My Honeymoon Destiny review!

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So, writing my last REVIEW late made me think," Maybe someone might want to see my Destiny pictures too!" [ it also made me think," wow, maybe not many people care about the Inspiration" ] so I thought I'd do my honeymoon cruise review - even if it is almost 2 years later!

 

Hubby and I were together 7 years before we got married. He never traveled growing up [ not even out of the state...Florida ] and had NEVER been on a cruise. His mom told me he's always wanted to go to Jamaica so I knew this had to be one of our stops.I had been to Jamaica once but the whole ship had the Norwalk virus and was too sick to see it.

 

I had been on Canival one time [ YEARS before, my first cruise on the Tropicale ] and had only been on Disney [ my stepmom works for the cruiseline! ] and RCL since. I was a bit worried having been on the bigger/fancier ships for the past several years but we couldn't afford much and REALLY wanted to go to Jamaica so... I booked the Destiny 5 day out of Miami.

[[ side note: I'm not into fancy things/etc. it's just that I felt like," wow, if hubby thinks THIS is nice- I wish he could see a bigger/newer ship! turned out better then anything - but...you'll see!]]

 

So, hubby and I got married on June 4th and the cruise was June 5th-10th. I was 8 weeks pregnant and sick, sick, sick and the DAY OF OUR WEDDING, hubby woke up with an extreme allergy to penicillin and was put on high doses to counter-act it while he was on the cruise which meant we didn't go OVERBOARD[ no pun intended ] with activities but still had an amazing time.

 

Here goes....

 

we left for Miami quite early because we like to get on the ship ASAP.

 

 

We see the ship!

 

We didn't wait too long to get on- maybe 30 minutes. We went right upto the Lido deck to eat.

 

 

After we ate- we went out on deck to take in the scenery and hubby could see how big the ship really was.

 

 

 

Hubby was stunned how far up we were

 

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Around 130 our room was ready. We walked in and got quite a surprise from my dad!

 

 

 

 

 

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We had our luggage already so we unpacked then went upstairs for a drink [ mine was a virgin- don't worry! ]

 

 

Before we knew it, it was time for dinner. We had anytime dining but requested the same server every night because he was great!

 

 

Pork Chop

 

 

Steak

 

[ before I knew to order TWO ice creams! ]

 

After dinner we walked around a bit.

 

 

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Outdoor theater

 

 

mmmm cupcakes!

 

 

our first towel animal [ isn't everyone's first night always the same? lol ]

 

[vivavegas]

Loving your review! Looking forward to reading more! Congratulations on your wedding! :)

[reerun25]

Enjoying the review so far!

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Next day...day at sea! Best days ever!! We got some sun right when we got up after a brief breakfast at the buffet. The view was wonderful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We laid out most of the day then went back to the room, watched some of the movies and took a nap before dinner. It was the captain's dinner that night so hubby was excited for lobster!

 

 

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At dinner they surprised us with " Happy Honeymoon to yooooouuu" [ like Happy Birthday ' and instructed us to kiss every time they said honeymoon.

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner we were lucky enough to catch the sunset!

 

 

 

 

 

Then back to the room for our animal!

 

[activeac]

Love the review!

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The next day: JAMAICA! I was so excited! We booked snorkling at Dolphin Cove [ which, I will not proceed to photo dump penty of pics ]:

 

 

 

Koi pond right out front!

 

This is where we checked in and drank some juice before we went down to the water.

 

 

 

we watched people swim with dolphins for a while while relaxing.

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this is where we went snorkling [ over off the dock ]

 

 

 

they said there were over 200+ types of ferns

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We watched the shark demonstration before people actually went in with them [ no thank you!! ]

 

 

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Waiting for our turn to snorkel

 



 



 



 



 

LIMBO!

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After this- we took a van ride over to Dunn's River Falls. We did not climb the falls but watched people going in

 

 

 

Then had to dodge everyone and their mother trying to sell us things. NOT only sell us things but try to trick us into getting things. For example: one guy came up and asked our names- hubby told them and before we knew it- he was back with two little tiki heads with our name carved on them[ an old name that wasn't ours-crossed out on one side of it!!! ] saying now we owed him for it. I would've laughed him off but hubby felt obligated to them and paid. :rolleyes:

 

We were exhausted by the time we got back to the boat but had a great time.

 

 

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I didn't take any pictures at dinner that night [ booo! ] except for the servers dacing on the table

 

 

Then of my towel animal

 

 

Later we went to a show and the juggler was great

 

 

Like I said, we were exhausted so we went to bed early that night- ready for Grand Cayman in the morning!

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Next day, Grand Cayman [ which, I'm shocked that hubby loved this more then Jamaica ]. We did the Island tour and turtle farm and hopped on the tender around 830ish.

 

 

 

passed the pirate looking boat that's always there

 

First stop... HELL

 

 

 

 

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Next stop: turtle farm!

 

 

 

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Turtle eggs

[[ side note: they control the temp in here to control what sex the turtle is...under 84 degree is male, over is female

 

We walked out of the turtle farm and walked across the street to wait for our group and took in this beautiful view

 

 

 

 

OMGOSH! I'm a dork! I totally forgot we did the stringray swim on this one as well :mad: Anyhow- we boarded the van and went straight to the boat.

 

 

This is the 6.1 million dollar houses on the shore there [ don't worry- if you buy it- they throw in a free boat with a drive in boat garage ]

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More later!!!

[jnmcruise]

nice review and pics!

[sachmo9085]

Thanks for the review! We were in Grand Cayman and Jamaica last fall; seeing your pics makes me feel like I am there again =) Only 7 more months till our next cruise! Congrats on the wedding and pregnancy!

[cruzzette]

Thanks for sharing.

 

I cant wait to get on this cruise.