Cruisin'- Day One

We just got back from an amazing vacation! We took the three older kids on a Disney Cruise to Mexico. Matt's parents came with us, which was super fun! We've had this vacation planned since March, so when November arrived I couldn't believe that we were actually going.

We dropped Landon off at my parents house for the week (tears- from me, not Landon!) and drove to Barstow, CA where we spent the night at a super nice Hampton Inn. The next morning we picked up Rich & Marla from the airport and headed to the ship!

We arrived earlier than our scheduled time, but they let us right on (after we got the kids registered and their wristbands attached).

When we walked onto the ship they announced, "Please welcome the Holbrook family!". The kids loved it! The ship was decorated for Christmas, which was so great. We had our first meal at the Beach Blanket Buffet, checked out our room, and spent some time exploring the ship.

We took the kids to see the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab. They loved it and were excited to come back and play.

After spending some time in the kid areas, we discovered shuffleboard, which quickly became one of the favorite pastimes on board!

We explored more of the ship, and then it was time for the boat drill where we lined up tallest to shortest and learned from the fabulous Kat that we were "Excellent!".

After the drill, we headed up to deck 9 for the Adventures Away party as the boat sailed away.

After we were on our way, we got ready for dinner in Parrot Cay, where we met our servers Raka and Rose. Jackson experienced his first of many Mickey Bars. Our servers were fabulous and so great with the kids. They always had sprites ready to go when we arrived (and all that soda did a number on the kids...no dinner was complete without multiple trips to the bathroom)! Unfortunately Rose hurt her back on the second day and was replaced by Doulson, who was also great.

After dinner we saw the All Aboard: Let The Magic Begin show in the Walt Disney Theatre. It was the first of many fabulous shows.....Disney really knows how to entertain!

When we got back to our room a little elephant was waiting for us and the kids loved him! We totally crashed. I couldn't even stay up to watch  Harry Potter (they had first-run movies playing all day every day on the TV, so we eventually got to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Green Lantern, The Smurfs, Captain America, Cowboys & Aliens, Kung Fu Panda 2, Zookeeper, Thor, and Prince of Persia).