Approximately two weeks ago, a video surfaced on YouTube showing a man jumping from the promenade deck of Carnival’s Carnival Conquest as the ship slowly sailed alongside Grand Turk. The video, which can be viewed above, shows an unnamed passenger standing on the exterior promenade aboard the Carnival Conquest. The video was reportedly taken as […]
Earlier last week, a security officer from Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam saved a passenger who had fallen off of the pier in Grand Turk. A 70 year old guest returning to the Nieuw Amsterdam reportedly fell off of the pier and began to struggle in the water. Upon seeing this incident, Nieuw Amsterdam security […]
Finally. I made it to Grand Turk. If you’ve been following me for awhile now, you probably followed me along on my cruise to the eastern Caribbean aboard the Eurodam earlier this year. One of our port of calls was Grand Turk, but we ended up having to scrap the call due to extremely high […]
My second day aboard the Carnival Breeze began with the gentle rocking back and forth of the ship – today we were at sea. After getting ready for the day, I made my way up to the Lido deck to find some breakfast. The Lido Marketplace offered a wide variety of breakfast favorites such as […]
I arrived at PortMiami around noon and was quickly embarked thanks to a quick and efficient boarding process. The line for security was unusuallyĀ small (or just well managed) and the check in was quick and efficient. I was soon settled into my balcony stateroom located almost all the way forward on deck 6. At […]
Carnival Corporation has announced that Grand Turk will reopen for cruise ships starting next week. The first ship to call at Grand Turk for the reopening will be the Carnival Freedom on April 8th. Grand Turk has been closed for almost five weeks after a surge of Norovirus cases were reportedĀ onboardĀ ships only after visiting Grand […]
Almost three weeks have passed since Grand Turk has had a cruise ship visit, and it’s all thanks to a nasty outbreak of norovirus in the cruise center. As stated in an earlier article of mine, “A recent surge in norovirus-likeĀ illnessesĀ have been reported on cruise ships that have recently called in the island nation of […]
A recent surge in norovirus-likeĀ illnessesĀ have been reported on cruise ships that have recently called in the island nation of Grand Turk. Guests on the recent cruises have reported symptoms only after calling in Grand Turk. Carnival Cruise Lines, which operates the Grand Turk Cruise Center, has decided to close the port in order to investigate […]
Carnival Cruise Lines has expanded Carnival Dreamās year-round schedule from Port Canaveral, Fla., to include never-before-offered eight-day Caribbean departures along with two new five-day options, and a one-of-a-kind four-port, seven-day eastern Caribbean itinerary. With these new options, Carnival Dream will offer six distinctly different five- to eight-day cruise programs from Port Canaveral ā the widest […]
Well today’s port of call was supposed to be Grand Turk, but due to high waves and dangerous winds, we were forced to abandon the port and continue on to San Juan. We actually were very close to docking in Grand Turk, but we were getting pushed around a lot, so I am thankful to […]
Today was day at sea for us here on the Eurodam. I pretty much took it easy today as we sailed through the warm, turquoise waters of the Bahamas en-route to Grand Turk. The day began with a delicious breakfast in the Lido Restaurant which we had the chance to enjoy under the warm Caribbean […]
Today’s blog comes from Kenya Franklin who recently sailed on the Carnival Glory. You can follow her on Twitter here. This is her cruise story… My fiance and I cruised on Carnival Glory from November 20-27 Thanksgiving week. This is our 3rd cruise together and second time on Carnival. I got engaged on my first […]