I can not wait to tell you all about the best vacation ever...our Disney Cruise on the Disney Dream. My husband and I might have a slight obsession with cruising and combine that with Disney would have to equal a perfect vacation. In March we booked our 4 night trip on the Disney Dream for the upcoming September. We downloaded countdown apps, made reservations, did lots of researching until finally the trip arrived!
To make the trip even better we had three families going with us. More People= More Fun!
We left McCalla around 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 4th and drove to Macon,Georgia ( about a 4 hour drive). When we finally arrived in Macon it was close to midnight, so we just rested our heads for the evening in preparation for finishing the drive on Saturday.
On Saturday morning we woke up and took advantage of the breakfast at the hotel and then headed off for Orlando. We had a 5 hour drive ahead of us and only made one stop for lunch and a restroom break. We arrived at the Art of Animation hotel in Disney World around 3:00 p.m. that afternoon. After arriving at the hotel the men watched some football while the mommies and kiddos hit the swimming pool for an afternoon swim. Then we all met back up that evening for dinner at the food court at the hotel and walked around the hotel taking in all the awesome statues of characters from some of our favorite Disney movies.
Our passengers for the LONG ride...Braleigh, Brodee and Caleb
What a wonderful sight to see...Walt Disney World
Ready to hit the pool...by the way this picture gets me every time I look at it. My baby looks like he is about 5 years old in this picture.
The whole gang of kiddos in front of our building...The Little Mermaid building
I told him to wave to everyone and say "hey" so I could send family a picture of him having fun in Disney World
Enjoying the Nemo pool and splash pad area
Brock and Caleb having fun in the Lion King area of the hotel
The whole kiddo gang with Sebastian
Visiting the Cars in Radiator Springs...The Hudson Hornet
Tow-Mater
Lightening McQueen
On Sunday morning we checked out of the Art of Animation hotel and headed to Downtown Disney for lunch at T-Rex cafe and some shopping.
The T-shirt design store Lun
Lunch at T-Rex cafe
He chose to get his picture with the triceratops
Buzz and Woody at the Lego store
Finishing off our fun in Downtown Disney with a train ride
Around 2:00 we left Downtown Disney and headed back to Art of Animation to get our car and head to our next destination in CoCo beach. We chose to drive over to CoCo beach on Sunday to be super close to the terminal for boarding the ship on Monday morning. The drive from Orlando to CoCo beach was a little over an hour which made for a perfect nap time for all of the kiddos ( maybe their mommies too ;).
We stayed at the Comfort Inn hotel which was about a 5-10 minute drive from the cruise terminal. The hotel offered a cruise and stay package which allowed you to spend the night at the hotel, be shuttled to and from the cruise terminal and allowed your car to stay parked at the hotel while on the cruise ship. We enjoyed the afternoon playing on the beach at CoCo beach and catching some dinner at Steak-n-Shake. On Monday morning it was finally CRUISE time! We had to be in the hotel lobby at 10:00 a.m. to catch the shuttle to the cruise ship.
Fun times at CoCo beach
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