{"id":3474,"date":"2016-01-29T14:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awaywego.carnival.com\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2017-10-05T15:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T15:19:32","slug":"our-first-caribbean-cruise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnival.com\/awaywego\/cruising-fun\/onboard-activities\/our-first-caribbean-cruise-2","title":{"rendered":"Our First Caribbean Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival Cruise Line<\/a> invited us on a 7 day Caribbean cruise, aboard the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cruise-ships\/carnival-breeze.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival Breeze<\/a>. The trip took us from Miami to the ports of Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel, Mexico. 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