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| Disney Cruise 2014 |
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| Fantasy Disney Cruise Ship |
We recently returned from our anticipated Disney Cruise with Tim's entire family. We had been planning and counting down the days for this once in a lifetime vacation. Tim's parents were extremely generous in providing this opportunity for the entire family. Allie and Mason were all smiles as we loaded up our suitcases and headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Kehl's the morning of January 23rd! This was Mason's first airplane ride and he was eager to ride! Tim's sister, Julie and her family went a week earlier. We met up with Chad, Tim's brother and his kids at Tim's parents house. We were picked up and taken to the airport. The kids did awesome on the 4.5 hour flight. (all thanks to those kindle fire tablets)
We arrived in Florida around 5:30 PM, where we loaded up and taken to the Disney World Resort by the Magical Express bus. We spent the night at the All Star Movies Resort! The kids were extremely hyper! They were excited to be with their cousins at the Happiest Place on Earth!
We spent the next day riding the rides at Magic Kingdom. It was super cold! I don't remember a time I was that cold at a theme park and we were in FLORIDA! It was such crazy weather. We still had tons of fun! Thank goodness once we got on the ship, the weather was perfect!
We boarded the Disney Cruise "Fantasy" that Saturday, January 25th...and the remaining 7 nights on the cruise was simply magical!
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| The morning of our Disney vacation |
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| At the Airport eating breakfast before our flight to Florida |
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| Are we ready for a 4.5 hour flight with two kids? |
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| Ready to get to Disney World-Allie age 5 |
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| Mason and Tim on the airplane ready for take off |
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| Allie and I on the airplane ready for take off |
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| Taking the airport train in Florida to get our luggage |
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| At the All Star Movies Resort |
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| The huge dalmatian dog at the resort |
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| The All Star Movies Resort |
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| Magic Kingdom |
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| In front of Cinderella's castle |
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| Allie's favorite ride- Ariel's |
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| 3D movie in Fantasyland |
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| Tangle's castle in Fantasyland |
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| On the shuttle bus heading to the Cruise Port |
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| We are on our way....... |
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| Welcome Aboard! |
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| The front stair case on the cruise ship |
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| The outside pools and Aqua Duck slide |
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| The slash pad |
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| We started relaxing the moment we hit the ship! |
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| Or at least one of us did.......... |
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| Outside on the balcony of our stateside room |
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| Our room on the cruise ship |
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| The kids Club |
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| Inside the kids club |
The kids had a blast at the kids club play area. They spent most of the first day there playing with their cousins. We had two days at Sea, and then our first stop was on the Island of St. Marten.
We went on an excursion to a butterfly farm and explored the Island on a bus tour. The next morning we spent the say exploring the Island of St. Thomas. Our family, spent the day together shopping at the local outside markets, and went on a sky-ride up to Paradise Point to see the beautiful views of St. Thomas. We went to a bird show, and saw some amazing tricks parrots can do!
Stop #1: St. Marten
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| On the Island of St. Marteen |
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| The beaches on St. Marten |
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| At the Butterfly Farm |
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| Tim holding a butterfly |
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| The beautiful blue water in St. Marten |
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| Mason outside on the balcony overlooking the other cruise ships |
Stop #2: St. Thomas
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| St. Thomas |
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| At the top of Paradise Point |
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| The skyride tram up to Paradise Point |
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| Mason and Allie on the Sky-ride |
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| The view from Paradise Point |
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| Another View |
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| The bird show in St. Thomas |
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| The Skyride |
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| On the taxi ride to the locals market in St. Thomas |
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| Beautiful views on the skyride |
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| We went shopping at my brothers store he works for called (Del Sol) in St. Thomas |
Days at Sea:
The days went by so quickly, we spent the days at sea meeting all the Disney Characters and getting their autographs! Allie was so excited to meet Belle,Ana from Frozen, Tiana, and Cinderella. Mason was so excited to meet Jake, Buzz and Woody! Every night they had a awesome musical or performance show on board the ship. Disney did a great job with the entertainment for the kids. They also had a detective game where you go around the cruise ship looking for clues to solve mysteries! The kids loved finding all the clues! The ship had three dinning rooms and ever night we would rotate between the three dinning rooms. Each room was elegant. The one dinning room called the Animator's Palate. It was awesome! The last night of our cruise we were given a place mat to draw a figurine or character on and they had the drawing come to life on huge screens! It was super cool!
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| Inside the "Animator's Palate" dinning room |
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| The amazing walls in the Animator's dinning room |
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| Mason creating his character on the placemat |
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| Allie at work creating a character |
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| The dinning room |
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| Tim,Julie,Allie's and I's character painting |
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| The characters we drew that came to life on the big screen! |
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| Our amazing dinning room waiter and assistant Dominicko |
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