Friday, June 10, 2011

Carribean Cruise-Part 1 "Fun on the Ship"

Derek & Cassidy designed and printed our family shirts for our cruise. It was so fun to be matching that first day we stepped onto the floating city. Many people asked us where we got our shirts and wanted one too. The first picture was taken right before the exciting adventure began.

Kid's Swimming area

Royal Promenade-Shops & Restaurants

Our Cabin-Cassidy coming out of the Bathroom. Didn't spend much time here except to sleep.

View from our balcony, overlooking Central Park

At the Drive-Thru

Gronckle-The big lazy Dragon hanging out at Guest Services

Let's go swimming!

The Kindle Club


Enjoying some frozen yogurt with a lounge chair just her size

Having fun in the water

Dreamworks Parade-Introducing: Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, How to Train a Dragon, & Shrek


An evening stroll down Central Park (Derek's favorite ship deck to walk through)
One night it was raining and we danced and ran through central park, getting wet in the middle of the night. So romantic!

Amazing Big Band Orchestra-Loved swinging to their music. I guess we put on a show for them too. :)

Grammy was able to request a song for the band to play: My Funny Valentine. The best part was watching Derek sweep his mother off her feet on the dance floor. I'm so glad I recorded it. It was a highlight to the evening for all of us. I'm sure Granddaddy was smiling from heaven above.

Daddy-Daughter Dance. Cassidy couldn't control her dancing feet most of the time. She loved to move to the music. It was so sweet to see her dance with her daddy. It melted my heart. Have it on video too. :)

King Julien, at the Breakfast hosted by the characters of Madagascar. Got pictures with: Gloria the Hippo, Alex the Lion, and King Julien

Alex the Lion...Where's Cassidy??

Madagascar Show with dancers, acrobats and divers

Elephant Surprise

Yummy Bacon- All you can eat buffets each day- Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

Enjoying Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri & Pina Colada Drinks while listening to a pianist play love songs. We put in a request and he played our song, "When you Say Nothing At All" by Alison Kraus. Derek sang to me as we danced.

Open Sea-Calm waters the whole week

Derek Rock Climbing and Rang the Bell at the top. Yeah Honey!

Happy Memorial Day- Dressed in RED, WHITE, & BLUE. We listened to a live band play patriotic music. It was amazing.

Ice Skating with Cassidy, I tried to do some tricks for Grammy

How To Train A Dragon-Ice Skating Show. I got teary eyed watching Cassidy's face smile as she watched the story of her favorite movie. She LOVES dragons!

Another Ice Skating Show, showcasing different hot spots on the ship. It was very fun.

Derek shooting some hoops in the arcade

My soccer team. Undefeated in the competition and won Gold Medals. Derek and I also entered two Volleyball competitions and received silver and gold medals. So much fun!

Johnny Rockets-All you can eat French Fries & Onion Rings

Grammy & Cassidy sitting on the balcony of our cabin. Love this picture!

Watched the Gorgeous Sunset from the front of the ship on our Anniversary-June 4th

Had to Sneak in a Kiss

Yummy Cheesecake-The dinner crew sang "Happy Anniversary" to us

My two favorite people

We all enjoyed the Carousel, many times! Smile Grammy!


Our Head Waitress- Valrie from Jamaica

Sleeping Beauty at Dinner-just can't keep up with all the excitement

Cute Cupcake Shop with band playing music on top of their roof

Survived Zip-lining

Derek Don't Look Down

Painted Faces on Carnival Day. Beautiful Butterfly with Spider Woman

Cassidy's Favorite Stop: All you can eat Pizza till 3am everyday!

Put Put golf

Fancy Restaurant with Fancy Chairs-CHEERS!

The server at the buffet loved making hearts out of Cassidy's straw wrappers

Unplanned Butterfly Shirts-We're so good at matching without even trying

Playground slide

Having fun playing on the playground

Who's this? Carlos?

Kid Adventure Club-Rock 'N Roll Day. Each day they had different themes and correlated the activities around the theme. Cassidy LOVED it! But only dropped her off two times the whole week. We enjoyed sharing this trip experience with our little girl.

Relaxing in the Hot Tub

Cassidy with the Captain of the Ship...Doesn't he look young?

The Famous Ship "Allure of the Seas"-Biggest & Newest ship in the world today. This ship was very GOOD to us!



Video to enjoy for years to come: