03 Jul A Cruise of Firsts!

What: A Four Night Cruise On the Disney Dream

When: March 14-28, 2022

Why: This was a makeup vacation.   For once, Ally’s spring break from grad school lined up with Olivia’s spring break from teaching, which lined up with Chase having enough vacation to go somewhere!  So boy did we book somewhere!  We had an amazing Adventures by Disney trip to Italy planned and booked.  We even found amazing prices on first-class air for all five of us!  But Covid was not done ruining vacations at that point.  So we were canceled about 60 days out.  Sooooo sad.

So we regrouped and had a family meeting!  What should we do instead?   Ultimately we were worried that we would have the same problem with any other trip abroad.  I threw out a cruise, thinking that was too “routine” for an exciting family vacation.  Well what do you know, the kids loved it!  And Chase and Olivia had never been on the Dream!  Whoops…

As you can imagine, I’d saved a lot for an Adventures by Disney trip plus air for five, so we had enough to all go concierge!  Woohoo!  The kids had definitely never done that before!  My parents were coming to Italy and also had a large amount of FCC to burn through.  Well, this was going to be a fun one!

Who: Stephen, Ally, Chase, Olivia, my parents, and me!

In an extra fun twist, Chase has become quite the photographer himself!  So for the first time ever, this will be a blend of my pictures AND his pictures!  Plus some good old iPhone pictures are thrown in when necessary.

A Cruise of Firsts!
Day 1 – Covid Negative! 
Day 2 – Rainforest Room 
Day 3 – Castaways 
Day 4 – Massages and Brunch