Day Five, Thursday, Feb. 23
"A Fun Day at Sea"
(Ok, so my computer is fixed but scanner won't work so I'll go with plan B for this post.)
The trip from Barbados to Aruba tool a day and a half, some time to relax on board.
"Destiny" is Carnival Cruise Line's largest ship. Built in 1996, it received a multi-milliion dollar refurbishment in 2005. It has three pools (one with a spiral waterslide), two dining rooms and a variety of eateries, nine lounges and nightclubs, a big casino, duty-free shopping and a spa.
A Rotunda atrium (right) rises nine decks through a dazzling lobby to a glass skylight.

Total Staterooms - 1,321
Private Balcony Staterooms - 480
Passenger capacity - 3,360
Total crew - 1,040
Officers nationality - Italian
Tonnage - 101,353
Ship length - 892 feet

Meals, coffee, tea and refreshments were all included in the cruise package and you could eat all day long in the many buffet-style cafeterias. The many options included pizza, hamburgers, Chinese food, ribs and much more.
For supper, we preferred to go to the dining room (left photo) where we were treated royally. The menus were like you'd find in the finest restaurants and always included at least one seafood dish.



At first, there were four couples at our table but we soon missed the two pleasant black couples: it seems the husbands didn't care for the fancy dishes and preferred cafeteria food.
We thoroughly enjoyed the company of Gerald and Sandra from Winnipeg.
Our maitre d' was a sweet girl from Nepal who left her husband and children for months, to work on the ship.


We spent very little time in our room!