Hey, remember that time I said I was going on a cruise? Like over a month ago? Yeah, well that happened. And it came and went and we're back alive. No crazy norovirus, no loss of power, no toilets backing up. Basically, it was a normal and enjoyable cruise. Five days was the perfect amount of time to be away. It was enough time to relax, read a book or two, get a short-lived tan, and then want to return to your normal routine at home.
We went on an older ship, the
Carnival Fascination. But it was still really nice and it lives in Jacksonville, which was such an easy drive to make. I had no idea how close the port was. If you live in Charleston, you could decide you want to cruise on the Fascination one day and then be at the port that afternoon. Hey...anyone wanna go? Anyone?
We had two days at sea bookending two days in port. The morning of our first sea day was a little disappointing, weather wise. It rained from about 10am-noon, so we wandered the ship and played trivia. The Jones family is a hardcore trivia team. We don't play around. We take trivia very seriously and always, always walk away with at least one gold ship on a stick to prove our vast knowledge. This time, we won in "general" trivia, which means we are geniuses in a myriad of areas, including but not limited to geography, history, sports, pop culture, bad 80s music, and Disney princesses.
In Nassau, we spent the day in
Atlantis. This was probably my favorite part of the trip. I knew Atlantis was going to be enormous and beautiful and fun, but it was all those things to the tenth power. Every surface was sparkling and fancy. There was a gorgeous casino and luxury shops on the main floor of the resort. Based on how gorgeous the lobby was, I can't even imagine what the rooms are like. I would have loved to get a tour of some of the suites. I did find some photos online of the grand luxury suites and they are unbelievable... and of course cost a few mortgage payments. I know that because the prices aren't listed online, which can only be bad. We spent about an hour exploring the aquarium which ran along the bottom of the hotel's lobby. There were some huge Groupers, like the size of mini horses and yellow mini sea horses the size of the banana runt. You know the candy, runts...? That's what the sea horses looked like. Atlantis is home to an unreal number of pools and water slides and we took advantage of the coolest looking slides that day. There was one that went straight down into the fiery depths of hell, I mean into a shark tank, really into a shark tank. It was called the Leap of Faith, and I'd say the name fits. The drop is terrifying and really does feel like its a 90 degree angle. You fall so fast that your back kind of comes up off the back of the slide. You fall for a second or two in an open air slide and then you get shot into a closed clear tunnel that's in the middle of a shark tank. It all happens so fast, but you can kind of see the sharks swimming around you as you zip past. And even if you can't see them, you know they're there... which might even be scarier. But really, it was awesome. My dad and I went on it three times and laughed our asses watching each other get shot out of the tunnel at the end. Good times. Just take a gander at this
video and you'll get an idea of how awesome the water park is.
At Half Moon Cay, Carnival's private island, we did nothing. We laid in the sun and did nothing. And it was wonderful.
Oh yeah, I did swim once, just to say I went in the clear Bahamian waters and had silver fish darting around my knees.
The last day was another sea day, so we spent it outside enjoying the sun, catching comedy and karaoke shows, and kicking ass in trivia.
On the drive home the next day, we spent two out of the three hours planning our next cruise, because that's just what we do.
Here's the playlist of answers from the 90s music trivia game we played...and lost. You were given a snip-it of the song and then asked to identify it. It's a good list. The 90s had awesome music. There were some more songs too, but like I said, we lost.
1. I Want It That Way- BSB
2. Crossroads- Bone Thugs n Harmony
3. Hit Me Baby One More Time- Britney Spears
4. Fantasy- Mariah Carey
5. Gangsta's Paradise-
6. Say My Name- Destiny's Child
7. Never Gonna Get It-
8. Killing Me Softly- Lauren Hill
9. Iris- Goo Goo Dolls
10. MmmBop- Hanson
11. Butterfly- Crazy Town
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