Disney Cruise 2014: overview

Years ago Douglas and I went on a Disney cruise and absolutely loved it! We knew that whenever we had kids we would be bringing them on one. And we were SO glad we did. 

I'm not gonna lie. I was worried. A lot about germs and sleeping arrangements. But moslty because I'm a worry wart. 

I also knew this wasn't going to be like any other cruise Douglas and I had been on as just a couple. It was about the girls.  And if there is any company that knows how to focus their energies to the kids it is Disney. 

Sure there was a ton of things to do for adults only but we didn't go on a family vacation to ditch the girls. And DCL certainly helped in keeping us busy. Between the character sitings, dance parties, story times and craft and cooking times we always had something to do if we wanted to. Or we could sit and do nothing. 

Douglas' favorite part of the whole vacation was dancing with his girls. 

My favorite part was we never got the evil stare from ANYONE when one or both of the girls had their moments. And by anyone I mean from the staff or passengers. One older couple even commented, "it's ok mom. If we didn't want to be around kids we wouldn't have gotten on a Disney boat."  

I gotta say though. Neither girl had a lot of these moments. In fact, they hardly happened. 

Eve's favorite part was the ship's water slide. She was so brave! Oh, and of course dancing. Even to the elevator music. Lol

Esther's favorite part was a toss up between the food or the music. This girl could eat the three of us under the table. But I guess she needed it help give her all the energy she needed to dance. 

Would we go on this vacation again? YES! Fun was had by all. 

Disney Cruise 2014: day 7: Castaway Cay

It's the last day and a crazy weather one at that. 

It took several tries before the captain could dock safely because the wind was so strong making the waves even stronger. 

But we did get to go ashore the island. Our little family didn't last more than 2 hours though. The wind seriously was out of control. So after sand got in our eyes and the wind chilled us to goose bumps we returned to the boat. 

For nap time of course. ;) 

We did play for a bit though. 

We enjoyed dancing with the piano man's music before heading off to dinner.

What an amazing time with my three favorite people. 

 

Disney Cruise 2014: day 6: at sea

It's Haloween on the High Sea. 

The girls were delivered a bag of goodies first thing this morning. Yikes! 

Since we were at sea we just had a relaxing day. We played in the pool and ate ice cream cones. 

 

Took naps. 

Ate fun Halloween treats. 

And just hang out watching the beautiful calm seas. 

 

Then it was time to get all dressed up for trick or treating. 

 This years family costume was Sleeping Beauty themed. 

Douglas was King Stefan (Aurora's dad) 

I was Queen Leah (Aurora's mom) 

Eve was Princess Aurora

Esther was Melificent. 

Disney Cruise 2014: day 5: St. Thomas

Headed off the boat for a but this morning. We went to see a sweet little butterfly garden. Eve got to "hold" a few. She said her favorite was the "owl eyed" ones. 

 

Esther liked watching them flutter around as well! 

After the butterfly garden we walked around a bit before we died from the heat. It's a sweet little town. 

Since it was so hot, the pool was calling our name ... 

After nap times we had story time with Princess Tiana. 

Then time to get fancy for the Captain's Gala. 

I'm especially loving being able to watch the relationship between the girls develop   It gets stronger each day. 

Before bed we gathered around the pumpkin tree for a bedtime "ghost" story. 

I'm thinking that being exhausted means we are doing it right. :) 

Disney Cruise 2014: day 4: St. Maarten

We arrived at St. Maarten today. Beautiful sky, gorgeous water and the scenery was awesome. 

But it was hot!!!! Even being from Florida we still had streams of sweat dripping off our bodies. And Eve had had quite enough. 

So after stopping for some ice cream macaroons we got back on the ship to cool off in the pool. 

The strawberry one turned her mouth all red. 

Back on the boat we went to a fun learn to bake cookies event. It was nothing new to Eve but she had a lot of fun wearing the chef hat and mixing all the ingredients. 

Then we were off for a pirate princess dance party. Something both girls were thrilled about. 

Ended the day dressing up like pirates for a Pirates IN the Carribean dinner and game. 

Another fun day.  My heart is feeling so full watching these two beautiful girls having fun. No cares of the world.