Since this June we will celebrate our 5 year anniversary we wanted to do something special. So we went on a 5 day Royal Caribbean Cruise to the Bahamas!! We flew down to Florida and left from Port Canaveral on our ship the Sovereign of the Seas. We traveled all night and on Tuesday 
stopped at Royal Caribbean 's private island called CocoCay. We got to the island by ferry boat. We swam on the beach. The water was the most amazing blue and so clear. It was beautiful. Then we did some kayaking. At first everything was great, me in the front of the kayak and Craig in the back doing most of the work. The instructors took us out into the ocean pretty far. And since the water was so clear you could still see the bottom of the ocean floor. We saw starfish and ----- and even a stingray. So then things started getting rocky---actually wavy is a better word. I'm not sure if it was the tide coming in but
we ended up kayaking through the waves. It was hard work and poor Craig didn't feel so good. For those of you who don't know, he has a pretty weak stomach. And yes it got the best of him. Luckily we kept our distance from the group so nobody noticed. After getting back to the island they fed us a barbecue lunch on the beach was was yummy! Too bad Craig didn't get to enjoy it. Anyways, so by Wednesday morning we made it to the Bahamas. I had scheduled a morning of snorkeling at a place called Stuart Coves. Craig wasn't too eager about this one seeing how things went the day before. After a little bit of pouting from me, I guess he felt guilty enough that he took his Dramamine and consented to tag along--although not very happy about it. But it ended up being the funnest thing we did and Craig had a great time!! They took us out on a boat to 3 different stops---the first two were areas where your swam with the 
fish and it was amazing. Despite how the pictures look the water was crystal clear and you could see everything and there were tons of fish swimming around you---close enough to reach out and touch. It was beautiful. The last stop was an adventure with the sharks. They lowered bait down into the water to attract the sharks. Then you were allowed to get in the water and stay on top to watch them. Craig put his face in the water a couple times from the ladder but decided that was close enough. I didn't dare either. After everyone was back in the boat they pulle
d the bait back up and threw it to the sharks so we did get to see them up close anyways. It was pretty cool. We did some other site seeing around the Bahamas that day then returned back to the ship that evening. 
Thursday we spent the whole day traveling back to Florida so we just enjoyed spending time together on the ship. The ship had plenty to offer. We played some ping-pong. Craig enjoyed playing on the open-air basketball court. They had buffet breakfast and lunches and then fine dining for dinner. They had shows in the evening. We loved the magician-comedy show by Levent---it was so awesome!! It was great spending the week together but we were also excited to get back home to Austin.
stopped at Royal Caribbean 's private island called CocoCay. We got to the island by ferry boat. We swam on the beach. The water was the most amazing blue and so clear. It was beautiful. Then we did some kayaking. At first everything was great, me in the front of the kayak and Craig in the back doing most of the work. The instructors took us out into the ocean pretty far. And since the water was so clear you could still see the bottom of the ocean floor. We saw starfish and ----- and even a stingray. So then things started getting rocky---actually wavy is a better word. I'm not sure if it was the tide coming in but
we ended up kayaking through the waves. It was hard work and poor Craig didn't feel so good. For those of you who don't know, he has a pretty weak stomach. And yes it got the best of him. Luckily we kept our distance from the group so nobody noticed. After getting back to the island they fed us a barbecue lunch on the beach was was yummy! Too bad Craig didn't get to enjoy it. Anyways, so by Wednesday morning we made it to the Bahamas. I had scheduled a morning of snorkeling at a place called Stuart Coves. Craig wasn't too eager about this one seeing how things went the day before. After a little bit of pouting from me, I guess he felt guilty enough that he took his Dramamine and consented to tag along--although not very happy about it. But it ended up being the funnest thing we did and Craig had a great time!! They took us out on a boat to 3 different stops---the first two were areas where your swam with the 
fish and it was amazing. Despite how the pictures look the water was crystal clear and you could see everything and there were tons of fish swimming around you---close enough to reach out and touch. It was beautiful. The last stop was an adventure with the sharks. They lowered bait down into the water to attract the sharks. Then you were allowed to get in the water and stay on top to watch them. Craig put his face in the water a couple times from the ladder but decided that was close enough. I didn't dare either. After everyone was back in the boat they pulle
d the bait back up and threw it to the sharks so we did get to see them up close anyways. It was pretty cool. We did some other site seeing around the Bahamas that day then returned back to the ship that evening. Thursday we spent the whole day traveling back to Florida so we just enjoyed spending time together on the ship. The ship had plenty to offer. We played some ping-pong. Craig enjoyed playing on the open-air basketball court. They had buffet breakfast and lunches and then fine dining for dinner. They had shows in the evening. We loved the magician-comedy show by Levent---it was so awesome!! It was great spending the week together but we were also excited to get back home to Austin.