Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Hopping Aboard the Carnival Legend...

Our adventure began by flying on a plane for the first time with kids since they were babies. The flight attendants and pilots couldn't have been friendlier and even invited the kids up to the cockpit!

We were greeted at the airport by the very friendly Carnival greeters (similar to WalMart greeters - age-wise at least!) and transported to the ship. Once on board, we went immediately to our room, as the kids were VERY excited to check it out (as TINY as it was)! Afterwards, there was buffet-style lunch - very yummy! We took a tour around the ship (sort-of) and discovered it would take quite awhile to figure out where everything was (we were still confused by the end of the trip!). Another fun first day activity is reviewing Emergency plans and trying on our life jackets!

Our next day was a day at Sea, so we spent the day leisurely eating breakfast and lunch, hanging at the pool/hot tub (though it was extremly WINDY!), and involving some members of our family in silly cruise ship games! In one game, the participants had to "gather" items from the audience, one item being a bikini top. So since Colby had an extra shirt with her, we had her give up her bikini top! I think it got stretched just a bit!
The girls had an introduction to Camp Carnival... Colby decided right off the bat that she wasn't going to like it... "This is supposed to be a FAMILY VACATION, not CAMP!" In the end, she liked it okay, but much preferred hanging with Mommy & Daddy. Jessica, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoyed the 9-11 age group, who had much more flexibility and freedom!
The day ended with a show in the Follies lounge that somehow sent Colby to snooze-land!

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