On the fourth and fifth day, we would be in the Bahamas.There were two places that we went to when we were in the Bahamas, Great Stirrup Cay, which is a private island owned by NCL and next to it is Little Stirrup Cay, which is another private island owned by Royal Caribbean and Carnival and you would be taken onto a Little Tender Boat from the ship to the actual island. On the island, there was one thing that I loved and would love to go again, it's called the Hippo Slide which is a big inflatable slide that had a big immense drop that you would feel like you were falling off a cliff :) but even adults were on it and they enjoyed it like the kids did.

Great Stirrup Cay

On the third day, we docked in Port Canaveral, Florida where they had this one excursion called the:"Coco Beach Shopping Shuttle" and there was a variety of things that you could do, there was a "Ron Jon Surf Shop where there was a big fish tank and there was a shark in there and also other kinds of fish. There was a McDonalds right down the street if you and your kids were hungry and there would be a Shuttle Bus that you would take to the Shopping place, it would take you approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

On the fifth day, we would be in Nassau which is the capital of the Bahamas. On the island, you would see other ships pull in as your ship came in. On our ship we had also seen:The Carnival Fantasy and Fascinations, NCL Sky, which my grandmother and grandfather took in the Winter of 2010 and they said it was better but they had to fly down to Florida which didn't take long but also the Royal Caribbean, Enchantment of the Seas was there too. You got to pick many ideas to do in the Bahamas, you could go to Atlantis or you could go to Blue Lagoon Island in which where we had went. You would take a 35 minute boat ride to the Island which included food, swimming and more. For the kids, there was a Dolphin Encounters and a Inflatable Waterpark in the ocean which amazed me! Your kids would enjoy it but they would have to wear life jackets because the water would be between 9 and 10 feet deep!

You also, if you want a chair on the Pool Deck, you have to be there very early because "First Come, First Serve" comes in so you want to make sure you get to the Pool Deck if it's a Sea Day, about 9 or 10 AM.On the first and second day, we had sea days which the ship travels in the Atlantic Ocean and they have a pool and hot tubs and even water slides for the kids or the teens.

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