Experiencing The Magic, October 20, 2007

[MinnMick01]

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
DAY 3
GRAND CAYMAN

Today we have chosen to split up. When we were planning the trip Scott thought that the older kids would like to snorkel but since Mackenzie can not snorkel I still wanted her to see the fish so we decided that he would take them snorkeling while Mackenzie and I did something else. Well long story short. Kelsey and Kyle did not want to snorkel, but I already booked something for Mackenzie and I.

Grandma wanted to take Kelsey today so they could do some shopping. So Kelsey ate breakfast with them and spent most of the morning with them. When Grandma got tired they went back on the ship and Kelsey took off to be with friends.

Mackenzie and I had to be up before anybody in our family. So we snuck out of the room and went to Topsiders. Mackenzie is not much of a breakfast person and much rather had continued sleeping and skipped breakfast today. But I could not skip my cream of wheat. So she had some fruit. After breakfast we were off to the theater in order to get our ticket to take the tender. I must say DCL had this very organized. I have been on other lines, and when you tender you just go down to the tender ship and everyone gets backed up and crowded down there until you manage to get on a boat. It is completely disorganize. DCL was just the opposite. Just because I like to be early to everything we got to the theater at 6:45am. They did not hand out tickets until 7:00am and the first tender was 7:30 am. The first tender was for cast members to go on land to set everything up. So we got tender number two at 7:40 am. We ran into some more Kkers in the theater and they took the same tender over with us. We get on the tender and notice that it is very cloudy and raining in parts. But we are safe no rain for us. As we sit on the tender waiting for it to fill up the clouds move in fast and it starts pouring. Mackenzie wanted to sit in the front row. So we are getting soaked and the waves are getting rough from the storm so now water is coming over the edge. The tender is hit the side of the ship which is making more water come in. The storm only last 10 minutes but they did not let anyone board the tender during the storm. So now it stops raining and people are getting on. Tender is still not full. We wait about 10 more minutes and get hit by the storm again. The tender did not want to sail in the storm so we just continued to sit there. We made it on land about 8:15 am. Why did we get up so early? For this

Even though it took us forever to get to land we were still early. I did not realize how close Atlantis was to the dock. We booked a submarine ride through the company not DCL. So we had to make sure we were checked in my 9:30 am for 10:00 am. ride. So Mackenzie and I walked around town. Not to many shops are open at that time. But we decided we were hungry again so we stopped at this rum cake shop. Mackenzie got a Popsicle and I sampled every kind of rum cake they had. YUMMY. At this point we gave up and when to check in at Atlantis. It was only 9:00 am. So we looked around their shop and then went to their outside waiting area and watched the crabs on the shore.

While we were out there Scott and Kyle happened to come by. They stayed with us until we had to board. Kyle and Mackenzie were collecting snails. Scott said they had been on land for a while but all they had done was watch crabs on the shore. It was time for Mackenzie and I to board. Ok mom hold it together, I don’t need to have another panic attack when it is just Mackenzie and I and a whole bunch of strangers. I did pretty well. The walking down the ladder backwards was a little rough for me because it was in a small space but once that was over I did ok. Now I did get a little upset and told a person off while inside the sub. The middle of the sub is 2 rows of seats. They are all connected. I don’t mean to offend anyone here, but the person on my left was a lady who was a little large and hung over her seat into mine. I was ok with that since I don’t need the whole seat. But then the person on Mackenzie’s right was a man who was a little large also and hung over on her side. So her and I were sharing one seat. The company would not let her sit on my lap. Well our seats were not in front of a window. Hint to people doing this. You are supposed to share your window. The way it works out is 2 people per window. The lady that I should have shared my window with was rude right off the bat. Mackenzie went to look out that window and the lady yelled at her to stay out of her window that she needed her window to take pictures. A few times Mackenzie tried to look out it and the lady pushed her away. I felt bad for Mackenzie and the guy that had the other window because she kept using his window and he was trying to take pictures also. He said it was ok for her to use his window. I could tell he was a Grandpa and was ok with her. But this other lady really made me mad. About half way through Mackenzie accidentally stepped on the ladies foot. Mackenzie said sorry right away but this lady started telling her how rude she was and that the world is not ran by snooty little brats like her. I went off on the lady. I told her she was the one being rude, and that she needs to learn how to share and be nice to children that do not understand why the company tells them to use a certain window and then a senile old pain in the *** won’t let her. I proceeded to tell her she could sit back and pout all she wanted to because my child will use her window for the rest of the trip. Needless to say that lady was not very happy with me or Mackenzie.

