MSC Cruise: Ocean Cay

The Rosiers are such a fun match for us to cruise with.

Oh, how we miss having them living in NC!

Line dance class

Craft class

Crafty hearts

More yummy food

More fun games

Our second stop on this cruise was MSC's private island,

Ocean Cay. Andrew and I had been here before. It is TINY,

but beautiful and pristine. This time, it was windy and 

the waves were rough, much different than what we'd

experienced before.

Can you see those waves behind us?

It's usually super calm in this area.

I got burned pretty bad at the sand-castle excursion,

so Andrew let me borrow one of his rash guards.

It was not good snorkeling weather. Boo!!

Snorkeling is one of our VERY favorite things about cruising.

We still tried it.

But as you can tell from these pics,

the visibility was LOW.

Darn.

It also sprinkled off and on while we were there.

Didn't matter much when we were enjoying the water.

Ocean Cay has this cute little lighthouse.

That night was formal night,

so it was fun to get all dressed up.

Good-bye, Ocean Cay!

Good-bye game room!

Good-bye, Rosiers!

Our main lesson learned from this cruise:

There's a wide variety of quality among the ships, even within the same company. The location and dates are usually the deciding factors for us in booking a cruise. But I wouldn't go on the MSC Magnifica again. The service was better this time around, though. And we liked the food. Entertainment was pretty good. 

Spring Break 2024: MSC Cruise with friends

Spring Break!

Even though the Rosiers have moved back to Utah,

our spring breaks lined up and we decided to cruise together

again! So fun!! Chad wasn't able to join us, but Angie,

Piper, and Bo were and we had a fantastic time!

We sailed on MSC this time and it ported out of Miami.

Care Bear and I drove down and Andrew flew down to meet us.

We always love finding a Buc-ees along the way!

Hooray for friends!

Fun statement wall in the main atrium

These two besties were so happy to be back together!

We spent a lot of time in this game room over the week!

Goodbye, Miami!

Our first dinner

Yum.

I love getting to have fancy dinners every night.

First stop: Nassau

We took a shuttle to a beach where we had signed

up for a sandcastle-building excursion.

We did this one with the Rosiers

It was perfect and we had a great time!

Isn't that so cool?

We made that!

I forgot our instructor's name...

But she was fantastic. 

Our finished castle!

I loved this excursion so much.

With our instructor.

When we were done, we had time to just swim around

in this little lagoon for a bit before heading back to the ship.

It was perfect.

This boat/sports car thing was fun to watch!

So funny to watch it "driving" around on the water.

I wrote down all the pointers so we 

could make awesome sandcastles at home...

but we've yet to do it.

Our first experience on MSC was just Andrew and me

and the ship was SO nice. This ship was kinda janky.

And mine and Andrew's room was REALLY loud 

and would wake Andrew up in the night.

We complained about it and they tried their best to fix it,

but it was just a rattly old ship. They left us these treats

in our room as a goodwill gesture.

In the port with other ships.

We love to do trivia on board and we actually WON

one of the games! Yippee!