Cruisin' the Caribbean

Rob and I just got back from our Caribbean cruise and it was a BLAST! Here's a quick rundown of the ups and downs of our travels.

Itinerary: seven day cruise to the western Caribbean, including ports to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Roatan, and Costa Maya.

Cruise Specifics: Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Cruises

Weather: high 80s during the day, 70s at night

Planned Excursions: Stingray encounter, Caving, and Catamaran Sail & Snorkling

Most Anticipated Activity: besides relaxing? Probably exploring the cave in Cozumel

Cruise Highlight: the Hot Glass Show onboard where they made awesome blown glass pieces into vases, bowls, and decorative goblets.

Cruise Downer: a screaming baby in the stateroom next door every morning, noon, and night for the first two days (the thing never slept or ate...only cried like someone was torturing it...the parents looked kinda sketchy, so it's possible).

Best Souvenir Bought: Cool scraps of trash metal made into butterfly designs (in Roatan).

Scariest Moment: snorkeling in Roatan when something bumped up against me. On a scared scale, I went from 0 to 10 thinking it was a shark. I even peed on the oblivious snorkeler I was so terrified...Ooops.

Best Moment: Spending a care-free week with my fiance :) and robbing the casino blind!! Cash money baby!!

Worst Moment(s): Missing our kitties at home

Funniest Moment: seeing Rob's face as he interacted with the stingrays for the first time. Priceless!

Best show onboard: Aside from the Hot Glass Show, there was a really funny comedian/magician who did everything wrong and just had me laughing the whole time.

Best Money Spent: the caving tour was AWESOME! The deep tissue spa massage was fabulous ;-) and $5 in Cozumel to play with monkeys

Worst Money Spent: $40 for "professional" photos of our stingray encounter. I got way better photos than the photographer.

Love me some monkeys :)

Fabulous cruise line

Snorkeling off the coast of Roatan

Catamaran sail in rough waters

Spelunking in Cozumel

Too much fun!

Absolutely amazing experience!

His face is PRICELESS!

Overall, the cruise was an absolute success and I highly recommend all of these excursions if you visit these ports. And, definitely see a Hot Glass Show if you sail with Celebrity cruises!