So the ride is over. We met Scott and Kyle had Hard Rock for lunch. We ate at Hard Rock for our honeymoon so we wanted to do it again. Just like we remembered but they no longer had my veggie sandwich so Scott and I split fajitas. After lunch the 4 of us walked around for a little while and did some shopping.

We stopped at Margaretville for drink and ran into more Kkers.

I just love running into all these people that I know. From there we went to get back on the tender. Kyle got stopped because of the snails get was carrying. He was told that he could not bring them back onto the ship. We walked right onto a tender and were back on the ship in a matter of 10 minutes.

So what is next, you guessed it. I was hungry again. Off to Pluto’s for chicken stripes, fries and then to Goofy’s for some grapes. Kyle and Mackenzie went to the pool. Mackenzie had a 3:00 pm appointment to get her hair braided. She was having a really hard time because her eyes were burning from the chlorine in the pool. It attributed to her asthma so she fussed for a little bit but then feel asleep while they were braiding her hair.

I was carrying Mackenzie back to the room, as we walked by the adult pool area, the horn blew on the ship and woke her up. When we got to the room she wanted nothing to do with resting so I convinced her to sit and watch tv while I order room service so she can have a fruit bowl and I could have a sandwich. Scott went wondering around the ship and Kyle came back and watched tv for a little while. So we got ready for dinner. Kyle took off again and the 3 of us went to see JoJo and Goliath,

Mickey,

Stitch

and Lilo.

Dinner tonight was back at Parrot Cay. Mackenzie must have been starving. She took her first piece of bread, then took another, and another, drank half her drink and fell asleep. Right there at the table.

Poor kid was worn out. Our server was great with this. He got 2 chairs and pushed them together to form a little bed for her, then he went and got a table cloth from a drawer and covered her with it as a blanket.

When her food came he kept the lid on it in case she woke up. She didn’t so he offered us to take it back to our room, but it was fish sticks so we decided to pass on that.

After dinner Kelsey and Kyle took off and we went back to the room to put Mackenzie to bed. Grandma and Grandpa said they would keep on ear on hear in case she woke up so we could go to the spring break bash at Rockin Bar D. Again we closed down the bar.

 

[oybolshoi]

There's a million dollar picture! I'd post my Yankee Doodle ditty but this is probably not the place to be doing that.

 

[disgrits]

 

[Kay1]

What a fantastic trip report. Your pictures are great, too. Makes me want to pick up the phone and reserve the next available cruise!

 

[cntkg1]

At least you know the chicken in Grand Cayman is fresh!

Excellent photography Carrie!!

 

[j2bmickey]

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

I did not realize how close Atlantis was to the dock. We booked a submarine ride through the company not DCL. .

How did Mackenzie do in the submarine over all, besides the rude people? We had thought about this for the "triplets" but weren't sure how they would do or if they would like it.

 

[plutospup]

Great TR! It sounds like you folks had a very busy day in Grand Cayman. No wonder Mackenzie fell asleep (I think I would have, too!). Regarding the incident on the Atlantis sub - well done! It sounds like that old bag needed deflated.

 

[MinnMick01]

At least you know the chicken in Grand Cayman is fresh!

Excellent photography Carrie!!

I can not take credit for that picture. Scott took it. Mackenzie and I were in a store shopping when he came up and showed me. I will pass the compliment on.

 

[MinnMick01]

How did Mackenzie do in the submarine over all, besides the rude people? We had thought about this for the "triplets" but weren't sure how they would do or if they would like it.

Overall she did ok. I think she got pretty board with it about half way through. For half of the trip we could see the wall. So the people on the other side saw nothing as we looked at it. Then they turned us around and we saw nothing while they saw the wall. That is when she got board. But what do you expect when there is nothing to look at. I was even getting board with it. It is nothing like suba or snorkeling. I much rather be right there in the water with the fish. But since our honeymoon when I got stung by a jelly fish you will not find me back in that water.

 

[MinnMick01]

Great TR! It sounds like you folks had a very busy day in Grand Cayman. No wonder Mackenzie fell asleep (I think I would have, too!). Regarding the incident on the Atlantis sub - well done! It sounds like that old bag needed deflated.

Thank you. I am not the type of person to tell some one off like that and I felt really bad about it after the fact. I try to be the bigger person but she was just down right rude to my kid and I did not like that. Every day was busy like this. Now I know why it took me two weeks to recover when we got home.

 

[Tart Annihilator]

Great Trippie Carrie.

