No sleeping in today! We woke up early (6:30am) to find the ship already docked back in Port Canaveral. Since we were using the Express Walk-Off service we decided to skip breakfast on the ship and just debark and get through customs. In hindsight, we should have not been in such a rush to leave, but being one of the first families to debark meant no lines at all. In fact, by 7:15am we were through customs and 15 minutes later we were in the car and on the road home.
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Disney Cruise: Day 3
After turning in late (early) last night I ended up sleeping in a bit this morning. When I woke up around 8:00am my daughter had just woken up herself and my wife had gone to exercise in the fitness center. At some point overnight (or earlier that morning) the Dream had docked at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas.
Disney Cruise: Day 2
This morning we awoke to a beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas.
Hard to have a bad day starting off with a view like that …
Disney Cruise: Day 1
Well, a ship, actually. For the next three days we’re on the Disney Dream, cruising to the Bahamas on a short family vacation for Thanksgiving.
Labor Day Weekend … at home this year
This year we broke our 5-year old tradition of going to Orlando and stayed at home for Labor Day Weekend.
The decision was primarily driven by the fact that we had the Busch Gardens Fun Cards we bought at the beginning of the summer (Memorial Day). So rather than going to Disney or Universal like years’ past, we spent Saturday at the amusement park, Sunday (and part of Monday) furniture shopping (an American tradition, right?), and then finished up with a cookout at home on Monday afternoon.
Baseball, barbecues, and a boat in Cleveland
After spending Independence Day at home with friends from out-of-town (your typical cookout, pool party, then picnic and fireworks shindig), we flew up to Cleveland for a long weekend with more family and friends.
Kicking off the summer at Busch Gardens
Other than our usual Memorial Day weekend preparations for the upcoming hurricane season we had no plans or obligations so we decided to go to Busch Gardens for the day. Even with Tropical Storm Beryl approaching north Florida, we had gorgeous weather for our outing.
We had purchased vouchers for our Fun Cards (pay for one day, come back all year) online the night before, hoping to avoid any long holiday weekend lines at the ticket windows. An early start got us to the park before the parking lot even opened so we got a great parking spot (once it opened) and were on the tram and across the street at the entrance with plenty of time to spare. We redeemed our vouchers at the automatic machines to get our Fun Cards and still had a few minutes to wait before the official park opening.
Spring Training 2012: Recap
It’s hard to believe, but our fourth annual Spring Training trip is over. Time to head back east …
Spring Training 2012: Day Three
It’s our last full day in Arizona … one more game, and hopefully we’ll get to see one Indians victory while we’re out here.