For our Christmas and New Year's cruises, our itinerary changed in that we added Nassau, Bahamas and took away Grand Turk. (So for two weeks, our itinerary was Ft. Lauderdale -- Half Moon Cay -- St. Thomas -- Roadtown -- Nassau).

Nassau is the capital (and largest city) of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, a nation made up of about 700 islands. Nassau is located on the island of New Providence (see map). The city has a population of about 215,000, which is about 70% of the entire nation of 303,000.

Nassau is a popular tourist destination, with the world-famous Atlantis Paradise Island resort and casino attracting a lot of the visitors.