Our first cruise together aboard the Carnival Conquest left from New Orleans, Louisiana and ported in Montego Bay, Jamaica; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel, Mexico. As I mentioned in my pre-cruise post found here, this was my third cruise on Carnival (second on the Conquest) but my husband's first.
We LOVED the Conquest! Embarkation Day was so exciting! We chose a balcony cabin, because we love the extra fresh air.
I had been on a few cruises before, but this was my husband's first cruise. We were on a bit of a budget for this cruise, but we were still determined to make the best of it! We went up to the Lido Deck and got lunch, then we walked around a bit and checked out the ship.
Just a note--this cruise was before Guy's Burgers was a staple on Carnival cruise ships! At some point in the afternoon, it was time for the Muster Drill. Again, this was still the OLD muster drill! YUCK!
Once muster was over (THANK GOODNESS!!!), it was time to start the journey down the Mississippi River! This is our favorite part of leaving on a cruise out of New Orleans! We love seeing all the neat things along the riverbank, and (for those of you who aren't aware) it takes approximately eight hours to get to the mouth of the Mississippi and into the Gulf of Mexico.
It rained some as we were traveling down the river, and we saw the most beautiful rainbow stretching all the way across the river!
We had dinner in the dining room, which I'll save for a separate post, then we went to the evening show (just okay for us). Once we got back to our cabin for the night, our cabin steward had turned down our bed, the Fun Times for the day along with two chocolates were on the bed (I miss the chocolates!), and we had our first towel animal!
We were excited after our first day aboard the ship and couldn't wait for Day Two!
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