Boarding the Paradise

We flew out of Des Moines last Sunday afternoon with our friends Curtis and Michelle and stayed overnight in Tampa.  My parents picked up the kids before we left. 

 Tampa - love the palm trees!

 Michelle and Curtis waiting to board the ship.

The view of Tampa from our ship.

our ship - Carnival Paradise

This was taken in Grand Cayman. 

We were at a port next to another Carnival ship that was also there. 

checking out the ship when we first boarded

 

life boats - a little scary to think about actually having to use these!

 

on the very top deck

 

It was really windy the day we tried to play miniature golf, so it didn't work too well because the wind kept blowing the ball around. 

Olympic track

inside the ship

This is a picture of the water slide and pool which was taken at night. 

They emptied the pool every night to clean it.  They used filtered saltwater to refill it every morning. 

life size chess board

checking out the hot tub