 a person and included a safari truck ride (old military truck) to and from the adventure park, zip-lining on 6 or 7 ro...

June 19, 2018- San Juan, Puerto Rico We finally get to get off the ship! Alright so it wasn't that bad, but it was really nice to finally be at a port after a second unexpected day at sea. It was our first time in San Juan and we were very excited to be there. We were supposed to have visited on our Vista honeymoon sailing in November 2017, but due to the slew of hurricanes that went through the Caribbean, our Eastern route was switched to a Southern. We had to cancel our tour at the Bacardi factory and we were bummed. After that all happened, we had to decide if we wanted to stick with our original plans to visit the forts and walk around San Juan or reschedule our Bacardi visit for this trip. We ultimately made the decision to stick with the plan of seeing the forts since that's more important to understanding and experiencing San Juan. We would definitely like to see the Bacardi factory in the future though, so it's still on the to-do list! We woke up at 7:45, wh...