Disney Cruise

Our family had an unforgettable vacation on a Disney Cruise over Mykelle's birthday in April!  We were so happy that schedules came together so well after years of discussions with Skip to all go on a Disney Trip!  We thought it would never happen with all the health issues first Skip and then I started to experience, but it finally came together!  With a relatively clean bill of health from his doctors and the okay from mine to schedule a cruise, we were off!  

PS. I got started on this post and it turned into the never-ending post!!  Sorry there are so many pictures and videos, I just couldn't leave any out!

Jet Blue plane ride to Florida- not too bad with headphones and cartoons!

My little Star on the red carpet!  We stayed at the All Star Music Hotel in Disney World.  

 The kids LOVED walking out to the back of the hotel and seeing the awesome guitar shaped pool with the character fountain shooting water out of their guns!

Ariel and the kids by the piano shaped pool at our hotel

Mykee sitting in front of our building.

Our ride in style to the Disney Dream ship!  A Hummer Limo!!  Skip wanted to make the ride special and memorable for the kids so he splurged for the extra fun!

The excitement of a big ride!

First Limo experience

Dancing to Rio!

Could that be excitement for a Cruise??

Sharing a Cherry Coke!

Going through customs to board the ship- Disney even made that part fun!

The kids loved the bunkbeds in the stateroom!

Free room service??  Yes please!!  Giant cookies and milk every night before bed!

Mykelle and Evan absolutely loved getting to see all of the princesses!  They were so nice too, especially since we had to wait in line and there were a ton of kids wanting to see them.  Each princess made sure to spend a perfect amount of time speaking to each child individually and making them feel special.  Princess Tiana wins for prettiest dress in my book, and Princess Ariel for being the nicest :)

The kids didn't understand why some of the characters didn't speak to them- after all, why would the REAL characters need to wear masks?? :)

The kid's club was awesome!!  The kids each wore waterproof GPS bracelets at all times and could be dropped off from first thing in the morning until 1am!!  Though we never did leave them in THAT long :)  Every day they begged to go to the kid's club- awesome! 

Each night there were shows to see and they were fun!  We got there early to sit up close (this is front row) and enjoyed all the entertainment.  

Adam was called up to help with the Knight magic show where he had to screw in the metal hoops to trap the lady inside.

Then they raised a tarp around her and stepped off to the side and dropped it- just like that she came out dressed in a different outfit and free of the hoops!  Adam had no idea how it was done either!

We did a fun shore excursion where we went for a ride around Nassau in a glass-bottomed boat before stopping to look at the fish and coral under the boat.  It was a fun way to see more of Nassau than just walking the streets- which we were told could also be dangerous!

Ready to go to our 7 course dinner at Remy's!

We sat in the Gusteau room- it was beautiful overlooking Nassau!

We had a beautiful dinner and great service!  Even though we had to turn down the wine list and the wine guy was a little rude about it... He actually scoffed at us!!  Jerk.  :)

I had to include a couple of the dishes- they were SO good!  This dish with the cup too had lobster and cold fish soup in it... sounds gross but it was not!

My favorite dish!  Sea Bass in a creamy cauliflower sauce.  I practically licked the plate clean :)

Lamb- looks prettier than it tasted!

Beef, baby veggies, potatoes and shortribs- very good!

I had a delicious chocolate bar with edible gold on top (because I'm worth it :)

Adam's dessert was pretty good too

The chef sent out some complimentary hand-made treats for us to take with us for later.  I was so full I didn't try any of them!  But I think the kids were appreciative

Evan liked to pretend the window sill was a washer

Our itinerary for the next day, chocolates on our bed, a thank you from Remy, and a towel animal from our room host

Mykelle's big smile when I left a rose on her pillow before bed

Beautiful view from our verandah

The Mickey Mouse slide on top of the ship.  It was really cool because the kids could go by themselves and the line wasn't too long.  They loved it and went over and over!!

They did get in trouble a couple times because they wanted to go together and they're supposed to be separated

Cool slide right?

The pools are SUPER tiny!  And with over 3000 people on the ship they were this full most of the time.  The kids were only lost once or twice...

Nemo's Reef was a fun little splash area mostly for toddlers.  Pretty cool but once again, pretty crowded!

Souvenir time!  Skip bought the kids some fun things to help them remember the fun time they had on the cruise.

Skip and Evan in the foreground with our ship in the background.  Castaway Cay was a great beach and the weather was perfect!

Handsome hubby looking back on our chairs and the dining/restroom area

One of the kid's favorite parts about Castaway Cay was the unlimited self-help ice cream dispensers!  We had way too much of course :)

Pirate Night!

Our server presenting Mykelle's very own birthday cake!

Mykelle "picking" flowers to help Mommy feel better!

Mykelle's towel birthday cake had one candle and gold coins in it