I'm lovin the pics.

Robin

 

[frdeb1999]

Great TR!! Love all the pics...although the chicken one is priceless!

 

[GOS]

Great trip report so far Carrie. I agree with you about the water sales pitch on the ship. I wish DCL would stop it.

 

[MinnMick01]

October 24, 2007
Day 5
COZUMEL

I will tell you right now. I have been to Cozumel 2 other times and I have never been impressed with this stop. Scott has been one other time and liked the fact that we did the horseback ruins the time he went but as be put it before we went. “Been there done that” So we did not plan anything for this stop. I really did not even want to get off the ship. However, I felt that the kids needed the experience. So we agreed that we would get off and just walk around.

The seven of us went to breakfast at Topsiders. You guessed it cream of wheat for me. Oh I kept forgetting to tell you all. Scott had made to order omelets every morning also. Grandma and Grandpa decided that they were not going to go off this time so they stay on the ship and did their own thing. When we got back for the day I did find out that they attempted to get off but the wind was way to strong for my mom so the turned around and got back on the ship.

Kelsey went off with Rachael and her Parents. I must say thank you to Cheryl and Al. The adopted a daughter the entire week. We really appreciate you allowing Kelsey to become a part of your family for the week. Kelsey’s opinion of Cozumel was “yuck, I really don’t like this place do we have to get back off the ship if we come back?”

So it was just Scott, myself, Kyle and Mackenzie for the day. As we were walking off the ship you feel so small because the dock they used, we parked on one side and a Carnival ship parked on the other.

Once we rounded the ship we noticed that it was very windy and the tide was very high. So we decided there would be no beach time since Mackenzie was not a strong swimmer. We stopped to take pictures by the ship and ran into more Kkers. Scott #2, Lori, Alex and Julia.

The Scott’s got to talking and Scott #2 told us that they were going to take a taxi to some place to look at ruins and then to a beach for the afternoon. They invited us to go along with them and share a taxi. We quickly agreed to go.

Come to find out that both Scott’s love ruins and history. Lori and I could care less. So we were letting the kids run around and do their own thing.

After the ruins Lori agreed that the weather had gotten worse and that it was not beach weather so we all took the taxi back to the shopping area.

We all started shopping when Mackenzie started having melt down. She was hungry and I did not want to risk eating anything there. So I kept putting her off until the melt down got really bad. At which point we left Scott #2, Lori and family and started walking back to the ship. Scott was still shopping so I told him that Mackenzie and I would head back to the ship and meet them back in the room. Her and I were walking back and she admitted that all the people standing around outside the shops scared her, so we crossed the street and walked by the wall the separated us and the ocean. The tide was so high that the waves were hitting it and splashing on us. While walking across the dock the window was pushing her and I backwards so it took us a really long time getting across the dock. We got back on the ship and she was so stressed out that she did not want to be around people so we went back to our room and order room service for lunch. She got another fruit bowl, split a sandwich with me and a bag of chips, then we each got cookies. We sat on the verandah just the two of us and at lunch. She was sitting there watching the people on the Carnival and when ever she saw one on the deck or on their verandah she would yell “Hi person, I am on the Disney cruise, with Mickey and Minnie and Stitchy. Wish you could be here to.”

Scott and Kyle came back, Kyle admitted that he did not like Cozumel either. So as a family we have decided that if we are going back that we will stay on the ship.

Tonight was pirate night so we decided that the 5 of us were going to go take the pirate line dancing lessons. Kyle ditched us along the way. I must say Scott was such a good sport. He was out there for every song dancing with his girls. Granted Kelsey was really embarrassed to be there, let alone with her father. While there we ran into more Kker’s, Rose and Bob. By the time the dancing was done you could tell that us adults are not nearly as fit at we used to be.

The storm that was sitting over us all day was getting worse and as we sailed out the Captain picked up speed to get us far enough out of it to be able to do the fireworks during the pirate party. So dinner was really rough. You could see that Kelsey was being affected by it but she stuck it out. Kyle on the other hand walked out of dinner and went back to the room. Because we had second seating we knew that we were going to ship dessert in order to get to the party. I must tell you right now our head server the one we really never saw did not like that much. After Kyle left Kelsey asked if she could go meet Rachael so she left. Then Scott and I decided to leave while my parents stayed to have dessert. As we were walking out the head server walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder and says “We are getting ready to do a show here, it would be appreciated it you sit back down and give us the respect of watching our show.” I told him. “We are heading to the pirate party up on deck” He said “You can wait and watch our show first.” I looked at him and then back at my parents. I told them what he said and my father laughed and I walked out to catch up with Scott. I thought that was rude of the head server. If they know that there is a pirate show on deck why drag dinner out so long that you will miss their show. Sorry sir but we had looked forward to that party for month before going.

