Orlando – Cruising Dog Mama

Carnival Mardi Gras October 2022 Pre-Cruise Orlando International Drive

This was going to be our second time on the Carnival Mardi Gras, we drove to Orlando to stay at Avanti Resort. Nice room, gym, cafe, large pool and spa, and pool bar.

We went to Cafe TuTu Tango, my favorite restaurant in Orlando. It is set up as a Spanish artist loft and they have artists working on painting while you eat and he entire restaurant is covered with art. It is tapas and we had pizza, jalapeño macaroni and cheese, Cajun chicken egg rolls, Nashville chicken, and nutella flan. Later we went to Howl at the Moon dueling piano bar. They have a lot of fun shots and drinks. Loved the strawberry shortcake shot with whipped cream. A good start to our vacation.

Carnival Magic First Solo Cruise Pre-Cruise Tampa to Orlando

For the first time, I was going on a cruise alone. My husband was staying home with the dogs and he had originally taken the time off work so he was having a staycation.

The dogs, as usual have an attitude when they see the luggage.

In real life I do Keto, but when I am on vacation, I make up for it and eat all of the carbs. I stopped halfway and had lunch at Red Lobster, a manicure and pedicure at the mall and a cookie afterwards.

Stayed at Avanti Resort, they have a huge pool and hot tub, however, as soon as I made it there it rained. I decided to go out for Happy Hour at Joes Crab Shack, then dinner at Cafe TuTu Tango. I then went to Howl at the Moon piano bar. When I got back to the hotel, I got into the jacuzzi in the room. What a great day.