Disney cruise!!

We went on a Disney cruise!!! I wanted to blog before we went, but everything seemed so crazy. Also, after having the annoying cough for a few days, it turned into another cold. Another one! I couldn't believe it. I had already lived through my obligatory winter cold and then I got another one....a worse one too. Then, after a day or two of that, I started feeling achy all over and feverish. You got it...the flu. Geez, could I acquire anything else...PLEASE!?!! Luckily, my last day of really feeling bad was last Saturday, the day before we left. I had the sniffles on the cruise and my head ached quite frequently from being full, but I'm so glad I was over the flu part of being sick before we left. I'll take the cold over that, thank you.

Okay, on to the details. This was a celebration and a gift from my parents to all of us kids and grandkids in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary and retirements. Wow, what a gift! We had so much fun!!

Last Sunday, we woke up around 3:15 am to catch a flight to Orlando. From the airport in Orlando, we caught a bus which drove us to the port where the Disney Wonder ship was waiting for us to board. From there it was a carb eating, show seeing, pool swimming good time. There was so much stuff for us to do, it was a little overwhelming. They have something called the Oceaneer's Club that Sabrina and Payton played at quite a bit. It's a place that 3-5 year olds can go to and they have all kinds of activities that they do with them. Their favorites were a Heffalump Hunt, finding Tinkerbell, and a pajama party that they were at until midnight. You heard me...midnight. Wow, my 3 and 4 year old party kids. Camri and Vanessa had groups that were there for them too, but they mostly wanted to stay around the adults, especially Camri. She's at that age where she wants to be a grown up and would rather hang out than go to something for kids her age. They did, however, find time to seek out their groups when it was Karaoke time. And Vanessa spent an evening with other kids her age doing crafts and playing video games. The first place the ship stopped was Nassau. This was kind of nostalgic for Jeremy and I because that's where we went on our second honeymoon. It looked exactly the same as I remember it...maybe a little bigger. We did some shopping there at a market we found. The 2nd and last time that the ship stopped was at what turned out to be everyone's favorite spot, Castaway Cay. It's an island that Disney owns and it was absolutely GORGEOUS! The water was crystal clear, the sand was like talcum powder, and there were seashells all over the place. Camri and Vanessa went on a stingray petting adventure which they loved. Of course we found one willing soul (Uncle Javi) to be buried up to his neck in sand. They even had a separate beach for adults which was quiet and filled with starfish and sand dollars as well as seashells. Oh, I almost forgot, they also have the ship from Pirates of the Caribbean there! That was really cool to see. I was disappointed that you couldn't walk around on it, but it was very very cool to be able to look at and take pictures of. I took one that looks like a postcard. After we were herded back on the boat after Castaway Cay, we spent the rest of the time on the ship until docking again in Orlando. I could go on and on and on about the characters we saw, the shows, the food, etc., but that's the gist of it.
I believe my parents wanted to see some of the money that they had saved being enjoyed by all of us. Well, we enjoyed it. Not a penny was wasted by us not enjoying ourselves. That was the most fun I've had in a very long time and it was so much funner to be there with our family.