So Scott, Mackenzie and I made it up to the deck before the party started. I was a fun party but I tended to notice a lot of kids under 5 falling asleep on shoulders, backs, the ground, where ever they could. All the parents wanted to be out there at the party and the kids were just dropping. I got to give the kids credit that kept on dancing to every song. I could not do it any longer. The firework show was well worth it. It was so neat to see fireworks out in the middle of the ocean with no city lights.

After the party, Kelsey went out with Rachael. Scott, myself and Mackenzie went back to our room to check on Kyle. Grandma and Grandpa missed the fireworks. It was Kyle’s night in with Grandma and Grandpa so in he went. Mackenzie went fast to sleep and Grandma and Grandpa kept an ear on her. Scott and I went to the bars. But it was a slow night so we just came back to the room around midnight.

Would you believe this is the one and only day that we did not stand in line for Characters? I just realized that.

 

[Timon]

Great trippie Carrie!!

Sounds like you had a few kinks but that you still had lots of fun! I also loved the KFC photo! I avoid KFC here so I can't even imagine eating there in GC!!

Looking forward to the rest!

 

[MinnMick01]

October 25, 2007
DAY 6
DAY AT SEA

I love sea days. I wish I could find a 7-day cruise that never stopped. This morning was our character breakfast. It was in Parrot Cay. I think this is the best place for the character breakfast. I will say again I am not impressed with this. I am used to the character breakfasts where they have all the characters that go from table to table and visit with the children and do pictures and autographs. So to see this was defiantly a disappointment not only for me, but think about the serving staff that has to do their job around all the running kids and all the parents like me that get up and take pictures. Not only that but there were a few handicap children that could not get up and dance with the rest of the kids and characters. I actually saw one little girl crying because she could not join in. It broke my heart because the characters never stopped by her table either. Her mother made the comment of, “now we know that we do not have to do this breakfast again and I am sorry I put you through it.”

So today we took it easy. We went and played Bingo. You defiantly are not on a Holland America ship playing bingo. The cost of the tickets was $25 for one ticket or $60 for 6 tickets. Which the prizes where higher which was nice. A fellow Kker won the big jackpot at the end of the week along with another person. But also for those die-hard bingo players it does get load and out of control. Kids are allowed to play as long as an adult is present so the kids start yelling, “shake it up” over and over.

We got Mulan,

Minnie Mouse,

and Max’s pictures and autographs.

Scott went to the beer tasting with some other Kker’s.

We went to the graduation ceremony for the kids programs.

We found the teen hang out and got to go through there.

It is really a nice place for teens just to get away from the little kids and adults and just hang out. Kind of like Cove Café for us adults. We also found Ocean Quest and went in there to look around. I am amazed that Kyle has not been in here more. It is all computer stuff, game systems. Really neat for the kids who are into that, which Kyle is. We watched the ice carving for a little while but Mackenzie got board with it and I took her back to the kids club.

Mackenzie went to the kids club to Do Si Do with Snow White. She loved it. We let the kids club take her to lunch. We had no idea that they would actually take the kids to get meals until today. So that was nice that she got to eat with her friends and Scott and I went back up to Pluto's and got food for lunch.

Dinner was semi formal, so again we took advantage of getting some professional pictures taken before dinner. Dinner went ok. After dinner we all split up again. It was Kelsey’s turn to sleep with Grandma and Grandpa so she went back with them. Kyle went to hang out with friends. Mackenzie went to the kids club and Scott and I went back to Rockn Bar D. To listen to one hit wonders and close the bar down again.

 

[MinnMick01]

October 26, 2007
DAY 7
CAST AWAY

I must say that even though there is not a lot of shopping at this stop that it was the best stop out of all of them.

This morning was just like any other morning. Off to Topsiders for breakfast. Yummy Cream of Wheat. Do you think DCL would ship me Cream of Wheat every morning for breakfast? I just can not do it justice. The 7 of us had breakfast together. Grandma and Grandpa decided that they would go on land on their own after everyone else gets off. So the 5 of us are heading off the ship. We wanted to go check out the kid clubs on land because Scott and I had an excursion and did not want to leave the kids alone. Before we even got off the ship Rachael found us and suggested that Kelsey could stay with them while we did our excursion. So we said that was fine that we would meet back up with Kelsey for lunch. Away they went. Kyle got off the ship with us. But shortly after getting off we stopped for pictures and ran into Rachael’s family and Kelsey. So he asked if he could stay with them also. They said yes, and we again said that we would meet them for lunch. So Scott, myself and Mackenzie decided to walk to the kids area instead of taking the tram. We stopped for pictures along the way.

