Crusin' Again on the Carnival Splendor
Spring break and my annual visit from my eldest daughter and her family took a new twist as we cruised together on the Carnival Splendor for a seven day trip to the Eastern Caribbean. This is about the very first day and a little bit of exploring on this amazingly beautiful ship! A little bit of background...We had an opportunity to go with my brother in law and his wife on a cruise. He worked for Norwegian Cruise Lines and gets a killer employee rate for himself and all who cruise with him. We had a cruise lined up with the Norwegian Epic and seven days before we left, there was a massive shake up as NCL merged with another company and my brother in law lost his job along with more than 63 others. There was a mad scramble to find another cruise in the same time frame during Spring break! Yes, the ships were sold out everywhere. We paid almost three times the price but landed the last two cabins in the Carnival Splendor. Since my brother in la...