With a 5 year old there aren't a lot of options in Nassau that would keep him happy. I figured a boat ride and beach time on an island would be fun. I guess you can go over and watch the sea lions and dolphins too. Perfect! 
Tracey really worries about what will become of me when/if we lose our little Riley. We're so attached to each other. And congrats on getting all your flights moved and your plans coordinated. Big yay for everything coming together! 
Y'all have fun and make sure to come back and tell us all about it. I may need to do another cruise so we can go do that, too. 
I spent quite a while on the phone today with Sonia at VIPet and think their facility will be fine. Sure is a lot less expensive. I can pay for a loooot of personal cuddle time with all the money saved! 
Oh my! I gotta catch up!
DVCTigger - Your pic melts my heart! I love that...
Christina - That IS quite an assortment of critters y'all have! Brian would be so jealous of the reptiles. He dreams of having a pet snake but I told him I'd have to move out of the house if he got one.
Jen - Wow! Kitties! Indy & Tucker are gorgeous! Love the pics. So sorry to hear about Tucker.
Leslee - Camille did respond to Brian! More than that, she also emailed Chandler & they went back and forth a good little bit. That's huge knowing how shy and nervous Chandler is with other kids he doesn't already know (like his cousins). I think Brian said something about the Vibers trying to meet up on embarkation day. I wanna say he was thinking the same time we're all set to meet up?
Tiffany - I'm glad you don't mind my chattiness. LOL! I think I might be even worse with the addition of drinky-drinks, tho. I really am looking forward to the smaller size of the Magic over the Dream. Some may not agree, but I see the smaller size as a solid perk.
Denine - Yes, we *do* homeschool! We were on the fence with it for several years before moving to Texas. Then the 3 nightmare years of problem after problem with the middle school here came to a big, ugly crescendo that pushed us to finally take the plunge. If everything happens for a reason then I'd like to think all that bad stuff we had to go thru was to bring us to homeschooling because it's been an absolute blessing. Of course it has it's challenges but I feel like it's all well worth the effort. The boys especially love it. Both are very adament that they never want to go back to public school. It really was a horrific 3 years they went thru. It's been hard getting them past it. Chandler, especially, because he's such a sensitive kid already. He's come a long way towards healing. Hope you're having the best time ever on your WDW adventure! Safe travels!
Brittany - Yay for your Blue Lagoon and super-duper YAY! for your Palo brunch score! Proof-positive that you should keep checking back because cancellations do happen! My travel agent friend cruises w/DCL a lot and she says Palo lunch is one of her biggest favorite meals to have. I'm soooo jealous she gets to take her family on the agent's preview cruise on the Fantasy next week. Ugh!
BigJon - I have no answer to your question but I am looking forward to actually seeing some live entertainment on this cruise.
And lookit all y'all Blue Lagooners!!!! It's lookin' like maybe all the "cool kids" are gonna be congregating on Nassau!
Whew! That wraps it up for catchin' up! Now to catch us up!
Yesterday morning I got an email from Southwest Airlines for 20% or 25% off flights by like May 17 or something like that. Tracey & I jumped online and scored him some flights for a pretty reasonable amount. It's better for him to fly while just the boys and I drive for a few reasons. First, the boys & I can leave a day or 2 earlier and split up the drive by stopping in Pensacola to visit my grandmother. Second, the amount of time Tracey spends on the road could be spent in the office bringing home the bacon. So when we plan trips like this it's a trade-off weighing the price of flights against the hours of pay he would get if he spent the driving hours at work. If it's even close to a wash then he'll make the road trip with us because it's time with the family. When the flights are super cheap it makes the moolah he'd earn at work more significant. Gotta fund those future trips! LOL! So, the boys & I are still driving, probably leaving on Saturday or Sunday before the cruise. We'll get us all checked-in at Pop on Monday afternoon and Tracey will arrive later that night. Going home is the same. I'll be driving it while Tracey flies on home to get back to the office in the afternoon.
I finally sat down today and did a bunch of investigation work into where to leave our little fur baby if my mom can't keep her while we're on the trip. I'm still crossing my fingers that Mom will feel a bazillion times better once I get her house super clean for her this week. We went ahead and booked her at VIPet in Kissimmee just in case. I wish we could put her at Best Friends right there at WDW, it'd be much easier. They just don't have availability for our girl. It's been quite a stress trying to figure this out. It's not like I can go look at these facilities ahead of time.
Hello from WDW! It is so nice here right now. Perfect weather; 86 and sunny today. We are at OKW and I am on the patio overlooking on a pond with a water fountain. SO nice to relax!
As far as ships go, we LOVE the Magic! We really have no desire to sail on the big ships. Almost all of our DCL cruises have been on her.
Palo: We love both brunch and dinner. We have also done high tea. They give you so much food there too and it is only supposed to be a snack, not a meal!
As soon as my countdown timer for this trip was up, I plugged in the cruise!
We got the Southwest email too and can't use it. We are traveling on May 6th which is a blackout date and we can't leave a day earlier due to familial obligations. It was a great deal too.
Gotta get going. I hope to check in a bit more while here in WDW.
Birds are beautiful BUT they just dont sing pretty... they YELL when they dont get attention AND they make a mess and throw their seed on the floor. Some dont sing/speak... just whistle REALLY loud, when you dont want them to. Just giving the warning. If you dont mind the above, buy the dollar cage and get a birdWow that is a Zoo! I'm taxed at just having 2 dogs and 3 kids. I was thinking about a nice little bird that would sing to me, but I hear they throw seed all over the floor. Knowing me I'll find a bird cage for a 1.00 and that will be the deciding factor on whether I get a bird. I'm a nut for bargains, even if they cost me more in the end.