After checking Mackenzie in, Scott and I went to find a place to put our stuff down. Shortly after finding a place her came Grandma and Grandpa. So we sat with them for a little bit. Then told them we were going to head off to our excursion early to see if it was canceled due to the wind. We decided that we were going to go parasailing. As we were leaving my mother asked where Kyle was because she wanted to go Kayaking with him. I explained that he was with Rachael’s family and Kelsey. I could tell the my mother was disappointed because she had talked about doing this for months before she got ill. But since she got ill I thought that she was not going to do it again. So Scott and I walked back to check in for parasailing. We checked in and I took a few pictures of the Kkers that left before us. Then I started feeling bad about my mother and Kyle so I ran back to where my parents where and asked her if I could find Kyle would she want to still do it. She said yes. I had no idea how large that island is. I ran around it for 30 minutes looking for Kyle, Kelsey or Rachael. I never did find them. I ran back by my parents and told them I could not find him and ran all the way back to the excursion place.

Parasailing was fantastic. I have never been on a speed boat before or parasailing since I am afraid of heights. The driver told us to hide all cameras because they will get wet. Then he explains to hang on to the handlebars as a seat belt. Well myself and one other person did not understand him and we were looking for seat belts when he kicked it into high gear. We got bounced around pretty good, and got very wet getting to the place we were to parasail at. Scott and I went tandem. It was fantastic. It was so peaceful up there. And not to mention I do not have an issue with heights now that I am home.

After parasailing Scott and I took the shuttle back to where it drops off. We went to were we left our stuff and my parents at and they were gone but our stuff was there. It started raining and the people next to us said that my parents left a while ago. So we assumed they went back to the boat. Scott and I went to look for the kids. We looked for about a half hour. The line for lunch was long and there was only 30 minutes left. So I told Scott that we needed to get Mackenzie and get lunch. On the way to lunch we find Kyle. He joins us at lunch because Scott decided to take him and some of his friends snorkeling after lunch. We saw Kelsey and she was eating lunch. She said she would come back to us when she was done.

After lunch we went back to find a new place to sit that was closer to the water. We noticed that Grandma and Grandpa were back in our original seats so we went back there and put our stuff down. Scott and the boys went snorkeling. Grandma, Mackenzie and I went to the swimming area and let Mackenzie swim for a little while. Then we went back and sat down. Mackenzie built a sand castle with Grandma.

Kelsey found us. I told her I was getting ready to go back on the ship with Mackenzie, Grandma and Grandpa that she could either come with me or wait there for dad. She said she would wait for dad. So off the 4 of us went back to the ship. Mackenzie and I went back into our room and ordered room service for cookies, and fruit. I finished packing all the suitcases.

About 3:30 pm. Scott came into the room looked around and asked where Kelsey was. Needless to say he went back down to check in and found out that she was not back on the ship. The ship was leaving at 4:30. So Scott went running back on land asking every Kker he passed if they had seen Kelsey, Rachael or her parents. Come to find out he found Kelsey shopping at the shops.

After the whole family was back on board we all went around just looking at the ship and talking more pictures. Nothing spectacular. We went to dinner. Again nothing spectacular. Except I was able to keep the menu from tonight. I asked every night if I could keep the menu and they said no they were not allowed. But this time they let me.
After dinner we went to the character signing party. We only needed Donald Duck.

So we asked where he would be and were first in line.

After that Mackenzie went to say good bye at the club. We took her back to the room with the other kids and Grandma and Grandpa kept and ear on them while Scott and I went to the bar to say goodbye to everyone. That is always the hardest part is saying goodbye. We were back in the room and in bed by midnight.

 

[goofyfreak]

Carrie, it is great so far. I haven't finished it all but I am working on it. I love the pic of Julia and Mackenzie holding hands. I SOOOOOOOO want a copy of that.

 

[Karen Mouse]

loving your report Carrie and brilliant photos.

