We arrived to Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale 2 at 8 a.m. The terminal is operated exclusively by Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises, with the line’s newest ship, Star Princess, docked to the right (Andrew Bai)
Dec. 20, 2025 | 5:13 p.m.
Another Princess cruise ship spotted in the distance sailing the same route as Star Princess (Daniel Bai)
Dec. 21, 2025 | 3:53 p.m.
The anchored ship seen from the shores of Princess Cays on day 2—a private resort on the southern tip of Eleuthera, Bahamas owned by Carnival (Andrew Bai)
Dec. 22, 2025 | 11:15 p.m.
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Teenagers playing basketball late at night on the Star Princess cruise ship (Daniel Bai)
Dec. 23, 2025 | 2:28 p.m.
The ship is docked at alongside Mardi Gras in Amber Cove, Dominican Republic —another private resort destination owned by Carnival. The pier is filled with a steady stream of locals driving bike taxis transporting passengers to and from the shore (Andrew Bai)
Dec. 23, 2025 | 2:59 p.m.
Carnival Mardi Gras seen docked at a port at Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic in front of a sign captured on a hot sunny day (Samuel Bai)
Dec. 23, 2025 | 6:18 p.m.
Dominican locals take photos and wave to the ship from a lighthouse at the end of a peninsula after just departing from the dock of Amber Cove (Andrew Bai)
Dec. 24, 2025 | 2:39 p.m.
Day 5 in a taxi on Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands with a taxi driver named Tony to take us to downtown (Andrew Bai)
Dec. 24, 2025 | 4:58 p.m.
Silversea’s Silver Dawn seen leaving Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands captured on Star Princess balcony room on a warm, cloudy afternoon (Samuel Bai)
Dec. 26, 2025 | 6:07 p.m.
A bright sunset seen onboard Star Princess in the Bahamas on deck 17 captured on a bright and gloomy evening (Samuel Bai)
Dec. 27, 2025 2:36 a.m.
The only lights visible from the pitch-dark ocean were from us as the ship rocked against the waves on the early morning of turnaround day (Andrew Bai)
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