Sunday, May 15, 2016

Let the Magic Begin 5/15/16

Carmen here….
Sleep was restless for the kids and I last night – too excited to sleep. On the contrary, Jarrod slept great. We arrived at port too early and the porters were not yet working. Ugh! We were so excited to get on the ship and get sailing, but had to drive around Cape Canaveral until 9:30a. Once at the terminal, we had to wait for a bit to board but time easily passed and we had a chance to meet Captain Mickey. 




We had a great buffet lunch and soon after we were able to check out our stateroom.  We have a room with a veranda which will be great to relax on during all the sea days.   We then hit the DVC member gathering.  Stitch was the special guest and he was fun and entertaining.  After the mandatory safety drill, we headed up to the sail away party, which was great as always on the Disney ships. After casting off, seas were nice and calm with perfectly warm, sunny weather. We know it will be cold soon…better enjoy the sun while it lasts.  We saw many dolphins while casting off.




While Jarrod and I chilled on the veranda, Haley tried out the teen club. She was a bit nervous, but did fine. Cameron has been exploring the ship and clubs. He is super stoked to have free reign of the ship for the first time. He has his phone, key and watch (adjusted to match ship time exactly..LOL) – he’s over prepared as always.  Kids arrived back in to time to head out to dinner, and we caught a glimpse of the beautiful sunset from our veranda.





Dinnertime is one of our favorite parts of the trip. Tonight was Animator’s Palate, and we were introduced to our dining team that we will have for the next 14 nights… Yana from Indonesia and Thompson from India.  They are both great!  We tried quite the variety and everyone was pleased with their meal!




We are all exhausted after all the planning and traveling to get here. I’m sure we’ll all sleep like babies tonight while rocking on the waves of the Eastern Seaboard!

Internet is painfully slow and photos will not load.  Hopefully we can try again later... Goodnight :-)

1 comment:

  1. The adventure is off!!!!!! Have a lot of fun for me!!!!!

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