Monday, May 20th - Sail Away
Vacation
time!!
Our family
decided to go on a Disney cruise and invited our families to join us. The ship was being moved from Long Beach to
Vancouver for their summer Alaska cruises so they had a special repositioning itinerary
up the Pacific Coast that isn’t normally offered. We jumped at the opportunity for a family
vacation with Landen and then my parents, John’s parents, and John’s great aunt
and uncle decided to joined us. John and
I decided that after the cruise we would travel down to Seattle just the 3 of
us for some extra exploration. The trip
turned out to be really great! Landen
was an amazing traveler!! First cruise,
first bus ride, first train ride, first airplane ride … the kid was a trooper! We were so proud of how well he did during
the long meals (Mommy brought a bag of tricks to keep him occupied) and being
in new places.
Cruise
itinerary – Disney Wonder:
- Day 1:
Departs the port of Los Angeles on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM
- Day 2: Day
at sea
- Day 3:
Port - San Francisco, CA at 8:00 AM
- Day 4:
Port - San Francisco, CA until 4:30 PM
- Day 5: Day
at sea
- Day 6: Day
at sea
- Day 7:
Port - Victoria, Canada from 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM
- Day 8:
Disembark at the port of Vancouver, Canada on Monday, May 27, 2013 at 8:30
AM
Leading up
the cruise I (of course) went into travel agent mode and sent out informative
emails and did some extra planning. I
bought supplies to surprise everyone with “Sail Away Bags” full of goodies and
little necessities (forgot to get a picture :( ). I also made the whole group magnets to decorate
their stateroom doors. They’re fun and
they also make it easier to find your room along the long hallways. Here are ours:
After a
flurry of packing (and re-packing because Landen kept pulling things out of the
suitcases), we finally were packed up!
The only thing we were waiting on before heading out the door was Landen
to take his nap.
But I don’t
wanna sleep!
He finally
fell asleep but then woke up grumpy.
Didn’t he know we were headed off on a fabulous adventure!?
We dropped
Nala off for her extended stay at Aunt Joi’s and then headed to my parent’s
house where James Smalling picked us up and took us to the San Pedro cruise
terminal. As we were unloading our
luggage I realized I had forgotten to bring the bag tags!! D’oh!!
I couldn’t believe it. Luckily
they got us squared away and it wasn’t an issue. I’m amazing how much luggage and gear the
three of us needed. Yeesh.
Walking into
the terminal with Mimi and Papa.
Luckily our
room was ready as we boarded the ship so we headed straight up.
We got a new
backpack since we’re returning cruisers.
I had also arranged a little surprise for the cabin.
Time to
decorate our door!
We decided to
do a little exploring to get our bearings.
Landen was very excited to see Mickey Mouse (from afar)!
Here we go!!
That night we
got to meet our fun table staff:
Server:
Orestes Moraniec
Asst.
Server: Theoca (Theo) Voges
Head
Server: Harry Simons
Stateroom
Host: Sakol Poonpipat
We set Landen
up to sleep on the sofa with a baby gate.
I was super nervous about it since he’s always been in a crib but he did
really well. He only fell out once or
twice. :/
