Day 4 - Christmas Eve Breakfast with Characters! Today was breakfast at Makahiki! Character breakfasts are expensive, and this one was no exception. While I love them, we don’t generally do them anymore. But Len said it was their favorite meal, so okay! Good morning, Aulani! When we...
Day 3 - Relaxing and Golf We didn’t have much on the schedule today! We just wanted to relax and enjoy the resort some more. Everyone went down to swim and slide, I stayed up in our room to take pictures of them. Success! I also got a...
Day 2 – Eating and Waiting We woke up to a gorgeous day! Chase and Olivia were coming later! We went downstairs and got chairs. When we walked by the store today, they were handing out sugar cookies. Score! Which I apparently was incapable of taking a picture of...
Day 1 – Hawaii Bound! The day was here! We were going to Hawaii for Christmas! With Ally in school, and Chase and Olivia’s jobs, vacation planning is hard these days! Finding a time when we can all go is pretty difficult. So sure, busiest, most-expensive time...
Mele Kalikimaka From Aulani! What: Christmas at Aulani! When: December 21-29, 2018 Where: Oahu, Hawaii Why: Because Christmas in Hawaii with our favorite people! Why else? :) Who: Tammy, Stephen, Chase, Olivia and Ally! Here we are! Mele Kalikimaka From Aulani! – December 21-29, 2018 Day 1 – Hawaii Bound! Day 2 – Eating...
Day 9 - Disembarkation Day with a Disney Magic Cameo! It was back to reality day today! We had one last breakfast and said goodbye to all of our traveling companions. By this point I knew that the Magic would sail right by us. We were tracking it...
Day 8 - Amsterdam Tour This morning we were still sailing when we woke up! SD-14 popped out to see the sights. Here’s the Daily Cruiser! We ate lunch and made it to Amsterdam at 1:30 where we would stay until we disembarked the next day. We had a...
Day 7 - Cologne We left Lahnstein at 6 am and headed for Cologne! Morning sailing this time! We had breakfast and then Fruhschoppen (which is a German brunch) and then lunch!! Crazy morning of eating. Here’s our Daily Cruiser! Here’s Fruhschoppen! I can never have too many pretzels. We got...
Day 6 – Rudesheim and Lahnstein with 30 Castles in Between! We were in Rudesheim until 1:30 today. When we opened our curtains this morning, we were staring into the dining room of our neighbor ship. Ack! This morning we were doing a vineyard hike! Here’s our...
Day 5 - Heidelberg and Daytime Sailing! We woke up to a beautiful sunrise! We arrived in Ludwigshafen at 8:00 in the morning. We had a tour of Heidelberg today! Here’s our Daily Cruiser: It was rainy when we woke up which was a bummer. But we had...
Day 4 - Bikes in Strasbourg We woke up in Strasbourg! We woke up fairly early actually, and I grabbed SD-14 and took him up top for pictures before there were other guests up there! He played a little chess. Plus normal pictures too! As predicted, it was empty! Here’s...
Day 3 - Hiking and Eating in the Black Forest! I’m happy to report that the bed was incredibly comfortable and we slept like babies! Until 3:30 am. Then we were wide awake. Whoops! We arrived in Breisach at 4:30 in the morning and would be there...
Day 2 - Embarkation Day! Embarkation day today! Official check-in time was 3:00, but you can drop your bags off early and explore the town, or relax in the lounge. We decided most of our day’s activities were around the hotel, so we left our bags...
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...