Disney Cruise - November 2011

This is another post that I’ve been meaning to do for so long but finding the time to deal with SO many pictures has not been an easy task! This post may have a record number of pictures and it is still just a small sample of all the pictures that were taken on this trip – we were having so much fun we couldn’t stop snapping pics, and that was when we remembered to take out the camera!

Back in November we went on a highly anticipated Disney Cruise with Grampa and Janis – and even though we had a bit of a rough start (as soon as we got on the ship Kailie promptly told us she wanted to go straight back to Bermuda, I think all the people and ‘deck party’ were a bit overwhelming!) we ended up having an incredible time.

Disney sure knows how to handle families and it was such an easy vacation as everyone was out with their kids and ready to have some fun . . . and thanks to a great nursery (for Kolton) and some great baby-sitters (for Kailie) there were also some adult-only area’s that Mummy & Daddy had the opportunity to explore:)

It was a very unique vacation and perfectly suited to what we wanted, all the fun aspects of Disney (for K&K of course!!) without all the hassles / line ups that you get at the amusement parks. Kailie was great buds with all the Disney characters by the end of the trip as we could never go too far without having to stop and say hello to one of them.

The pictures will tell most of the stories we have to share, so get comfortable because there are a lot!

We are already planning when we can go again . . . .

This was one of the very first 'characters' that Kailie saw! We were so excited to see that the ship was all decorated for Christmas, it was a great way to launch us into the holiday spirit!!

Best part of the holiday was just all the time we got to spend as a family. All too often on our holidays we are racing from place to place, but the cruise just forced us to slow down and enjoy each other - not that we had to look far for something to do though, everywhere we went there were activities for everyone, our particular favorite were the 'dance parties' we'd often come across - Kailie can really boogie!!

Lots of hugs for Mickey and his gang:)

Our wait staff were just amazing and clearly loved getting (or forcing!) all of us into the Disney spirit!

Family Pic!

It's too bad this picture is so dark but I had to include it as it just shows that no matter what we were doing we were having fun and Kailie was making new friends! This was while we were waiting in line to meet the Princess Entourage! Kailie would have waited for hours as she had as much fun waiting in line with her new friends as she did meeting the Princesses!

The boys! Kolton was actually smiling just a moment before we took this!

Princess Kailie!

My sweet girl:)

The whole gang! There were even a few people on the ship who knew what team shirts we were wearing ;-)

It was so great to have Grampa and Janis along for the fun, and they were such a great help with Kailie and Kolton - Grampa was even willing to take on Lamby ;-)

Kolton's first time in a high chair and he could just see over the table!

He LOVED it!

The guy who took care of our room was incredible (Filindro) made Kailie at least two towel animals every day, it was amazing!

If you look closely one of these little monkeys isn't quite asleep! We were never the first to breakfast in fact we often were the last, but we sure loved our lazy morning cuddles.

Sometimes it was hard to get anywhere as there was always 'someone' to say hi to!

This was the highlight of Mexico - in between all our barter-shopping we stopped for lunch at a local spot off the beaten tourist-track that had come highly recommended by a couple of the shop keepers. It did not disappoint (and none of us got sick)!! The food was amazing and it was so authentically Mexican we just loved it (the yummy margaritas we sampled were excellent too)!!

Family pic at our yummy Cozumel restaurant:)

Kolton's first Coke!

Lots of good food and good fun.

Back on the ship - this is Kailie in one of her Mexico dresses. The Mexicans really know how to do pretty dresses and of course the prices were amazing for these hand-made pieces.

I would have to say that Chip & Dale were Kailie's favorites - I think it was because there were two of them and one of her, she loved the attention she got. We were sure to visit these two whenever we got the opportunity!

My two babes just as we left Mexico.

This guy was very cool - he made a "Kailie-Bear" bracelet and Kailie was practically sitting on his lap while he did it! Joel really demonstrated his keen bartering skills here too, when the guy suggested $5 Joel quickly countered with $8 and then paid him $10!!! It was actually a bit sad to see some of the incredible work these guys did and then to hear how hard some people would bargain down, while my dear Joel didn't get us many deals to write home about he did a good thing by paying a bit more of a fair price for some of their hard work:)

Kick off to Pirate Night on the ship! Thanks for the cool hats Janis!

Another look at my fav Mexican dress for Kailie.

We couldn't visit the Caribbean without getting the braids, Mummy even joined in and had a few done in her hair:)

Pirate Night in full swing:)

My Princess turned Pirate!! Couldn't tell you who had more fun this night:)

Peter Pan taught Kailie how to 'fly' down stairs - Mummy was not too impressed with this trick . . . .

Kolton wasn't awake for nearly as many character visits as Kailie was but he did get a few kisses from Minnie!

Castaway Cay - Disney's own island! The characters were out in full force for some island fun:)

Lots of fun at the beach - I think we were here for longer than we've been at any beach in Bermuda! It's amazing when you're in holiday mode at the things you'll do!

This was our highlight at Castaway Cay - Kailie got to go on a bike ride and loved every moment of it!

Wish we could have fun bikes like this in Bermuda. Oh and in case you're wondering Grampa got a major lecture from Miss Kailie about not wearing a helmet!!

Posin' with Daisy!

The view from our room as we sailed out of Castaway Cay.

One last towel buddy!