Cast - me, hubby Vince, our girls Wendy (15), Michaela (6), and Sierra (5), Wendy's friend Brittany (14), my mom Donna, and my step-dad Len.
Sunday Nov 23rd - Our 1st day at CC!
Vince, the teens and I had the Nature & Kayak excursion booked this morning while mom & Len took the girls to the beach. The teens had breakfast delivered while I took the girls up to topsiders.
The Nature & Kayak excursion was one of the best I have ever done. I have lost over 50 pounds in the past year & half but still have some to go and I am not the most active person in the world. When I read about this, I really wanted to do it. I have also never been in a kayak and will not come close to a canoe. My family thought I had flipped. My husband said he would go with me, if nothing else to take a picture of me when they airlifted me off the island, he is so supportive! I got the teen's biology and P.E. teachers to give them credit relating to this excursion so they were forced to go as well. It is described as a 40 mintute walk to your 1 hour kayak to a 30 minute swim on a private beach and then a 20 minute walk back. Ricky was our guide and he had to assistants, Joey and I can't remember the guy's name. They were all great but Ricky was the best. Once he found out this was the girls homework, he took extra time to point things out and told them to write this down, spelled things for them, told them some stuff he thought would impress the teachers, etc. The walk wasn't bad because we stopped alot to see animals, birds, plants, etc and discuss them. Then we got in the 2 person kayaks and headed to our private beach. We saw sharks while kayaking and stingrays. The 2 old folks beat the teens both ways! The beach was amazing, we found lots of stuff for thier report and Vince found the biggest Florida Horse Konk(alive) that the guide had ever seen. The girls had a blast finding stuff, having Vince come over to pick it up(just in case) and then running it over to the guides to find out what it was then take their pictures for their report. Really cool! Then we kayaked back and then walked back down the bike path back to the adult beach.
I was tired and hungry at that point so Vince & I ate at the adult beach, bummed because they didn't have ribs and mom said they didn't have them at Cookies either. But the chicken was about the best I have ever had and the slaw was great too. I absolutely love their Strawberry frozen yogurt and it did not dissapoint. The girls headed back for room service. We found mom, Len & the girls at the gift shop on the island(big suprise) and then we headed back to the boat, we were pretty tired.
Tonight was Lumiere's. Len got too much sun and slept for a day, he missed dinner tonight. Lumiere's is my least fav menu, sorry. But we love the Deep fried camembert Fritters but they were not as good as on the Wonder. I had the cream of Cauliflower soup and it was wonderful and I had the Beef Tenderloin. I had the White chocolate domes(wonderful) and mom & I both had the Grand Marnier souffle. The souffle was too eggy for me but the sauce was good! Mom only ate the crust part and dipped it in the sauce but she approved.
Nobody saw Hercules tonight, we took the girls to see Brother Bear and we really liked it although I cried most of the way thru too. The teens went to the stack. Mom went shopping and exploring then retired on the verandah.
Sunday Nov 23rd - Our 1st day at CC!
Vince, the teens and I had the Nature & Kayak excursion booked this morning while mom & Len took the girls to the beach. The teens had breakfast delivered while I took the girls up to topsiders.
The Nature & Kayak excursion was one of the best I have ever done. I have lost over 50 pounds in the past year & half but still have some to go and I am not the most active person in the world. When I read about this, I really wanted to do it. I have also never been in a kayak and will not come close to a canoe. My family thought I had flipped. My husband said he would go with me, if nothing else to take a picture of me when they airlifted me off the island, he is so supportive! I got the teen's biology and P.E. teachers to give them credit relating to this excursion so they were forced to go as well. It is described as a 40 mintute walk to your 1 hour kayak to a 30 minute swim on a private beach and then a 20 minute walk back. Ricky was our guide and he had to assistants, Joey and I can't remember the guy's name. They were all great but Ricky was the best. Once he found out this was the girls homework, he took extra time to point things out and told them to write this down, spelled things for them, told them some stuff he thought would impress the teachers, etc. The walk wasn't bad because we stopped alot to see animals, birds, plants, etc and discuss them. Then we got in the 2 person kayaks and headed to our private beach. We saw sharks while kayaking and stingrays. The 2 old folks beat the teens both ways! The beach was amazing, we found lots of stuff for thier report and Vince found the biggest Florida Horse Konk(alive) that the guide had ever seen. The girls had a blast finding stuff, having Vince come over to pick it up(just in case) and then running it over to the guides to find out what it was then take their pictures for their report. Really cool! Then we kayaked back and then walked back down the bike path back to the adult beach.
I was tired and hungry at that point so Vince & I ate at the adult beach, bummed because they didn't have ribs and mom said they didn't have them at Cookies either. But the chicken was about the best I have ever had and the slaw was great too. I absolutely love their Strawberry frozen yogurt and it did not dissapoint. The girls headed back for room service. We found mom, Len & the girls at the gift shop on the island(big suprise) and then we headed back to the boat, we were pretty tired.
Tonight was Lumiere's. Len got too much sun and slept for a day, he missed dinner tonight. Lumiere's is my least fav menu, sorry. But we love the Deep fried camembert Fritters but they were not as good as on the Wonder. I had the cream of Cauliflower soup and it was wonderful and I had the Beef Tenderloin. I had the White chocolate domes(wonderful) and mom & I both had the Grand Marnier souffle. The souffle was too eggy for me but the sauce was good! Mom only ate the crust part and dipped it in the sauce but she approved.
Nobody saw Hercules tonight, we took the girls to see Brother Bear and we really liked it although I cried most of the way thru too. The teens went to the stack. Mom went shopping and exploring then retired on the verandah.
