Eastern Caribbean Cruise: February, 2008. Ports were Grand Cayman, Aruba, Colon, Cartagena & Cozumel.
An ultimate 11 day Caribbean trip out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was indeed all that it was cracked up to be. It promised every other day at sea, which attracted us right away. It gave us enough time between ports to rest up and feel ready for the next port-of-call. With only 5 ports in all, it was truly a relaxing time and a fun trip. We even extended it by four days to take advantage of our close proximity to Orlando, Florida and the Kennedy Space Center. Grand Cayman and Aruba were the only new ports that we had not been to before. The other ports of Cartagena, Columbia and Cozumel, Mexico were like visiting old friends. After all we were there last year. Colon, Panama was the exception. Although we passed thru Colon on our Panama Canal trip, in 2006, we were not allowed to go ashore. This time we took advantage of seeing the locks of the canal up close and personal. We watched ships transit the canal with only inches to share. It looks much different when you are onboard…much different.