Notable Cruise Events, Cruise Ship and Port History

Updated January 2018

Notable Events

Best Ship Captain – Pier Paolo Scala – MSC Divina – 8/2014 / MSC Seaside 12/2017
Best Cruise Director – Richard Spacey – Freedom of the seas – 11/2013
Best Cabin Steward – MSC Divina – 8/2014
Best Tour Guide – Nico – Living History: Mayan Tradition And Island Tour Cozumel Mexico – 11/2014
Best Tour Bus Driver – Will – Living History: Mayan Tradition And Island Tour Cozumel Mexico – 11/2014

Best Tour Boat Captain - Anthony - Scenic Wildlife River Cruise - 12/2016
Best Shore Excursion – undecided
Best Ship Overall – MSC Divina – 8/2014
Best Embarkation Port – Port Canaveral – 11/2013, 4/2014 & 12/2016

Best Debarkation Port –  Port Canaveral – 11/2013, 4/2014 & 12/2016
Best Spa Experience – MSC Divina – 8/2014
Best main dining room experience – Carnival Ecstasy – 12/1997
Best Bartender - Gabor - Adventure of the Seas - 11/2015

Best Ice Cream Availability (24 hrs a day) - Carnival Magic - 12/2016

Most expensive souvenir - MSC Seaside - 12/2017

Best port shopping representatives - MSC Seaside - Dan & Dan - 12/2017

Cruise Ships

Carnival Ecstacy 12/1997

Carnival Sensation 4/2014

Carnival Magic 12/2016

MSC Divina 8/2014

MSC Seaside 12/2017

Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas 11/2013

Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas 11/2014

Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas 11/2015

Embarkation Ports

Miami 12/1997 8/2014 12/2017

Ft. Lauderdale 11/2014

Port Canaveral 4/2014 12/2016 11/2013

San Juan 11/2015

Cruise Ports Visited

Cozumel, Mexico 12/1997  11/2014 12/2016

Key West, Florida 12/1997

Belize City, Belize 12/2016

Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan 12/2016

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas 11/2013 12/2017

Philipsburg, St. Maarten 11/2013 8/2014 11/2015

Labadee, Haiti 11/2014

Nassau, Bahamas 4/2014 12/2017

Freeport, Bahamas 4/2014

San Juan, Puerto Rico 8/2014

Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas 8/2014

Falmouth, Jamaica 11/2014

Coco Cay, Bahamas 11/2013

Frederiksted, St Croix, USVI 11/2015

Basseterre, St Kitts 11/2014

Fort de France, Martinique 11/2015

Bridgetown, Barbados 11/2015

St. John's, Antigua 12/2017

Cruise Ports skipped due to weather, etc.

Costa Maya, Mexico 12/2016 - high winds prevented us from docking so we had an extra day at sea.