Disney Cruise part III

Embarking the ship, a little tired from the red eye flight, but can’t wait to get on!

 

Character Party VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

You could meet the princesses too, but if you ask my girls, they are too old for that :)  They do have their favorites though- Merida and Rapunzel.  We all love the Disney characters!

Sophie and Sage coming back from activities with their face painted.  They thought it was cool how the couch turned into bunkbeds at night.  Sage right.

 

lol, I was asked by another family if my boys were triplets, they do look alike, but Nick is 21, Josh 18, and Trevor 14, growing fast!  I have to say, it warms my heart to receive so many compliments about my boys, what great boys they are!  like father like sons.  We enjoyed meeting some great families on the ship.

 

The sunglass swan in our boys room kills me.  Our clever host saw their glasses laying around and put them to good use in his towel designs

 

sweet surprises back at the room from our awesome chef

Paul and I lounging in a cushioned round window overlooking the sea, Bliss!

view from our room, never ending ocean

 

The Oceanside Club put on a show towards the end of the cruise with their new friends, so cute.

Hair Braiding VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Just in time for the beach.  Beautiful girls!

Cheers from Sophie and Sage

One last cruise post to go with blue Cozumel waters!

Thanks for stopping by

Non stop smiles!

even from the kids :)…

In the main atrium of the ship. 

Trevor was off already with his friends from the Vibe.

We heart Mickey!

Pirate Dinner at Lumiere’s.  They had a great time doing the limbo with the wait staff…  Paul and I had a romantic dinner at Palo’s that night.

Then we met together for the evening show and Pirate Party on deck.  Dancing with the characters, DJ and singing, and Mickey flying in on a rope, ending with fireworks.  Disney knows how to put on a party!  Then they treated us with a yummy midnight buffet, crepes mmm, but the kids were off to watch Lincoln in the movie theater.

 

Trevor had a blast hanging out with his age group at the Vibe (14-17).  They did karaoke, made pizza, scavenger hunt, swim party, played guitar, sports…

Aaargh!  This cute little pirate is very protective of her brother, not wanting him hanging out with friends much

 

Sports Arena on top deck, perfect for our little athletes!  Paul and I had to beat our boys in the foosball tournament, then they came back with a vengeance for the championship.

Sophie and Sage had a great time with the Oceanside club, Sage in the middle, second row.  They enjoyed being old enough to check themselves in and out, coming and going as pleased, and the ship supplied phones to contact your party to meet up.   On the last day the club they put on this cute show “Friendship Rocks” show with Mickey and Minnie, then back for activities and T-shirts signing.

Cute seeing them hold hands with their new friend as they headed back to the lab (didn’t get a picture).  I also loved how my usually non holding hands girls, especially around their classmates, would come up all the time to hold my hand as we were walking (especially Sage), such happy, sweet girls! 

I was going to do this trip in 3 posts (last one being our excursion in Cozumel), but I still have a few more ship pictures I want to add without making this one too long, so bear with me, 2 more Disney posts to go

Ahoy, Mateys!

Back from Paradise…

Before Josh leaves on his mission, we planned a Caribbean cruise to go on with the family.  It was unanimous, Best. Vacation. Ever…

I’ll post later about our excursions, but first boarding this beautiful ship below

Disney Magic 2013 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Bon Voyage party

Bon Voyage party on top deck.  It was windy the first day, but that didn’t stop the fun.  Although it was a full ship they accommodated everyone very well without feeling over crowded (except for the elevators, good excuse to use the stairs).  Disney Magic holds 2,400 passengers, has 11 decks, and is almost 1000’ long.  They have 945 crew members from all over the world.  Exciting! 

 

First night dining at Animator’s Palate, the walls and paintbrush columns lit up with different Disney scenes, then a special surprise visit from Mickey. 

We took the red eye flight from Vegas, so a bit drowsy the first day.

Promenade Lounge VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Pictionary in the Promenade Lounge.  Team awesome (us) beat team amazing

 

Refreshed for day 2, Parrot Cay.  You could see the ocean from both side of the restaurant

 

A dress up dinner with the family, looks like all we did was eat…  almost ;) but that was a good time for pictures.  The food was wonderful as we dined in different restaurants with different cuisine each night, but with the same fun servers.

The ship had 4 or 5 pools, this was a fun one for the kids.

 

With the head chef.  Paul and I enjoyed a date night with some fine dining at Palo’s (top deck, beautiful ocean view), while the kids enjoyed their Pirate Party dinner.  Blissful evening with my baby! 

There were often sweet surprises in our room.  They carved the carrot into a mermaid, impressive.  Top notch service!

 

Our awesome waiter, it was fun getting to know them as they seemed to thoroughly enjoy our family

 

Nick (who usually doesn’t like his pic taken) photo bombing the girls with the Captain. 

The shows on the ship were charming, funny, and entertaining, in the state of the art Walt Disney Theater.  Twice charmed has won best show on any cruise ship.

 

What is breakfast without a Mickey waffle?

 

The girls thought it was cool seeing all the princesses and Disney characters on the ship.

 

A room with a view.  We enjoyed relaxing on the veranda while at Sea, the boys had a room next door.  Such a good mix of family, social, beach time, and R & R!  

Bon Voyage