Carnival Magic Cruise January 8, 2012 - January 14, 2012

                             We arrived early to board the Cruise Ship to find out that it had been
                              caught up in fog.  So we shopped the Strand in Galveston, well some
                                                          of us did....LOL

                                            Alot of history in the Galveston Strand. We had a
                                            very enjoyable morning.

                                                      A Beautiful day in Galveston.

                                       Our friends and neighbors. Barbara and Frank Adamack .

                                              " The Carnival Magic "  a hugh ship !

Margaret and Bobby Boy Fitzgerald
Longtime friends

On board "Lido Deck"  just as we were sailing about 8:00 P.M.
Frank and Barbara Adamack and Yolanda and Ray Solis.

We have cruised with Yolanda and Ray before and they
are great friends and wonderful to travel with.
We look forward to many more cruises with them.
Yolanda and Ray are the parents of their daughter-in-law.

After long hours waiting.... We  finally are leaving the Galveston Harbour.
A very beautiful evening.

                                                 We met each morning for breakfast.
                                            

                                               Bob trying out his new camera at breakfast.

                                                   Looks like Bob is up to something....

                                                     Beautiful view of the Ledio Deck.
                                                Accomadates alot of people for swimming
                                                  watching movies, and a water park for
                                                     the children and Big children !  lol

                                               The water park with slides and fountains.
                                                   The children I saw really seemed to
                                                                    like the slides.

                                        
                                                Frank and Barbara, Frank and Dannie
                                                           checking out the slides.
                                          We had so many Frank's it was really funny ...

                                                 Kids love this part of the ship !

                                                      The Fitzgerald Photographers
                                          Dannie and Frank Beckvar in the background

                                            And the winds would blow... as you can tell....

                                               We are going up the glass elevators...
                                           Bob up to something, may be his camera he has.

                                              Looking down from the glass elevators. This
                                                  ship has 13 floors !!!  Awesome.

                                              Bob and Margaret had a beautiful balcony room !!

                                                                           
                            LEANNE  RIGSBY our travel agent at the "WELCOME MEETING"

                               So relaxing just sitting, visiting with friends and having a good drink !!

                                       Our Matradi sang for us every night at dinner. He had a voice
                                     that sounded like Frank Sanatra.  It was beautiful.  The Waiters
                                        and Assist. Waiters also  performed dancing and singing.

                                                          Our First Formal Night

                                                          Dannie and Frank Beckvar     
                                     

                                                   Barbara and Frank Adamack

                                                             Vera and Ken Nykaza

               Towel Animals  :

                                                         

                                                   Tuesday,   Key West,  Florida

                                     Coast Guard escorted us in Key West, Florida.  Notice the
                                            Machine Gun mounted on the front of the ship.
                                                   

                                                             Lunch in Key West

                          We walked from our ship to a Restaurant that Frank and Barbard Adamack
                           at their family wedding last year.  "Finnigan's Wake" a very good meal was
                                has had by all.  However, Frank took alot of heat about how far we
                                had walked.  After this Frank gave up his tour leadership....LOL
                                             We Love You Frank.... It was Great Fun !!!

Decision were hard, there were alot of good items on the menu.

Frank, Barb, Dan and I had so much fun playing SkipBo.

The girls lost the first part of the week, but to the boys

dismay we made a recovering Victory  the last of the week...LOL

                                                                  Our Matrade

Our waiter Alex in the background dancing.  He was so much fun and enjoyed having him as our waiter.

                                        A beautiful fruit bufft being set up . Notice the carvings !

                                                             Wow the chocolate  !!

                                                                  Yumm  Strawberries  ~

                                                   Beautiful display of the desserts ~

                                                               
                                                       Wednesday, January 11, 2012

                                          We strolled around the shops in Freeport, Bahamas

                                It was a beautiful day here in Freeport.  Lots of shops.... didn't spend
                                 much money here.  Every shop seemes to have the same thing.  lol

                                     You can see how close our ship docked to all the shops.

                                     You never know who you will run into....Dan found Bob
                                               so they sat to compare the situation....lol

                                             Yolanda found seed pods on a tree.
                                         It makes pretty flowers on the tree they say.

                            LOL  Frank found a broom to try and knock pods out of the tree.

                                           Lookin cute Ray.  We always have laughs.

                                    Frank talked a helper who just happened to walk by
                                             to help us get pods from the tree.

                                                                     Alex

                                                           Alex and Eva (his asst. waiter)

                                           They have so much fun preforming.

Nassau

The Atlantis Resort

                                  You have to cross this bridge in order to get over to Atlantis.

Light House

Fort area in Naussa

You can see how much larger our ship was than the others.

This is a view atop the hill at the fort.

                        This guide took us back to the Queen's stairs you can see in the background of this picture.
                              The stairs went straight up the wall.  They were dug out of the rock wall.

                                                 Yolanda the first to venture up the stairs.

                                             We had no intention on climbing stairs...
                                                      needed an escalator...lol

Alot of small vendors.  All the same just different prices .

Our guide

                                                      The Fountains in front of Atlantis

                                           This and the folling pictures were all taken in Atlantis

Interior in the Atlantic Hotel.

                                                   Awesome Place !  So Beautiful.

                                                                            LOL

Barb & Frank

Fun day in Nassua, we really enjoyed our

tour of the Atlantis Resort.

It was beautiful...Very Expensive Place !!!

                                                                 

                                    SATURDAY, JAN. 14TH  THE LAST DAY OF THE CRUISE
                                      ALWAYS HATE AS THE WEEK COMES TO AN END

                                                 LOOK AT THAT CAKE !  IT WAS GOOD
                                                            I HAD A TASTE.  LOL

                                                        MILK SHAKE FOR KEN !
                    

                                                       DAN HAD A BANANA SPLIT.
                                                       I GOT TO HAVE SOME TOO.

Nice when you don't have to worry about the calories.... LOL

                                               OUR LAST ANIMAL WAS AN ELEPHANT

We had a wonderful time and enjoyed everything about our cruise.  We look forward to our cruise in
the fall.  Each one seems better each time.