Outside every stateroom there is a small silver fish. Usually this fish serves to hold receipts, notes, or daily itineraries during your cruise. But, if you participate in a Fish Extender Exchange group you hang a bag or special holder on your fish. This “extender” serves as a mailbox for special surprises delivered from other…
ahhhh….sea day. The Banks children did not wake up until almost 10am! We decided to switch things up and try breakfast at Enchanted Garden this morning. It was great! Pretty much the same buffet as Cabanas, but you could get made to order omelets, and it was a lot less crowded. (Maybe that’s because most…
After we pulled out of Castaway Cay, the Pirate Party began! We all dressed in our pirate gear and headed to dinner. Our Stateroom Host had left cute “Pirates in the Caribbean” bandanas on our bed to complete our pirate outfits. We stopped outside on Deck 4 to snap some quick pictures with the…
We woke up to a perfect day on Castaway Cay. Beautiful blue skies and sunny temps. The night before we had ordered room service to be delivered in the morning so we could quickly eat and get ready for the Castaway Cay 5k! This was soooo much fun and I’m glad we did it. Participants…
Halle was super excited to visit her second country, the Bahamas. Rusty and I went for a quick jog on deck 4 and then came to wake the kids. We watched from our verandah as the Dream pulled into port. We took our time having a big delicious breakfast at Cabanas and loading up our…
What an absolutely perfect vacation. We couldn’t have asked for anything better. In June of 2015 Rusty told the kids that he was going to have a very busy 6ish months at work. It was going to require a lot of sacrifice from our family, but we promised the kids if we could all pitch…