Carnival Cruise Line's Conquest was chosen for Cruises Inc.'s 2005 National Conference at Sea. My wife, who is a Cruise Specialist, was kind enough to invite me to be her guest to the conference. I would never turn down a chance to go on a cruise, so of course, I consented.

When we booked this cruise, the embarkation port was to have been New Orleans, LA. Unfortunately, hurricane Katrina had something to say about that. Carnival Cruise Line rescheduled all cruises, that were to have embarked in New Orleans, to Galveston, Texas. We had never been to New Orleans, and had been looking forward to our pre-cruise stay there. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the hurricane victims.

We've been to these ports before, but since we love to snorkel, the Western Caribbean is one of the ideal cruise destinations to enjoy that activity. We have our own snorkeling equipment which we purchased several cruises ago from a local dive shop. See Miscellaneous (Snorkeling) category on my Panama Canal cruise for details about the equipment we use.

Date	Day	Port	Arrive	Depart	Activity	Shorex
23-Oct	Sun	Galveston, TX		6:00 PM	Embark	View
24-Oct	Mon	At Sea
25-Oct	Tues	At Sea
26-Oct	Wed	Montego Bay, Jamaica	8:00 AM	5:30 PM	Docked	View
27-Oct	Thurs	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	7:00 AM	4:00 PM	Docked	View
28-Oct	Fri	Cozumel, Mexico	9:30 AM	6:00 PM	Docked	View
29-Oct	Sat	At Sea
30-Oct	Sun	Galveston, TX	8:00 AM		Debark	View