Wednesday

We have been anticipating this trip for quite a while and are SO HAPPY the time has come to head to Florida for our 2 week cruise!!

I flew out first to Ft. Lauderdale at 1:30 pm. I was greeted with this super nice note from Delta!

Thursday!

We got up and headed over to First Watch around 8:30 for breakfast. Great way to start the day!

Then we went back to our room (Marriott vacation Club Villas at Doral) where the boys had screen time, I finished up some work, and Rob got us packed up. We checked out at noon and I dropped Rob and the boys off at the Miami airport while I took back the rental car.

Day at Sea!

Clark - going on the water slides with dad 🥰

Rob- going on the water slides with Clark. \240Watching Lady and the Tramp together. \240Walking the track with Sarah and Colin.

Sarah - playing Bingo, playing pass-and-play Ticket to Ride with Colin, watching Lady and the Tramp late at night in our room

Colin - playing Bingo and being guilted and then threatened by Dulingo 😜

Cozumel Mexico !

Favorites from the day:

Colin - going 4 wheeling through the mud

Clark - going 4 wheeling and watching Star Wars on the outdoor movie screen

Sarah - watching Star Wars with Clark and dad. Also, competing in the Empire’s New Groove game show with Clark and Rob

Sunday!

Rob - seeing starfish and stingrays and making fun of Colin clogging up the toilet (again!)

Sarah -

Monday

Clark - winning the Olympics at his kids club and learning a new magic trick by our server, Yasa!

Colin - live Disney music trivia, Bingo and watching Wall-E at the pool at night

Rob- his “nap”, getting 2nd in his sport trivia, \240his workout, and his delicious Olaf white chocolate dome dessert, spending time with Sarah (except when she was launching stinky farts)

Sarah - seeing Clark get excited about kids club, my nap, hearing Josh take requests at the Disney music trivia and getting every request correct - even the super obscure ones, and having breakfast with Rob at Luminuers because the boys slept in until 9:30!

Tuesday

Columbia!

Clark - losing my tooth at dinner and grossing everyone out and AquaDunk after getting back onto the boat

Colin- taking a tour of the fort and the zoo right before we got back onto the boat

Rob - seeing the fort, watching Hercules on the big screen at the pool, visiting the coffee shop in Columbia, visiting the Cathedral

Sarah - going into the Cathedral, walking around the square in Cartagena, watching

Wednesday - Panama Canal

Clark - hanging out at kids club (playing Ninja, showing off his new card magic trick), drinking his Pina Colada out of a pineapple 😊🍍🍍

Sarah - working out in the morning with Rob (at 6:30 am) \240watching our boat go through the start of the lock system, getting a Pina Colada in a pineapple, beating Rob in 7 Wonders Duel 😊, watching Josh play piano before and after dinner and watching the character dance party at the same time, watching Haunted Mansion with Rob and Colin in the theater

Rob - working out in the gym in the morning with Sarah, watching Haunted Mansion, beating Sarah in 7 Wonders Duel (on the second try 😜)

Colin - beating mom and dad at Phase 10, having lunch at Cananas at a table that let us see the Panama Canal as we passed through it and watching the Haunted Mansion with Mom and Dad.

Thursday

The boat was much more “rocky” now that we are in the Pacific Ocean. But thankfully, none of us felt sick at all.

Sarah: receiving the limited edition Mickey print from Kadak because he appreciated the coffee we gave him from Columbia, getting to take the boys for pictures with all 4 princesses (even though we didn’t have a reservation).

Colin - poking dad with a sharpened crayon at dinner, all of the trivia’s (general, music, and Marvel), playing Barbarians outside

Rob - playing foosball and basketball on deck 10 at night, going to the magician demonstration after dinner with Clark, doing the various trivia’s.

Clark - playing Ninja at the Oceanears Club, seeing the magician with Dad, and playing basketball with our family at night

Friday the 13th

Clark - going trick-or-treating and having everybody complement him on his Jawa costume

Rob - watching Nightmare before Christmas on the deck in funnel vision, doing the villains trivia with Colin.

Colin - going trick-or-treating, watching Nightmare Before Christmas on Funnel Vision

Sarah - \240going trick-or-treating, watching Nightmare Before Christmas on Funnel Vision,

Saturday! Pirate Day!

Clark - hanging out with Collin at kids club, getting colder Bloemen at night from Kadak

Rob- winning sports, trivia, and getting a keychain as a team of one, winning at shuffleboard, winning Welcome to your Perfect Home, winning at Lost Cities … just being a big winning winner🏆 also, watching Pirates of the Caribbean on demand in our room

Colin - the Pirate dance party, doing the water slides as a family

Sarah -

Sunday!

We enjoyed watching Enchanted together while on Deck 10

Clark - hanging out with Collin, coming back after the talent show to see a new Grogru stuffed toy animal in his bed, drawing otters at “Otters Inc” at the kids club

Rob - getting internet and checking his hockey team, watching Princess Bride with Sarah and Colin, beating Sarah in Lost Cities and 7 Wonders Duel 🤺 , watching Enchanted at the pool

Sarah - watching Princess Bride with Rob and Colin, beating Rob and Colin in Barbarians and Phase 10, watching Enchanted by the pool with Rob, talking to Yasa and David at dinner

Monday - Puerto Vallarta!

The port was beautiful.

Sarah - the whole excursion in Puerto Vallarta (including the amazing food and drink at the beautiful restaurant - it was only $34 for 2 Pina Colada’s, 2 how long does water, one plate of fish tacos, and a Corona! ), playing the live Disney trivia (we did really well, even though we didn’t win😊), drawing ✍️ at the Animators restaurant, and watching our creations come to life. I learned that Colin likes cherries in his desserts. \240🍒

Rob-

Colin - riding the ATVs, making the Luchador drawing at the animators dinner, and doing live music trivia with mom and dad

Tuesday - Cabo San Lucas!

Colin - horse back riding with mom, sitting in the hot tub with my family, Star Wars trivia with Dad and Clark

Sarah - horse back riding with Colin and playing Ticket to Ride with Colin on the bus ride, buying Rob the mug at the gift shop in Cabo San Lucas, my AMAZING spa treatment (50 min massage and 25 min mini facial), going in the hot tub with my family

Rob - Star Wars trivia with Clark and Colin, learning to draw Groot with Clark, going into the hot tub with the whole family, not dinner 😜 (food wasn’t the best), seeing the sunrise (Rob was up at 4:00 am!)

Clark - getting a huge plate of spring rolls for dinner and playing Star Wars trivia!

Wednesday- Last Day 😢

I was a little u Der the weather today, but that was okay since it was a day at sea and a day to start getting packed up.

Clark’s Favorites from Today - playing Super Smash Bros with Colin, playing with Collin at the kids club

Sarah’s Favorites from Today - playing Phase 10, Boomrang, and Lost Cities with Rob and Colin, having breakfast with Rob, seeing the boys have fun together playing on the Switch 🥰

Thursday- San Diego! Colin’s Birthday!

Early morning- we were up before 6:00. We got to Lumineres at 7:00 for breakfast - the boys were not estatic about getting up that early 😊

We ate a quick breakfast and got in line to disembark from the boat. We thought it would take a while, but we were off the boat and in our Lyft by 9:00 am!

We took the Lyft \240to the rental car center and then took our rental car straight to Better Buzz 🐝 to get a coffee. Then we parked for a few minutes to enjoy the view and then I dropped the boys off at the airport around 10:00.