This was a long planned extended family cruise to celebrate my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. My mother expressed her desire to have a vacation with all her kids and 10 grandsons. We ended up with 27 people altogether.

We chose the 4 night Western Caribbean cruise with Carnival as the most economical and reliable itinerary.

Our 4 night cruise departed from Miami on Monday August 7th. We arrived in Ft. Lauderdale airport and had a small bus chartered from Larry's Limo company to transport the 21 of us that were flying together. He met us in the airport and dropped us right off at the Miami pier. We paid him up front for the return trip as well. Read more