From the moment I laid eyes on the Carnival Liberty I was impressed. It may not be the biggest ship

After my jam-packed few days in Orlando, I got in a car super early for the drive to Miami. My fellow passengers were all female escorted tours of italy and after a few days on my own it felt nice to be chatting and swapping travel stories. On the way from Orlando to Miami we drove through a dozen identical soulless places. Every time I looked out of the window I seen a McDonalds, escorted tours of italy a 7/11 and a Home Depot. It was pretty to watch the sun come up but the journey escorted tours of italy was hardly scenic. escorted tours of italy It was my first time going to Miami and I would have liked to have spent a few days there but everything had been so last-minute that it just wasn t possible this time. Anyway, I have seen Dexter. I was surprised I wasn t brutally murdered the moment I arrived there. I caught a glimpse of Miami with its shiny skyscrapers and people living escorted tours of italy in roundabouts as we drove through.
I was the last person to get dropped off so I got to see all the other ships the ladies would be travelling on. I was very envious of the lady who was going on the Oasis of the Seas. The biggest cruise ship in the World it has a real park on board, an ice rink and a Starbucks. It is a floating city!
From the moment I laid eyes on the Carnival Liberty I was impressed. It may not be the biggest ship in the World but it is still massive! I had very little escorted tours of italy idea of what to expect. I had booked my cruise at 4.00 in the morning on a complete whim. I booked this particular cruise because it did not charge me a single person supplement. I don t see myself as a cruise person even though I do love boats and being near the water. A few years ago I went on the Disney cruise and absolutely escorted tours of italy loved it. That was only for 3 days and it was an absolute bargain because I was a Cast Member. I have also worked on cruise escorted tours of italy boats when I spent 6 months on the Nile. I got such an insanely good deal on this particular cruise that it worked out cheaper than the cost of staying in a hotel for a week, even with a room upgrade and onboard credit. I seen the cruise as a great chance to visit places that I might not have ever had a chance to see.  I had done zero research but I still liked the sound of the ports we would be visiting, especially Puerto Rico. I thought the actual cruise portion escorted tours of italy would be boring. I pictured the boat as full of older couples, enjoying the quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Strolling around escorted tours of italy in jogging suits. Talking about previous cruises they had been on with George and Mary, and how the napkins on this boat just don t compare to the linens on a Norwegian. I knew I would be happy enough to spend my time on the boat alone eating, reading and tanning.
Boy was I mistaken! Not only is Carnival the FUN cruise line, it was Spring Break. Boring this cruise was not. I got through security nice and easy and made my way on board. The inside of the ship was nice, a little dated maybe. The outside was gorgeous though, pool areas, hot tubs, water slides and gorgeous views of Miami. I might not have actually have stepped foot in Miami but I still got to see it pretty well, the views of downtown and the yachts in the harbour were spectacular from the ship s top deck. The weather was amazing. Gorgeous sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. This weather would last for the whole week. Complete perfection. I could not have ordered better weather.
My cabin onboard was fine. More spacious than I thought it would be. It had a big bed and bathroom and satellite TV which showed exclusively Nancy Grace. I had upgraded my room as much as I could, I would have loved a window but I booked so last-minute they only had inner cabins available. On the first day I forgot my room number. One of the perils of travelling alone is that you have the sole responsibility of remembering where your room is. All the corridors looked identical. All the doors on every corridor looked the same. The more I tried to remember escorted tours of italy my room number the more the numbers got jumbled escorted tours of italy in my head. It was 2021 or was it 2014 no no it was 0214. I got to a door that I was sure was mine, tried it in the lock, red light. Wrong door. I turned around, yes, this was my door. Red light. Damn it. I tried another door. I walked to another corridor. Still not the right door. I had resigned myself to the fact that I would have to try a thousand escorted tours of italy doors to find mine. I was glad no one had spotted me. I was fairly escorted tours of italy sure that this sort of behaviour would have me kicked off the boat before escorted tours of italy we had even left dock. Spot the crazy lady travelling on her own, trying to break into all the rooms, probably looking escorted tours of italy for her cats. Someone called escorted tours of italy my name. It was my housekeeper! He pointed me in the right direction of my room. Thank you Manny and your insane genius brain. After laying eyes on me for a minute hours earlier he had remembered not only my name but my room number too. He saved my life that day.
The dining deck was a whole floor with every kind of food. Sandwiches, burgers, pizza, Mexican, Chinese, cakes. It was time to get fat. I ate everything from the buffet and then headed back to the pool area for the sail away party which was already in full swing. The alcohol was flowing and the music was banging. The boat had a mix of people. Families, couples, teenagers, groups of uni students, older people. Everyone was laid back and enjoying themselves. Everyone was having escorted tours of italy fun. I stood over to the side, sipping my margarita and observing. This was not what I had expected at all this was a hundred times better! I watched people dancing on the deck. I could either stand to the side, observe and feel alone and left out. Or I could join in. The next song on was the Cha Cha Slide. I am a member of Dance-aholics escorted tours of italy Anonymous and my weakness is group dances. escorted tours of italy I put down my margarita, headed to the middle of the floor and showed everyone how it was done. Beyonce escorted tours of italy had arrived. Next up they played Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle and The Wobble. Everyone was having a great time and I was having the time of my life. This week was going to be awesome.
I was excited to go for dinner on the first night, I had worked up an appetite from all my dancing. I had no idea what to wear. The cruise seemed pretty low-key but I didn t want to go to casual. I settled on one of my 50 sleeveless, patterned short dresses. escorted tours of italy It took me about 30 minutes to get from my room to the restaurant. The ship is one giant maze! I must have walked through the casino ten times before I could find it. Traveling alone, I was ready to meet my table companions escorted tours of italy and hopefully escorted tours of italy make some cruise escorted tours of italy buddies. When I was led to my table I was disappointed that I would be sitting with only 2 other people. It turned out to be perfect. The ladies I was to sit next to for the week were two sisters from Arizona. They were as welcoming, chatty and polite as could be. They were lovely and I could not have asked for anyone better to sit with. The food on the cruise was excellent. The theme of the main restaurant is American comfort food mixed in with some local flavours of our various point of calls. Every night I ordered at least two starters, a main course and my desert. I ate more in one week than I think I had for the previous year. I got my money back from the cruise on food alone. The dining staff were exceptionally escorted tours of italy friendly and efficient. I know how hard people work on cruises but our waitress did not let it show for a second. She knew from our first night our names, where we liked to sit, what we liked to order, our favourite drinks. I was super impressed with Carnival already.
It had been a perfect first day. Any apprehension I had about going on a cruise, or being alone, washed away the moment I stepped foot onboard the Liberty. In one day I had become a Cruise Person. I loved the ship but I could not wait to wake up in the morning in the Bahamas!