Oliver Occasions:Our Small Town Fairytale: Carnival Magic: The Islands!

Island #1~ Montego Bay

We aren't HUGE fans of Jamaica..the resorts there are beautiful but if you aren't on a resort it can be kinda scary! Lol! We planned to just take a shuttle to Margaritaville which was about 5-10 mins away from the dock. We paid our $20 roundtrip shuttle price & off we went. We had a great time there & the views were just amazing!! I was a little disappointed that they tore their slide down that went from the restaurant into the water. Other than that it was great. We ate cheeseburgers in paradise & we were ready to go back to the ship. Only problem was we had 2.5 more hours until our shuttle was due back :/ So we paid another $10 & took a taxi back. Oh well!! We at least got in the pool with only a couple people in there!

That might be a tragic fall!

Island #2~ Grand Cayman

This place was SO nice & a world of difference from Jamaica! Two downsides from our stop here.. no dock so you have to be tendered in which made for an EXTREMELY long line getting back on the ship. And it was raining a little when we first got there. It blew over quick but we were left with dark clouds the rest of the day :( So we really didn't get to see just how pretty the water can be! It was pretty but still dark somewhat. Other than those 2 things we loved it! We went to Seven Mile Beach & just hung out. Can't wait to go back & spend more time there someday. They had a nice Four Seasons resort...maybe we should book that! HA!

The tender boats

Ours on the left, RC Freedom of the Seas in the middle & Carnival Conquest on the right.

I think Jeffrey just wanted a picture of the girls butt in the background! ;)

"A pirate flag & an island girl!"

Our view from Seven Mile Beach

Island #3~ Cozumel

Surprisingly our favorite stop! We have been there before but it had been 12 years. This time it was sooo much nicer. They have built a new dock & shopping area just for cruisers.

We shopped a little (finally) & then grabbed a drink at Fat Tuesdays (in swings staring at the ship!!) before we headed out for our excursion.

We took a powered catamaran over to Passion Island. It was a 40 min trip there & docking was.. comical. But we made it! We had a free buffet style lunch (which was pretty bunk), free drinks & the most gorgeous beach & view ever! We didn't get as much time there as we originally planned bc the excursion started an hour 1/2 late :( The waves grew bigger & bigger as we were there & it got really windy. So going back was rough! We couldn't go as fast as we needed to so needless to say we were 35 minutes late getting back to the ship! We were suppose to be back on board at 5:30 with the ship leaving at 6. We didn't walk back on the ship until 6:05. Ooops. They had to hold it for us tho bc it was a Carnival sponsored excursion.. and there were about 250 of us!

It was a great day tho & we had such a blast!!

Ready for TONS of pictures?