Carnival Holiday - October 1994. Wife wasn't certified so I didn't dive on this cruise, but our trip to Stingray City changed her life.
Carnival Sensation - October 1995. Dove with my newly certified wife in Cozumel (Dive Paradise) - there was only one other diver beside us on this
little boat. and Leslie was nervous about making her first backwards roll entry, but we loved Tormentos and Paradise reefs, and had the DM to ourselves! Dove with Aquanuts on Grand Cayman - went to Trinity Caves (spectacular swim-through) and Aquarium ( a shallow finger system with a LOT of fish).
Carnival Destiny - January 1997. In St. Thomas we took the ship's dive excursion with Dive World to Coki Beach. It was our least favorite dive experience ever! One DM for a group that included intro to dive folks as well as experienced divers. When some of the first timers had trouble descending he submerged to where we were waiting and just pointed us in the direction we should go. The current was so strong that we got to a place he said we'd see in 15 or 20 minutes in less than five. We turned around right then and I didn't think my wife would be able to make it back! Then we sat in the sand in eight feet of water with half a tank left! We dove with Cruz Bay Divers on St. Croix. The conditions weren't all that great, but we liked the diving anyway. I forget the name of the operator we used on St. Maarten, but their shop was a long walk from the ship past an industrial part of a marina. They only did single tank dives and took you out in a kodiak. Pretty good wreck/reef dive though, and a good view of Saba!
Carnival Fascination - January 1998. We dove with High Tide Watersports on Barbados and loved it/them! We were crusing with non divers so we just went to the Beach (Trunk Bay!) on St. John and on Martinique and took a hike to Middleham Falls (highly recommended) on Dominica.
Carnival Tropicale - September 1998. We took our kids and my Mom, as well as the couple that introduced my wife and I, on this five day cruise. While my Mom played with the kids in Coz, my wife and I and our friends dove with Dive Paradise. We had the boat to ourselves and thoroughly enjoyed Santa Rosa Wall and Paradise Reef! On Grand Cayman my wife and mom took the boys on a catamaran to Stinray City. Our dive operator had moved all of their boats to Morgan's Harbor ahead of Hurricane Georges, so our friends and I got to dive the North Wall, which was awesome!
Carnival Destiny - November 1999. My wife had recently had shoulder surgery so I didn't plan to dive. However I met a guy onboard that was looking for a dive buddy, so on my wife's insistence I dove on Curacao (with Underwater Curacao, at the Lion's Dive Hotel). Good dives, but the boat, shop, and rental gear weren't in great shape. We also dove with the ship's operator, Red Sail Sports, on Aruba. We had two wonderful dives, and their gear, boat, and everything else was top notch. After the Dive World fiasco I didn't think I'd ever trust the ship's tour again but Red Sail changed my mind.
Carnival Triumph - November 2000. We were with two couples, none of who dive, so we passed on diving this cruise, and instead drank more.
Disney Magic - December 20001. Cruise for the kids, so no diving
Carnival Destiny - November 2002. We had a group of folks on this cruise. In addition to my wife and I my brother and another guy were divers. We did repeat dives with operators High Tide Watersports on Barbados and Red Sail Watersports on Aruba - both fantastic.
Next up: Diamond Princess, in June 2004 for our 15th anniversary. Since this is an Alaska cruise and I'm from Florida....
And on the horizon - Carnival Miracle - November 2004. We plan to dive in Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, and Belize on this cruise. Stay tuned.....