Grand Turk, ATV tour. Fun, but Grand turk is very flat, so don't expect to do anything extreme. If you were careful, you could probably have done our route with a scooter. Still sort of fun. They try to talk to you through headsets are you are riding along, but most of it you can't hear. Still fun though. Afterwards there are some nice beaches right off the pier.

We did a speedboat to Sanoa island, which was a beautiful and relaxing time. Due to the wind on the speedboat, I took my hat off, so I sunburned the top of my head (about 45 minutes each way). On the way back we stop in a sandy area about 2-3 feet deep and found a few starfish. and it was nice to just hang out while they were feeding us free drinks. I looked at doing this tour through an independent vendor, but I liked doing the speedboat straight from the dock rather than a taxi to another part of the island to a boat.

Curacao: We did a short bus tour to a beach area. It was a bit rocky, but a fun time and we did some snorkeling there as well. We had a late day there, so we went and had dinner in town which was fun. Curacao has free wifi through out the island which was nice to taunt your friends at home with beach pics

Aruba: We went to La Palm island, which when we first saw it looked a little cheesy with the water slide area. But had a couple of areas for enjoying the beach which were little tiny protected coves. Also did some snorkeling in an unprotected area. Sea was a bit rough here, but the feed the fish so there are tons around, and it was alot of fun.

Basic cabin, everything worked. Location at the last cabin at the back of the boat on the lowest deck was a concern going into the cruise, but worked out fine, although it was a bit of hike for certain things like the gangway on port days when its all the way in the front.

We have done mostly Carnival cruises in the past, but our last carnival cruise was a bit disappointing, and we have done a Norwegian cruise since that disappointing one and frankly we didn't think we would be back on a Carnival boat.None of the other cruisers I talked to reported that it was bothering them either, Just be careful in those heels ladies on formal night walking down the Promenade deck
WEATHER:
As far as weather, we were in 6-8 seas, and 20-25 knot winds most days and I think we were doing 19 knots, so it was a bit breezy out on deck most days, and may have contributed to some of the ship movement I felt.

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