Visiting the Southern Caribbean on Board the Carnival Destiny June 17th - 24th, 2007 (but getting there was #&@%$!)

I would like to share with you the good, bad, and the ugly experiences of our cruise vacation. In this article, I will not repeat what other cruise passengers had already contributed, but I will share with you the good and bad experiences that we had. I am hoping those of you who read this will find it informative and can help you plan your next cruise vacation accordingly. We started planning our cruise vacation in March of 2007. Our plan was to visit the south Caribbean islands on a one-week cruise vacation starting Sunday, June 17. Carnival Destiny's itinerary met our needs for it sails from San Juan Porto Rico to St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, and back to San Juan. There were 13 of us on this trip. Travelers' age ranged from a nine year old boy to two mid-80 year old senior citizens. We purchased airline tickets online to save some money; contacted an experienced cruise agent to help us with our cruise reservation.

Through Expedia, we found roundtrip airline tickets for $551 each person leaving Oakland, California to San Juan. Our plan was to arriving San Juan one day prior to our cruise in case of flight delays. Outbound flight is with Continental Airline and return flight is through US Airways. After few clicks of buttons, I received an Expedia email confirmation showing the total charge, our itinerary and seating assignment. Read more