Whew this summer is busy and flying by and hasn't left much time for blogging. But this is a virtual scrapbook for my girls and I want them to look back and remember these special times so I need to try and find time to update it. So here it goes...
The last week of April, we embarked on a truly once in a lifetime trip. We surprised the girls on Christmas morning and told them we were going on this amazing trip so waiting 5 months took a long time but finally it was time to go! We got on the Disney Dream ship in Cape Canaveral, FL. The ship was huge and even though there were a lot of people, it never seemed too crowded.
One of the best parts about the cruise was the access to the characters. My girls love all the characters and we found them everywhere on the ship. We only had to wait in short lines and the characters were so amazing to the girls and so sweet.
The first night, we had sail away party where all the characters came onto the ship and sang and danced. We couldn't wait to go. And please excuse our wristbands, they were sea bands for motion sickness.
We were so fortunate that my parents accompanied us on this trip. We got rooms next to each other and Ella actually stayed in their room. Traveling with them is so easy and makes things much more fun!
The main deck had 2 large pools, a hot tub and a splash ground. Not to mention the huge movie screen that played Disney movies all day. My girls thought this was the best thing ever!
This little firecracker had the time of life and acted like she owned the ship!
One of Ella's favorite things was the Aqua duck water slide on the ship. MG was too small to go but Ella and one of us went down it a ton of times! It was really fun!
Hot tub fun!
MG meeting her hero, Minnie Mouse! I mean, check out her face, pure happiness!!
We ran into Goofy "sleep walking" on the ship. The girls thought this was so hilarious and still talk about it all the time!
Meeting more characters!
One true surprise and highlights was meeting Elsa and Anna! We had heard they weren't going to be on the ship but then to our surprise they were on the ship! We signed up ahead of time for a special meet and greet time to meet them in Arrandale! :)
Belle, another favorite for sure!
Every cruise, they have pirate night so we ordered these cute shirts ahead of time and got some accessories before we left. They were giving us their "tough pirate look" in this picture.
DeeDee and Papa went all out for pirate night! The girls thought it was so great!!
Snuggles with Papa, such sweet memories!
One of the only disappointments was the day at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. We had been looking forward to this day and heard amazing things about this island and we unfortunately had cloudy and cold weather on that day. But it didn't stop Ella and Mike from going down the water slide and playing in the cold water!
Farewell party with all the characters in their pjs!
This trip was truly unforgettable. I can't say enough good things about the Disney cruise, super clean ship, great rooms, outstanding service, etc. The girls had a great time in the kids club, playing detective and exploring the huge ship. I could on and on but just know this, we will be back again!
Next post, we left the ship and headed to Magic Kingdom for 2 days!
