The summer vacations continue: although we just saw the Ohio family two weeks ago in Naples this past July 4th weekend we were back in Cleveland (like last year) for my niece’s baptism. We flew up on the 4th and spent the afternoon picnicking with family before the evening’s fireworks festivities. We spent Friday at Cedar Point, the …
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It’s summer, and that means summer vacation! We just spent the last week with my immediate family in beautiful Naples, FL. Everyone started flying in on Tuesday and we drove down from the Tampa Bay Area to Naples that evening. My brother had procured a four bedroom vacation home on a golf course (a perk …
In what is shaping up to be an annual trip, my daughter and I spent a free weekend in Miami, tagging along with my wife who had business in the area.
We celebrated the arrival of 2013 a little differently this year … with friends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! It was crazy crowded but definitely a unique experience.
Yesterday evening, before leaving for LEGOLAND Florida, we made “hotel” reservations at Holiday Villas in Kissimmee, a place we’ve stayed at before when travelling with a large group to the Orlando area. We got a 4-bedroom/3-bathroom villa for the 8 of us for a very good price. We got a confirmation e-mail and our credit card was charged …
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We had friends from Ohio visiting after Christmas who wanted to hit some of the Orlando theme parks during their stay. Their primary target was Disney World, but having younger children they also wanted to scope out LEGOLAND. We had always meant to go check it out, and I had recently received a flyer in …
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, …
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, …
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 …
I’m on a boat! 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.