I’m almost Disney done. REALLY.
Here are some hot pics; the kind of hot I’ve been hyping on, when the common northeasterner visits the Bahamas in 100-plus temps:
I’m dying.
Daddy marching bravely head-on into blazing heat.
Daddy is a tangled mess of sunhat ties, a Disney lanyard, and eyeglass cords – he’d bought the cords, sure his glasses would blow off on the ship.
I’d assured him a cruise ship must be too huge to feel real winds; he wasn’t assured and we made a bet: if his glasses didn’t blow off, he had to buy me a nice present.
If they did, I’d have to rub suntan lotion on him ONCE (He loves when I give him those lotion rubbies, but it was enough that I had to rub the boys ten times daily and it gets old).
He claimed his glasses did actually blow off, on the very top 10th deck, and without the cords they’d be out to sea!
I countered with we’d never broken the bet down into actual decks.
So we compromised. Rather, I guess just dropped the bet. And stuck the boys in the kiddy center for an evening, and treated ourselves to the “adult only” restaurant where they serve “authentic fresh Italian,” but as my husband said, “Where did they get the authentic pasta from, the Bahamas?”
Kenny soaked himself, then covered himself with wet towels.
Waiting on a hot line for the notorious Space Mountain ride; Kenny is as anxious as he looks hot; we should have paid closer attention to that look.
Ryan, hot but happy, throughout the trip seemed least phased by the heat. He was also the only one who found this hair-raising ride ”cool.”
FAVE FUNKY PHOTOS:
Docked, peering down at Disney crew guys cleaning windows.
I love the colorful!
Love the play of light, and us in the dark.
Pirate night.
Fueling ship. Kenny’s Spiderman band.
One heck a wake from the back of the ship.
Our last evening.
Back in NYC. Docked. Waiting for our car service home, and looking out at bit muckier waters at these raft things. But see the birds?
Lastly (Really!) FAVE MOMENTS:
Disembarking from NYC. About to sail out under the Verrazano Bridge. How often do you get to see the rusted underside of one of the biggest expansion bridges in the world?
At a animal-towel-folding lesson: Daddy baffled by the towel diagrams. Later, determined to learn how to fold at least an elephant.
Coming back to the nightly towel animal – this one, a Ninja Monkey adorned in Kenny’s sunglasses and the black pirate thing he didn’t know how to wear.
My nightly martini. The boys would fight over the olive swords. Ok, so I’m not the best example. So be it. I was on vacation.
Lounging on quiet deck 4, where most passengers couldn’t take the scent of crew members shellacking the lifejacket boxes. For me, it was wafted out to sea, and I was left to listen to the ocean. (And where I saw my dolphin!)
Morning coffee in the air-conditioned internet cafe!
The boys hanging out in portal windows.
A treasure hunt! For your bags!
If you missed any cruise activities like Bingo, Mario Kart Challenge or making Masquerade masks, there was this one last Disney treat!
You think you’ll find all four of your bags together…nope. One bag will be in that first row, another in the second, and the last two who knows where, as you stumble over everyone else in the hunt, so that bags are fallen and piled on top of each other! It was fun!
But we came away with this, my most favorite pic and one that will go on the wall. Us on formal night! As formal as I’ll be in a long time (if only Dad had ditched the eye cords):
See this week’s writing prompt!
I loved this post Sandra! The picture of hubby bravely marching onward in the heat is hilarious! We were at Sea World last summer. After about 2 hours of the relentless wall of heat we were all so crusty we could barely talk without biting each other’s heads off! Looks like you had a great time. Gorgeous kids you have there and cheers to you for the nightly martini! We are off to Florida ourselves next week. And on another note, one of these days I want to enter your blog hop. The writing can be non-fiction right? I am a total newbie to blog hops but like the idea of it.
Thanks! And yes the hops are whatever you want. Have a great florida vacation. Crusty is human!
Sandra, this was fantastic!
Thanks for taking me on a journey through your vacation! Hot, but fun! I’ve never been on a Disney Cruise, but I’ve heard they’re a really good time. Glad they provide kiddie care for an “adult night.” The colorful picture is festive and I enjoyed the humor throughout this post.
Thanks Linda, and just realized my final formal PRETTY pic was missing! JUst added it at the end; hate to leave people envisioning me only as hot and sweat! As I am now acdtually up in the woods of NH…but here’s the pic:
http://www.awriterweavesatale.com/2012/08/02/my-final-disney-ramblings-pics-actually/
What a lovely trip. I’ve been under the Verranzano a couple times as a child and it is unforgettable! What wonderful parents you are–even with the eyeglass cord.
Thank you, what a lovely comment! As to the Verrazano , I wish id take. The. It’s to the very top deck where you nearly scrape the bottom of the bridge! We didn’t have time, but that is the real experience,to be up that close. How great hat you remember hat from your chuldhood. Was it on a cruise ( or tugboat:)?
Ah Sandra, where to begin? 100 plus heat, the nightly martini, and the formal night were favorites. (Won’t even begin to comment on the sunscreen rubbing…some things are best let to man and wife
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I think I’ve never been so glad to see a vacation end for someone but I know in my heart that you all had some really incredible moments and memories (and writing fodder) that will last a lifetime!
PS – We are in Maine, so we are vacationing rooming now!
Yes, on an entirely different vacation, maybe like your Maine one; renting a house for a week on a lake. This is far mor my speed! And Internet connecting which was a surprise. But I am actually setting some reading done. Sitting by a lake inspires me to open up a good old fashioned actually paper book. Which I still prefer to my handy little kindle.
Wow, looks like you had a lot of fun even though it was hot. I went on a Caribbean cruise on the Oasis of the seas last March with my hubby and it was so much fun. The ship had 17 decks. Such a great adventure.
Oh what a fun post. I am a bit jealous, I’d love to make a trip there. However, it has been in the high eighties here in Seattle and I’m dying. I’d probably melt.
Looks like your trip ended with a bang despite everything that happened. Family time is so precious nothing should ever ruin it.
You may be hot and Disneyed out, but I’m ready to go anywhere right about now. I would love to go on vacation.
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The cruise looks like so much fun!! We always wanted to try one! We go to Disney World about 3 times a year and we LOVE it, so I imagine the cruise is awesome. Love all the pics you took and great captions to go with them. Family picture at the end is the best–you have a lovely family!! Thanks for sharing these and letting us live vicariously through your trip!
What a lovely post, Sandra and you look fabulous! I must say … why would they group your bags together
— I went thru exactly the same question each time we cruise …
And of course, love your vacation … Sounds like Bahamas and Disney cruise is the way to go!
Thanks, Dear. Actually working on a new post, been out of commission last few weeks. I’m ready for summer to be done!
…wonderful post Sandra…you seemed to have enjoyed a lot..the kids look very cute..
thanks! wow, someone’s reading my older posts! That reminds me, I need to post this week to my own old-post resurrection hop!