Early morning photo walk around a Carnival cruise ship resulted in this series of pool photos. My problem is I don’t remember what ship or what trip these are from.
Spa Desk
I don’t remember which Carnival cruise ship this was on, but this was the spa desk at 5am in the morning.
Iceland's Sun Voyager
This stainless-steel sculpture of a boat was put in place in 1990. It sits in a great location in the Reykjavik marina.
Garoar BA 64
During our last trip to Iceland, MJ and I stopped to look at this beached shipwreck. As it turns out, this is Iceland’s oldest steel ship. It was run aground in 1981 instead of scuttling it when it wasn’t safe to use anymore. And it’s been sitting there ever since.
Jamaica Glory
Here is a drone photo I took a couple of years ago while the Carnival Glory was docked in Jamaica. I love the color of the Caribbean Sea.
Mardi Gras Sunrise
I took this photo at the stern of the Carnival Mardi Gras right underneath the roller coaster… (as you can guess by the title of this post) at sunrise. I love how all the different colors in this photo play with your eyes. I think it works in a weird way. I don’t think you’d walk past this spot normally and think “photo spot”. But on this morning, it caught my attention.
Mardi Gras Dining Room
Sunday architectural photo for you. This is the main dining room on the Carnival Mardi Gras cruise ship.
Chernobyl Abandoned Boats
It’s great to see and hear about the Ukraine people fighting back and not letting the Russian military run right over them. But I can only imagine the toll they are paying in blood to make that happen. I stand with Ukraine!!
Here are some photos I took (pre-war) of abandoned ships in the Chernobyl River (technically this is near Pripyat which is the city next to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plants.
Abandoned ship
Abandoned boat leaning to port
Same boat as the 2nd photo above.
Lifeguard station at a kids summer camp on the river
Emeril's Bistro
I didn’t try any of the food or drinks at this spot, but the restaurant looks cool. This is located on the Carnival Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras Conference Room
Why don’t I have a conference like this at work? Probably because I don’t work on a cruise ship…. But I liked this set up and the interior designer has my respect. This room is used as a universal space outside the main dining room on the Carnival Mardi Gras
CCL Mardi Gras
Here is another photo from our time on the Carnival Mardi Gras. As you can tell, I captured this at sunrise. Just me and a lone swimmer.
Dream On The Move
During our last cruise on the Carnival Mardi Gras, I had an opportunity to get some drone footage and photos of the Carnival Dream while it was coming into port. I don’t know if the ship knew I was flying around it with the drone, but I got some great content. Here is a photo I took when I was done and the ship was sailing away from me.
Purple Vibes
Here is another photo from the Carnival Mardi Gras. Many of the common spaces had these color changing light panels. So, the environment changed colors all the time. I’d often take multiple photos of the same spot as the color would change over and over. I decided to share this purple version with you since MJ’s favorite color is purple. I also really liked this space and we had cocktails in this location a few times.
Mardi Gras Bar
MJ and I had a chance to experience the relatively new Carnival Mardi Gras cruise ship. As you can imagine, it’s been a while since we’ve been on a cruise boat. Like my past practice, I got up very early one morning to photograph the ship while everyone else slept. This is one of many bars on the ship.
Gibson's Sunset
Ready for a great lake sunset photo? I took this one last fall while staying at Gibson’s lake cottage in northern Michigan. Huge thanks to them for letting us use the cottage….
Everglades Safari
During a past Florida trip, MJ and I completed an Everglades tour on one of these air boats. It was cool, but not exactly as interesting as I thought it would be. I’m not sure what I thought would happen or what we’d see, but it was “ho-hum”.
Note, the tour operator was great. I just wasn’t as impressed with the Everglades swamp as I expected….. Maybe because it wasn’t drained (that’s a joke, let’s not get political).
Saeborg
MJ and I came upon this ship in the village of Husavik, Iceland. I loved the scene and had to capture it to share with you.
CCL Glory
I’m so ready to get back to normal or at least as close to “normal” as we can. For us, that means getting back on a cruise boat. You can help by getting fully vaccinated against COVID, if you haven’t already. If you’re already fully vaccinated, thank you very much.
I captured this via my drone right before the pandemic started.
Overwhelming
The colors, textures and patterns on this room are just overwhelming. This is the main lobby of a Carnival cruise ship. Sorry I don’t remember which one.
Danube River Cruising
Here is the Gate 1 Travel river cruise boat called Monarch Princess sitting in the Danube River at Regensburg Germany.
