The Disney Trip!

Feel free to skip to pictures this is mainly for my memory so sorry that it is so long!
Ok so we were able to take an amazing adventure with all of John's siblings and their families! We all went on a Disney Cruise to Disney's private Island and Nassau. It was a five night cruise. we did have a one night stay in Florida before we got on the ship. So here is the Itinerary

Port Canaveral loading the ship- Sunday
Castaway Cay- Monday
Nassau- Tuesday
Day @ Sea- Wednesday
Castaway Cay- Thursday
Back to Port Canaveral and home- Friday

So we got up Sunday and headed to board the ship we had a 45 minute taxi to the Port.our group of almost 30 had to get a tour bus with a U- haul thing for our luggage. ha ha. We got the the port where the Disney Crew was already waiting to serve! we loaded the ship checked out our room and went to a " Welcome aboard" Party with music and the characters. Kayde loved it. She was my little dancing Diva this trip. So we hung out had dinner and went to bed. We awoke at Castaway Cay( the locals and ship members pronounce it Key) This is Disney's Private Island It is tiny, but so Beautiful and clean. Even the areas they are constructing were clean. We got what we felt was a deal on Bike rentals,float tubes or mats, and snorkel gear if we got it for both days so we did. This day we took a bike ride and John Snorkeled a bit to later find they had a " snorkeling section" and the life guards have an accent. SNOOCKALOR SNOORCKALOR funny stuff. We ate, played in the water and ran back to the boat for dinner.
Kayde Loved the complimentary Jogger Stroller I got from the ship for our entire cruise. I might have to get one! They are really so nice. She took most of her naps in this. The next day we went to Nassau we had herd form a few of our Platinum selling friends we should go see Atlantis and to get our tickets from cabbies. well little did we know they are SUPER ILLEGAL right now. they have been putting people in jail the last 2 weeks for buying and selling. So a Very upset Cabbie and a run down the tiny streets of Nassau we found a cab driver who was nice enough to even let us in his cab. that is where we got the whole story. But any way.... We went to Atlantis just not the water park. so we had access to the pools, aquariums, beaches, towels, and a lunch. It was great, Kayde loved this whole day. She got to see Nemo's( clown fish) and sea horses. So after Atlantis we headed back to do a little souvenir shopping. It was crap! Things were so over priced, so we grabbed Kayde and I each a shirt( John didn't find anything he would wear again) and loaded the ship. While getting ready for our Pirate Night Dinner I herd a bunch of the family out in the hall. I peaked my head out just in time to find out John and I had totally went to the wrong places shopping. SO Steph I and Scott( Our body guard) ran off the ship and over to the " white tent" it was awesome. too bad we only had about 5 minute to get there and find our black market purses. Steph ended up with 2 and I 1. It was kind of fun. Down side is we had to run there and back in the RAIN and I had literally just finished drying my hair from my shower. haha. Lets just say we were late for dinner. but it was fun Kayde loved her eye patch and saying arr. They had a big party on the top decks, where they had all the characters once again and even FIREWORKS!!!! I guess they are the only ship that has them. it was awesome. too bad Kayde fell asleep and John was sea sick so he took her to bed and missed the party. Ok day 4 was our day at sea. we slept in and ate, and let kayde play in the ships pools. So they have a certain area for non potty trained kids. Our little one really liked playing in the fountains and splashing around, but she got bored when we brought her back after her nap. So we took her swim diaper off and let her go play in the big kid pool. she was in heaven!!! I think she sprouted fins and gills in this pool. It was so funny watching her jump and nose dive off the side. and honestly she didn't care if I was there to catch her or not. So that is really all we did that day swam, ate, napped, went to a show. Day five we were back at Castaway we got our gear and picked out our beach spot and ended up waiting for the fam for a few. Kayde love this beach it had great sand and clear water. We got sitter and snorkeled in the right area where John and Tyson( Kayla's new hubby) found 2 or 3 Conk shells. among other stuff. we mainly hung out in the water and played with the family this day. Man They had chocolate chip cookie dough soft serve ice cream for desert! a highlight of my day!
We had to have every thing packed up and out side our rooms between 9-11 that night so I did laundry in between courses of dinner then when we were done eating we went to the cabin let Kayde relax and packed our things. We had to be off the ship by at least 9 the next morning.
Heading home was not so fun!!!! when is it really? we had to get up at 6:30 to get out and get breakfast before everything was closed. then we had to shuttle to the airport and wait for our plane back to good ole Utah. ok it wasn't a normal wait we had to spend almost 6 hours there! We debated going t Disney or gator land but decided it wouldn't be worth our time. Kayde was so good. she napped and played. We had non stop flights both ways so it was 5 hours long. the first flight she did great besides the descend. Kayde wouldn't suck anything so I think her ears wouldn't change. so the second flight I decided to drug her. our Dramamine said it was safe so I tried it..... well I'm pretty sure all it did was hyper her up and give her munchies. she hardly slept the whole flight! but when she did she crashed and it was about 45 minutes before we landed. ha ha. Well that sums it up. If you stuck with me way to go if you didn't I really Don't blame ya.

PICTURES!!!!!



1 of about 20 Tanks at Atlantis

our dinning group

John and Kayde's super sweet bike

Pluto on our beach!

Finally loving the characters

Island Mini

Hook

Our own Pirate(thanks Nona)

Not a fan of Belle

Daisy and Donald(yes I am holding Kayde(Scott was tyring to take pictures with 2 cameras)

Cinderella(she had just helped put Kayde's shoe on ha ha)

Pluto(a favorite later on)

Mini

Goofy


Mickey








Dancing on at the welcoming party, and swimming in the big pools( she even went potty in the toilet so she could swim with out her diaper!!!)

Thanks Mike and Susan especially and thanks everyone else for helping make memories that will last forever!!!!