Carnival Cruise Line-Conquest December 26, 2004 - January 2, 2005
My husband (56), sister (55), daughter (16) and I (51) decided to take a cruise over the Christmas holidays. My husband and I had sailed on three different cruise lines (Holland America, Celebrity and Norwegian). My daughter sailed with us on Celebrity. My sister had never been on a cruise.
Saturday, December 25, 2004, Christmas Day -- Our adventure started in Herndon, VA. We loaded up all 12 bags including carry-ons onto a mini-van taxi and took off for Dulles airport (5 miles away from home) at 6:30 a.m. Christmas morning. It was 19 degrees with clear skies. Little did we know that would be the best weather we'd see all day.