Disney Cruise -- Day at sea

 
Our first full day on the Disney Cruise was great.

We woke up to great weather.


We got some breakfast and played on the sports and games deck.


Then Amelia had a meet n greet with the princesses.  What is nice about the ship is that you go and get tickets for this event when you board.  The tickets have a specific time for you to come meet the princesses.  So no long waits.  They have tickets for princesses, Frozen characters and Disney JR.

First Amelia met Rapunzel

Then Ariel

Then Tiana.  She loved showing Tiana that they had matching dresses.

Last was Belle.

We had tickets for the Frozen Meet N Greet but had a little time.  Not enough to really do much.  Cinderella had no line so we went to see her.

Grandma got in the picture too.

We also saw Donald while we waited.

Finally it was time for our Frozen Meet N Greet.  We arrived and they were waiting for us.  No line at all.  At Disney World it is a 2+ hour wait.  No thanks.  This was awesome.

Amelia went right up to them.  She is so funny because she gets shy and then doesn't look like she is enjoying herself in the pictures.

We all jumped in for a family picture since we all liked the movie.

Hayden even gave Anna a hug.  It looks like he is grabbing her butt!!!

Now it is not even 10am and we have accomplished so much!!!

Kids wanted to go swimming of course. It was warm and sunny.  Perfect weather.  They swam in both pools.

I got this cute picture of Hayden.

Amelia wanted to meet Daisy so I took her while Hayden swam some more.

We spent some time just enjoying the sun and eating of course.

That night was pirate night.  I got us some costumes at the thrift store around Halloween.  Amelia is the pirate fairy from the tinkerbelle movies.

We got some photos taken by the photographers.

Dinner was fun.
 
 Amelia wanted to meet Minnie afterwards.

Mom and Dad met Mickey

So did Grandma Barb.

We went to the pirate party on deck.  It was cute but crowded  It was too late for our kids so they got pretty cranky.  The fireworks were very good and I was glad we got to see them.



We skipped the pirate buffet and went to bed (it was around 11:00 when the fireworks ended). 

Disney Cruise -- Day 1

We decided to surprise the kids with a Disney cruise.  I have wanted to do one for a long time now but the cost is just so high.  We found a good last minute deal on an older ship out of miami and decided to give it a try.

The kids didn't know.  The day we left we told them we were going to a hotel.  They were happy with that.  Ha ha.

We flew to Fort Lauderdale with no major issues (just 2 annoying guys who were high behind us).  it was almost 80 degrees when we landed. 

We stayed over night at a Hyatt with Mike's free points.  We got there in the evening and the kids went swimming.  They also went in the morning too.



The next morning they got a call from Mickey.  They thought we were going to Disney World.  Ha ha.  When we told them it was a cruise they were happy.

we got to the port early and got checked in.




While we waited we got to meet Mickey and Minnie.



Then it was time to board.  they announce your family and everyone claps.  

After we boarded we went to have lunch.  The buffet was good.



The weather was awesome and after lunch we went straight to the pool.   The kids loved the pool.

Hayden really enjoyed the water slide.



Amelia enjoyed the kid pool.




We checked out the splash area


We spent some time in the big pool
 
and the hot tubs.

 

We also got ice cream.  The kids love getting ice cream whenever they want on board.


We went to the sail away party.  The kids really enjoyed it.

They even went up on stage and danced a little.

I have a video of some of it.

Goodbye Miami!


We decorated our door and hung our fish extender.  Its a gift exchange.  I can explain it later.

We went to our first dinner and met our table mates.  They were a couple from Philly with their 7 year old boy.  Hayden got along well with him.

Dinner was good.

After dinner we saw the tree lighting show.

And the kids played in the kids club.

We got our towel animals too.

Overall a good first day.