Day 1 – LAX to Amsterdam to Basel The day has finally arrived! We booked this river cruise about 18 months earlier and it was time! We left the house at a perfectly reasonable 10 am, for a 5 pm flight out of LAX. Thus begins...
Day 10 - Statue of Liberty and NYC Friend Meetup! Today was the end of Daylight Savings Time and the ship had changed two days ago while we were at sea. That was nice and totally made sense. But I can’t tell you how many times...
Day 9 - A Beautiful Day at Sea We slept in again, and went to breakfast – It was beautiful out! We kind of laughed every day when we walked through the atrium area and saw huge groups of people going crazy over a merchandise sale. Until we went...
Day 8 - Sea Day Food and Bumper Cars Today we had a day at sea! I didn’t carry around my camera like all day apparently, but I do have phone pics! We slept in, and went to lunch at the pub! Kelly had deviled eggs: I had sliders: And...
Day 7 - Sandals in Nassau We’re in Nassau! This is a familiar view! We started with breakfast. Then we got off pretty early. It was a madhouse! There’s our ship! We admired the ships and turned the corner. And – what?!!! Oh no! This is torturous! Look at that beauty! Man we...
Day 6 - Coco Cay Royal Caribbean tenders to Coco Cay. They told us tender tickets would start being handed out at 7, for a 9 am arrival. I woke up at 7:20 and ran down and got them. We had a 10:00 tender time! And I...
Day 5 - Excursion to Disney We were docking in Port Canaveral today! Royal’s transfers to Disney (that sounds kind of wrong) were quite reasonably priced! So that was our goal today. We weren’t docking until late morning, so we had lots of time. We started with...
Day 4 - Day at Sea The first day was a glorious relaxing day at sea! And we were headed south, so the weather was getting warmer and warmer. See? Beautiful day! We headed out for breakfast. I like the Do Not Disturb magnet. Breakfast in Windjammers! Coke by the ocean! It...
Day 3 - Embarkation and Wonderland! We woke up and got ready! I’ll take this time for a disclaimer. I am a Disney cruise lover. I have been on 25 Disney cruises and counting. I can tell you anything you ever wanted to know about a Disney...
Day 2 - The Big Apple! The next day Levi and Missy were meeting us to spend the day! They met us in the lobby and we walked back over to the train station! I decided not to look like a complete tourist and left my...
Day 1 – Travel Day Kelly and I came in one early to give us a full day in NYC. My flight was uneventful, and I had a full row to myself! Woot! There it is! NYC! Kelly arrived not too long after me and we caught the...
Day 4 – Last Day! Today I had to convince Stephen to Do Disney Differently and hit the pool before the parks!! Crazy! He wasn’t too disagreeable. The kids slept and we went down. The pool was empty. We were doing it differently, so after getting ready we walked...
Day 3 - California Adventure We were up in time for to get into California Adventure early, but not crazy early! Ally and Deborah decided to sleep a little longer and we let them! DDD. We went down to the special hotel entrance and the line was insane!...
Day 2 - Chef's Counter at Napa Rose! The two teenagers (and Chase who is no longer a teenager ) had heard Dad say we were doing Disney differently and took full advantage this morning. When Stephen wanted to be at the Grand Californian early enough to park,...
Day 1 - On Our Way! For the three of us that were home all day, it was hard to wait until the girls finished school so we could leave! But finally they did!! And we were off. It’s 4 hours exactly from my front door to...