 

[MinnMick01]

Saturday, October 27, 2007
DISEMBARKATION AND TRAVEL DAY

We have what we considered to be an early flight out today. Our flight left at 11:45am. So we knew that it was going to be a rushed morning. We had no idea what to expect when it came to disembarking. The other lines I have been on normally have certain colored luggage tags all meet in a certain place and you sit there until your color is called. I have never been off a ship before 11:00am before and it is always crowded trying to get off the ship. DCL was completely different. Breakfast your last day is back in the restaurant that you had dinner at your first night. You are assigned certain times to eat. However all the times would have made us late for our flight. So back to Topsiders we went. Yippee one more morning of Cream of Wheat. We ran into a few more Kkers during breakfast. This time we were smart. We went and put our luggage down first and then went and got food. If we would have been thinking we could have probably left our luggage in the room and gone back for it. But we did not know.

So after breakfast we went straight to the atrium, which is where you line up to get off the ship. There were already people in line. But not many, we ended up right about at the elevator closest to the service desk. We only waited in line about 10 minutes and then they opened the doors and away we went.

*Just a note. When you put your luggage tags on look at the color and the character. In the terminal they have large signs that state the color, but small signs the state the character. So if you do not know your color it will take you a while to find your luggage.

We found all our luggage and got in line to clear customs. Very quick and painless procedure. We walk outside of the terminal to find the DCL bus to take us to the airport and what did we find. An airport check in desk. We got to check in for our flight right there at the curb and they took all our luggage except for our carry ons right there. We went over to the bus and check in. They put us on the second bus and away we went. Very depressing watching the ship get smaller and smaller as we drove away. They played another DCL advertisement movie on the way but honestly I was to depressed to watch it.

We got to the airport in plenty of time thank goodness. Because Scott caused even more issues for us. I will admit that when it comes to security check points I was in charge of getting Mackenzie’s shoes back on, her luggage, my luggage and making sure that my mother was taken care of and getting her shoes and purse, and carry on. They all thought I had 8 arms. So I am busy doing all this and Scott comes up to me with an airport person next to him and says can I have my airline ticket and I will meet you at the gate. The person had our backpack in their hands and was not letting go of it. As he was walking away with this person he said we packed the wine in the carry on and shouldn’t have. WHOOPS! We all thought that the wine would be safer in the carry on then in the luggage. We forgot that you cannot have more then 2 oz. of liquid in your carry on.

So the 6 of us go onto the gate. We had about an hour and half before the plane would board. About 45 minutes into our wait Scott came running around the corner. Poor guy. The airport person took him to curb side check in to see if our luggage was still there to put the bottle in that. No luck. So then they told him that he would have to check the bottle by itself or throw it out. He was not about to throw it out. So he asked the people at curb check in if he could have the box that was sitting on the ground. The guy told him no. So Scott took off running through the airport to the Disney store. He explained his situation and the guy working there (named Mickey) said “oh not a problem sir, let me have the bottle and give me a few minutes.” Mickey disappeared into the back and a few minutes later came out with a box completely sealed and ready to go. He put fragile stickers on it and even Disney stickers on it. Told Scott to have a great day and away Scott went back to curb side check in. He checked the box and came to meet us.

Once he joined us him and I went to get something to eat. 10:00 in the morning and I get a giant piece of pizza. Not the best but what can you say for airport food. This is when he told me the story. So we walked back and then Kelsey and Kyle decided they wanted something to drink so he walked back with them to get drinks. Grandma and Grandpa at this point went to get something to drink and eat also.

We all boarded the plane. We only had about an hour and half flight and then we would have to change planes. Our plane leaving Florida was late leaving. We only had an hour to start with between planes. When we landed we only had 30 minutes to get to our next flight. I was so concerned with making sure the kids kept up with us for our run, that I noticed that we were only about 5 gates away, but I herded the five of us to the left and we ran. We ran about 10 gates before we realized that we were going in the wrong direction. I turned around to tell Grandma and Grandpa to turn around and they were not with us. Great I lost my parents in the airport. So I told Scott lets get to the gate and hold the plane and I will go look for them at that point. We get to the gate and notice it is not going to Arizona. We look around and found out that our flight was moved across the building to the other side. So we get over there and there are my parents standing there asking us what took so long. We walked right onto the plane.

We landed in Arizona early. Somehow we gained an hour in the air. It took a little longer then usual to get all our luggage but we got it and went outside to get a shuttle. We waiting about 20 minutes for a shuttle and off we went back to Grandmas house. After we got there we all went to IHOP for dinner and then we all went back to our own homes.

That was the end of our trip. I hope that you found my report helpful and if you have any questions feel free to ask me. I also have more picture of things so if there is something you want to see ask me and I can try to post it for you.