Hi Everyone!! So we have been home now for over a week and does the "real world" hit you hard!! In looking back I can say it was one of the best family vacations we had ever taken. Like I said in the beginning "take the good with the bad". Here are a few last minute thoughts....
No matter how hard you try, your gonna miss something... enjoy what you do see. Really missed the Choclate Souffle at Palos.
Saying that, I still wish we would have seen the Variety show on the first night,and The Morty show.
Would have gotten the stupid $35 soda mug...only one!
Would have made more of a "Land Plan", felt too stressed not knowing where we should go the night before, just plan ,not to plan, and know where your going.
Would not have spent the time to do a load of laundry, took too long and the kids just put it all in the wash when we got home anyway !!
Should have brought a big duffle bag to take home dirty laundry and to put dirty laundry in during the week.
Would have liked to "explore" the ship deck by deck, not a big deal just would have like to do it.
Wish I would have known that you feel the ship move, duh you say...I just thought something that big you wouldn't feel...well you do and we had very slight seas. I think the weather has a great deal to do with the success of your trip, thank God ours was great.
Packed WAY TOO MUCH. Thought we'd need a short outfit and a dinner outfit every day,..didn't, stayed in our bathing suites most of the day and went right to dinner outfit. Didn't really need the small things some mention on this board...nightlight-closet has a small one , just crack the door or the bathroom door. Two way radios-some swear by them, we really never had the need. Juice boxes-kids just nagged me the entire week(tried to save them for beach days) bring cups with lids or water bottles and fill them at lunch with juice and put them in the beverage cooler during the day, would have worked fine. Drink mix, too lazy to go back to the room and too feeble minded to remember to have the mix with me when we needed it. They also have disposable cups at the drink station and lids to take water with you back to the room, could take these to lunch and put juice in them too!!
Bring snorkle stuff, saved lots of $$$, DH packed a some beer too, forgot to put the last "extra" ones in zip lock baggies and sure enough they were empty when we arrived, just snorkle and beach stuff in that suitecase thank goodness!!
Would have worn lots and lots of sunscreen and reapplied it often!! (didn't ruin our trip, did stuff wouldn't have normally done)
Wish we would have seen at least one sunset or sunrise. (Busy?)
Go for the varanda if you can...it's great you'll love it.
Navagators series were really good try to see some of them.
Try to get a Mid-ship room, helps with the seasickness (or so I was told)
Beverage cooler did its job, no trouble as reported by some.
Get ready for lots and lots of LITTLE kids, I was never bothered by any of them, just made me feel a little sad and sentimental that mine weren't one of them again, begging to see Snow White or Pinocchio. Truly some of my fondest memories are of my kids in Disney World....and now on this trip as well.
ENJOY YOUR TRIP!!!!
No matter how hard you try, your gonna miss something... enjoy what you do see. Really missed the Choclate Souffle at Palos.
Saying that, I still wish we would have seen the Variety show on the first night,and The Morty show.
Would have gotten the stupid $35 soda mug...only one!
Would have made more of a "Land Plan", felt too stressed not knowing where we should go the night before, just plan ,not to plan, and know where your going.
Would not have spent the time to do a load of laundry, took too long and the kids just put it all in the wash when we got home anyway !!
Should have brought a big duffle bag to take home dirty laundry and to put dirty laundry in during the week.
Would have liked to "explore" the ship deck by deck, not a big deal just would have like to do it.
Wish I would have known that you feel the ship move, duh you say...I just thought something that big you wouldn't feel...well you do and we had very slight seas. I think the weather has a great deal to do with the success of your trip, thank God ours was great.
Packed WAY TOO MUCH. Thought we'd need a short outfit and a dinner outfit every day,..didn't, stayed in our bathing suites most of the day and went right to dinner outfit. Didn't really need the small things some mention on this board...nightlight-closet has a small one , just crack the door or the bathroom door. Two way radios-some swear by them, we really never had the need. Juice boxes-kids just nagged me the entire week(tried to save them for beach days) bring cups with lids or water bottles and fill them at lunch with juice and put them in the beverage cooler during the day, would have worked fine. Drink mix, too lazy to go back to the room and too feeble minded to remember to have the mix with me when we needed it. They also have disposable cups at the drink station and lids to take water with you back to the room, could take these to lunch and put juice in them too!!
Bring snorkle stuff, saved lots of $$$, DH packed a some beer too, forgot to put the last "extra" ones in zip lock baggies and sure enough they were empty when we arrived, just snorkle and beach stuff in that suitecase thank goodness!!
Would have worn lots and lots of sunscreen and reapplied it often!! (didn't ruin our trip, did stuff wouldn't have normally done)
Wish we would have seen at least one sunset or sunrise. (Busy?)
Go for the varanda if you can...it's great you'll love it.
Navagators series were really good try to see some of them.
Try to get a Mid-ship room, helps with the seasickness (or so I was told)
Beverage cooler did its job, no trouble as reported by some.
Get ready for lots and lots of LITTLE kids, I was never bothered by any of them, just made me feel a little sad and sentimental that mine weren't one of them again, begging to see Snow White or Pinocchio. Truly some of my fondest memories are of my kids in Disney World....and now on this trip as well.
ENJOY YOUR TRIP!!!!