My DH is "conveniently allregic" (as he calls it) to catsWhat a bunch of cuties!! Those 4 cats would have my husbands allergies going crazy!! Brian is brainwashing our kids that they can never have cats because if they do he can't visit them when they're older.They just respond with, "Well, you go see Uncle Pat and he has 3 cats!" They've got him figured out.
So sorry to hear about Tucker. Im afraid are Lab is heading in that direction. It just breaks my heartYou've all inspired me to upload pictures of my fur babies. So here they are:
These are our 4 cats - Bo (black/brown tortie), Mauser (orange), Kiya (gray stripe), and Bella (black and white)
This is Indy
Lastly, and sadly, this is Tucker. Tucker unexpectedly and inexplicably passed away 2 days after Christmas. He was 8 and this house is still not the same.
That's awesome!
I would LOVE to do a dolphin encounter. Im just too cheapWe'll be on Blue Lagoon too - but we are doing the dolphin encounter. Our little guy loves dolphins and we've done it in Hawaii, so he said he wanted to do it again.
We are also doing the 11:30 brunch on the sea day. I guess we'll see you there!
Birds are beautiful BUT they just dont sing pretty... they YELL when they dont get attention AND they make a mess and throw their seed on the floor. Some dont sing/speak... just whistle REALLY loud, when you dont want them to. Just giving the warning. If you dont mind the above, buy the dollar cage and get a bird
Sweetpea I got a 25% off code w/SWA. I tried to rebook but only the leg home was cheaper. The way there was more. I booked them separate, and you have to book roundtrip to get 25%... which doesnt end up being a better deal for us... BOO! I am just about done with making the little kids FE gifts..yay! Its been so fun working on them! 48 til we are in WDW hoohoo!
Hello from WDW! It is so nice here right now. Perfect weather; 86 and sunny today. We are at OKW and I am on the patio overlooking on a pond with a water fountain. SO nice to relax!
As far as ships go, we LOVE the Magic! We really have no desire to sail on the big ships. Almost all of our DCL cruises have been on her.
Palo: We love both brunch and dinner. We have also done high tea. They give you so much food there too and it is only supposed to be a snack, not a meal!
As soon as my countdown timer for this trip was up, I plugged in the cruise!
We got the Southwest email too and can't use it. We are traveling on May 6th which is a blackout date and we can't leave a day earlier due to familial obligations. It was a great deal too.
Gotta get going. I hope to check in a bit more while here in WDW.
That just may be the perfect solution to our current problem.... Kane WILL NOT wake up to his 5:30 AM alarm for school! Every day it wakes us up after going off for 20 min. I could put the bird in his room and then let it wake him up at the crack of dawn. Maybe I could find Gracie and have it yell "Kane... Kane..."Birds are beautiful BUT they just dont sing pretty... they YELL when they dont get attention AND they make a mess and throw their seed on the floor. Some dont sing/speak... just whistle REALLY loud, when you dont want them to. Just giving the warning. If you dont mind the above, buy the dollar cage and get a bird
HahaYears back when my boys & my nieces were much smaller my older brother was sorta given a green parrot-type bird (not sure exactly the kind but it was not a small or inexpensive thing). The bird's name was Gracie. Gawd, that thing was awful. My brother being the dear he was kept it at my parents house. I guess it was a smart bird after all because she learned quickly what could get my mother to come pay attention. She would screech and call "Nana!! Nana!! Nanaaaaaa!!!!" It was ear splitting! The bad part was how often it would be the crack of dawn and Gracie decided it was time to be up.....for everyone. "Nana! Nana!" She'd wake the kids and I'd threaten to make breakfast: Gracie legs & eggs. Grrrrr!!!! LOL!
Sorry the discount didn't hook ya up. I guess maybe it was more advantageous for those who weren't previously planning to fly. In contrast, DH had to fly to San Francisco on business last week with less than a weeks notice. Thank goodness the company he works for will be reimbursing that $1400 ticket!
We had a bird that would SCREAM "Help let me out" when it was in it's cage. My mom does home childcare and she had her monthly exterminator come to the house. He heard the bird screaming and thought it was a kid My mom noticed he had a panicked look on his face and he was looking in closets! She had to show him the bird to calm him down That bird is gone.Too funny!!! SOunds like you need a bird!That just may be the perfect solution to our current problem.... Kane WILL NOT wake up to his 5:30 AM alarm for school! Every day it wakes us up after going off for 20 min. I could put the bird in his room and then let it wake him up at the crack of dawn. Maybe I could find Gracie and have it yell "Kane... Kane..."
Does it say something about me that this story makes me want a bird more!
Darn it.. it is already gone
We're doing Blue Lagoon Beach Day too, and for the same reason.
http://www.bahamasbluelagoon.com/
Good Morning fellow cruisers! Today we hit another big day in our countdown! We now have only :
DAYS until we sail!!
I just cant spend almost $300 on a beach.. we cant afford that. Is there anyway around this???? Can I try to get there once I am off the ship?? Are there any other beaches that you can go to that are not at a hotel?
Maybe I could find Gracie and have it yell "Kane... Kane..."
Does it say something about me that this story makes me want a bird more!
Haha
