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When Captain Robert Webster, a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Galveston, boarded the Carnival Magic to return a lost camera to its owner Nina Banks in Grand Cayman, it was the culmination of an incredible journey that began more than two years ago. While strolling along the shores of Galveston, Dr. Thomas Linton – a marine sciences professor at Texas A&M University at Galveston and Webster’s advisor — came across an underwater camera and really didn’t think too much about it. After removing the camera’s memory card and developing the photos, Linton began a painstaking process of determining where the images were taken. The words “Grand Cayman” in one of photos provided Linton with a starting point to research the origin of the camera so he contacted Det. Rick McCullor from Galveston Police Department’s forensics division to assist in tracking down the owner. Linton and Webster theorized that the camera may have rested atop some Sargassum seaweed slicks and sailed all the way from Grand Cayman to Galveston Island. The camera’s trail offered Linton a unique opportunity to study the weather and current patterns that allowed the camera to travel atop the seaweed some 1,200 miles from the Caribbean Sea to the Gulf of Mexico without dropping to the bottom. For years, Linton and other researchers have tracked Sargassum’s movement by satellite imagery but the lost camera incident provided an authentic example of their movement and flow. After more than two years, Captain Webster and his wife Bonnie boarded the Carnival Magic to return the lost camera to its original owner, Nina Banks, a longtime resident of Grand Cayman, completing an incredible and amazing adventure. Thanks to the Texas A&M at Galveston team for sharing this unforgettable story and to the Carnival Magic team for facilitating the camera’s return! By Carnival Cruise Lines For more cruise news & articles go to http://www.cruisecrazies.com/index.html Re-posted on CruiseCrazies.com - Cruise News, Articles, Forums, Packing List, Ship Tracker, and more http://www.cruisecrazies.com Click here to view the article

I sailed Caribbean Princess in 2013. It was a bit old back then, but I it's refurbished in the meantime, so it will be good.

First time cruisers need the advise.

WELCOME ABOARD!

I can’t wait to try one of these new concoctions on the Regal in October.?

Make mine dirty straight up regular olives please!

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I, also, pack by a list and have for years now. It keeps me straight and I know when I leave that I have everything plus it reduces my stress level.

I got the idea he wanted to join us on an upcoming cruise but seems his health did not allow that. He was well known on the other forum and the thread about his passing had a ton of hits, over 100 I think.