Day 3 was our very favorite day of the cruise, we spent the day on Castaway Cay. Disney's private Bahamian island (I have SO many good tips for your day on Castaway Cay, so I'll split that up into a second post). We were up bright and early for breakfast and we were a few of the first ones off of the boat. You know this girl loves the beach, and I had big plans to spend the day in the sun and sand. How gorgeous is that view? We brought some chairs down to the edge of the water and spent the morning in this spot. The kids played in the sand with their beach toys until lunch time. We were right beside the water slides so of course, BK insisted we go to the slide with her. … [Read more...]
Our Disney Cruise: Day 2
On day two, we were up and ready in time for a meet and greet with a few Frozen favorites. On the cruise, you can select a window of time to meet with characters, you just go in during your time and meet the characters, take a picture, have them sign your autograph book. You'll definitely appreciate this, especially after you've seen the lines at the parks. I know this photo quality isn't perfect, but Jud cutting his eyes at Ana cracks me up every time!! This was our day in the Bahamas. The Bahamas offered plenty of fun things to do, but we decided to explore a little in downtown Nassau and then enjoy some things on the ship. I'll definitely look … [Read more...]
Our Disney Cruise: Day 1
I think I'll just hit the highlights of our days on the cruise and then blog some specifics about planning and a few tips and tricks we learned while on our first cruise. While I feel like I could navigate Disney with my eyes closed, I feel like I've barely scratched the surface with the cruise, but I'm happy to share our small bits of wisdom. Let me preface this by saying, our kids had no idea we were going on a cruise. None. For some reason, Disney Junior has really been hyping the cruises lately, and BK had been begging to go on one, she knew all about the highlights and had memorized everything she had ever read or seen about the cruise, so we lied a tiny bit and said we'd just … [Read more...]