Carnival Elation

Welcome to a sneak peek into our fabulous Cruise aboard the Carnival Elation deporting from Mobile, Alabama enroute to Cozumel, Mexico! More importantly, unlike ALL our other posts, this one will contain NO pictures of kids! That's right this was a Mommy/Daddy only trip... and it was long overdue! Thanks for a wonderful trip, Jim and here's to many more years to come! Happy 10th Anniversary! Love ya!

First impression of the ship.... AMAZED at the beauty in the ships Atrium!

Favorite place on the ship.... in a chase lounge by the pool!

Volleyball/Basketball Courts/Hot Tubs on Upper Deck

Back of the Ship - More Relaxing was done here!

This is just one of the many dining areas! The food was AMAZING!

Mini-Golf aboard the ship too!

Happy 10th Anniversary!!! Dinner in the Inspiration Lounge!

Waiting for our drinks before some FUN in the SUN!

This was the Theatre where they housed the evening shows, BINGO, Ballroom Dance lessons, Comedians, and other onboard events during the FUN Days at Sea!

Our "new" friends, Melissa and Eric, who were also celebrating 10 years on February 17th.

Here you will see the Royal Carribean ship, Navigator of the Seas that we pulled up next to when we arrived in Cozumel. There were also two other carnival ships in port too! See below!

Nope... not the other cruise ship :) but rather Cozumel, Mexico in the background!

Carnival Triumph

Carnival Destiny

Carnival Elation

Chillin' in the Sun at Mexico's finest (most fun) establishments lol :), Senor Frogs

Our Shore Excursion was at Chankanaab National Park, where we were greeted with a warm Mexico welcome by creatures of all sorts!

Sea Lion Show, spoken in ALL Spanish, but funny never the less! :)

Our ship is in the background, but here we are ready to swim with the dolphins! :)

Using the skills we were taught, we were able to do tricks with our dolphin friend, Amelia!

Our trainer, Erica was so much fun to work with. She would speak in Spanish first and then translate for us in English! We learned so many interesting facts about dolphins, including this Mama dolphin just had a baby two months prior to this encounter! Her baby was also swimming in the tank with us, but we couldn't touch her, since she wasn't yet trained!

Amelia shows affection....

gives high fives...

and jumps out of water on command!

These are the other various dolphin holding tanks.

Mexican Beer Anyone?

Pina Colada by the Yard

Our final moments before leaving Mexico to go back on board the ship!

Heading back to the ship. Look at the massive size!

The blackjack table here in the casino was another favorite place onboard our cruise. After all we were able to pay a portion of our bill with our winnings, which was an added bonus! :)

Until our next time, we will hold on tight to these memories and cherish our wonderful time together. Of course we missed the kids, but they each had a blast with family members, and friends celebrating their own mini vacations! Thanks to ALL who helped us out in any way! We greatly appreciate it VERY much!