Saturday, October 2, 2010

Florida Trip Day Five -Castaway Cay

I apologize for the delays in posting this week. Its been a busy week and twice I've tried to do this exact post and blogger has stopped working midway through and I lose everything....grrrrrr! Here's to "third times a charm". This day of our trip we ported at Castaway Cay (prounounced key). Its an Island in the Bahamas that Disney owns and they have taken paradise and added just enough modern convienences and rustic ambiance to make it soemthing better than paradise! We thouroughly enoyed the pristine beachs....albeit with the other 2000some guests. The crew also came ashore in the early hours of the morning to begin preparing a BBQ for our lunch, which was not only yummy, but so much fun! I have lots of pics from this day, but here are the best. Also are pictures from the afternoon and evening. We came back to the earlier than most of the guests and Rebecca got to have the Mickey pool and slide completely to herself for half an hour! It was so much fun for her! The evening was all about Pirates IN the Carribean. Our servers were dressed as pirates, some of the guests were dressed as pirate, even Mickey and Minney were dressed as Pirates! There was music, fireworks, and believe it or not MORE food! LOL
Catch of the day.....or.......the catch of my life! lol

The water was SO clear!

Scuttle's Cove had a spalsh park for the little ones.



Rebecca loved everything about our trip! Always smiling.

Its Lilo & Stitch



Coat lightly in sand and toast in sun until golden brown.

Daddy and his girl loved the free pop!

Finally, a sand castle like Curious George made.


Shes not afraid of the water....at all



My happy people

All the fruit you could possibly want.

Lunch at the BBQ

"Mount Rustmore"


The Flying Dutchman




Daisy in her beach clothes....cute

Mickey Pool time







More Splash Park fun on deck



Storytime about Peter Pan....right before Peter Pan himself showed up!

Afternoon snacks in Promenade Lounge

Walking to Animator's Pallet for Dinner....Usually these walls light up in color, but tonight was Pirate night, so the usual show was put on hold. ;(

Our Dining Friend Rich and Donna and our head server Agung, from Indonesia.
We had such a great time together...we miss them all!

Party out on decks 9 & 10

It was a bit warm even at 11:00pm

Dance, dance, dance

Swing your partnet round and round.

Look Daddy its Mickey was up high

Daddy spies Mickey

Here he comes.....zip lining above the crowd.

The only Fireworks you can see at sea.


Midnight buffet ice sculpture

YUM!

P.S. A picture from dinner that Donna took for us.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Florida Trip Day Four- Nassau, The Bahamas

                               
The next couple of days will havelots of pictures attached. It seemed like once we were on the boat time stood still and we got two days out of every day onboard. How did that work? We always got up by 7ish and spent the morning doing all sorts of activities, then in the afternoon we all took naps in our pitch black stateroom, which made it seem like night. After waking up refreshed we'd head back out around 4 and be up ntil midnight having a good time. It was amazing how slowly our days passed.....and so great! This morning was our first Princess encounter in th lobby. All four of the Princesses gathered and Rebecca got to talk with each one in turn. She doesn't look very excited, but she really was all smiles in line. It seemedthat once it was time to meet them in person she got a little intimidated/awed. lol



Belle is a Princess we didn't talk a lot about before our trip, but she turned out to be Rebecca's favorite.

Snow White was a really sweet Princess, almost motherly acting with the girls, which put Rebecca more at ease.
We caught Goofy while wandering the deck....no lines, no wait!


Our first view of Nassau from where we ate breakfast out on deck.

More Nassau

Heres a shot to give you an idea of just how big the boat was.....thats Rebecca and daddy way at the bottom.


We're really in the Bahamas!


It wasn't long before we heard steel drums beginning to play.


Shopping Bay Street

Cool Police uniforms!


Rebecca in the jewelry shop....daddy got both his girls new necklaces.



Before going back to the ship we got one family shot...thanks to a friendly stranger.
I lovedthe welcome home banner....I really could sail forever!


My favorite shot of Aaron from our trip!


We spent a little of our afternoon wandering the ship and shopping the onbaord gift shops, while Rebecca played in the Oceaneer's Club.


A fun, adults only little cafe with great pina coladas, and quiet music.


They served dinner early in Rebecca's club and we showed up while the little ones were chowing on friend cheese sticks and fruit. Toddler favorites. ;-)


Once again we found Goofy without a line....does nobody like this lovable guy?!

Waiting for the doors to open for Toy Story: The Musical

That night we had reservations at Palo.....everyone already knows how much I loved this place.

Our server, Nicole, was so nice to take pictues, explain the menu, and charm us with her Aussie accent.


Knowing that Aaron's birthday was just the week before, then helped us celebrate in Disney style.

Meanwhile, Rebecca was at the club attending a royal ball with Cinderella and she was dressed as Alice in Wonderland.


"Cinderella danced with me!"

Silly pose.


She was hungry again when we got to the room, but we really know she just loves room service. LOL

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Florida Trip Three - 1st Cruise Day

                                                   Heading to the 'Boppity boo boat'.

She wanted to go onto the boat right away, but it was noon when we actually got to go through these doors.

First lunch onboard at Beach Blanket Buffet out on deck nine......

with a view of NASA from our table.

Our stateroom....all 184 square feet....surprisely we felt like there was lots of extra room.
The couch flipped over to make Rebecca's bed.

Trying on our life vest for the safety drill.

                                                             Chilling on deck four.
                                                       Waving goodbye to Florida.

                                                  Last view of Cocoa Beach, Florida