2018 Thanksgiving cruise
For Thanksgiving vacation this year we went on a 7-day western Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Pearl!
Archive of posts filed under the leisure category.
Labor Day Weekend 2018 at Disney: Day 3
It wouldn’t be Labor Day weekend in Florida without rain and we got plenty of it today. Normally we would start Monday out at the hotel pool but this year we decided to go to one of the parks instead. Of course, this was mainly because Monday afternoon was the only time we were able …
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Labor Day Weekend 2018 at Disney: Day 2
We’re taking it easy this weekend, so no getting up early to do any Extra Magic Hours. After waking up around 9:30am, we walked over to the French Quarter to pick up fresh beignets for breakfast. At 11:30am we were getting off the bus at Animal Kingdom when my daughter announced she had forgotten her …
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Labor Day Weekend 2018 at Disney: Day 1
Labor Day weekend 2018 … time again for our annual family mini-vacation to Walt Disney World (probably our last one as a family since my daughter will be heading off to college next year). Like last year, we couldn’t drive over to Orlando until this morning because of Friday night high school football yesterday. I …
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A Weekend at Universal Studios
It’s summer so our schedules are pretty open. This allowed us to take advantage of Universal Studios’ “buy 1 day get a second day free deal” for Florida residents and plan a quick, last-minute trip to Orlando for the weekend.
A New Orleans Tricentennial Celebration with Harry Connick, Jr.
My wife and I last saw Harry Connick, Jr. when he came through Clearwater on his “Your Songs” tour back in 2010. Back in March he announced a short tour in June to celebrate the New Orleans Tricentennial. Clearwater was lucky to have two dates on the tour so I of course got us tickets to …
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Long Memorial Day Weekend at Disney
Last Wednesday night my Tampa Bay Lightning lost Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Washington Capitals, so there will be no Stanley Cup Finals games here in Tampa this year. 🙁 Go Vegas? With the end of the hockey season also came the end of the school year for my daughter. So …
Spring Training 2018: Home and Recap
We woke up early this morning, grabbed a quick snack breakfast in the hotel lobby, then checked out and drove back to the airport. After returning the rental car, we just missed getting on the shuttle bus so were first in line for the next one (which took a while to arrive). During the ride …
Spring Training 2018: Day 3
Wake up, time to hike! We woke up at 6:00am, grabbed a quick breakfast of snacks at the hotel, and headed over to the Echo Canyon Trail parking lot at Camelback Mountain for our annual hike. By 7:00am we had started up the 1.33 mile (1,300 feet in elevation) trail to the summit. It was …
Spring Training 2018: Day 2
It’s our last day on the west side of the valley. We got up early this morning and after having breakfast downstairs, we packed up and checked out of our Goodyear hotel. Then we drove over to the Cleveland Indians’ Player Development Complex to watch the morning warm-ups and batting practice. As in year’s past, …