Day One – Embarkation Day, Port Canaveral A day that I questioned would ever come was finally upon us. For as long as we have been going on cruises as a family, I often thought that Emily’s parents would absolutely love the experience. While Colonel was on board (pun intended), Grandma Kee, like myself, was a bit apprehensive about setting… Read more »
Morning on the Disney Dream With the seas as rough as they had been the night before after departing Castaway Cay, waking up to the calmness was both a blessing and a curse. It meant that the ship was tied up and we were back at Port Canaveral… our cruise had ended. We were excited, however, to wake up to… Read more »
Disney’s Castaway Cay Island Morning Day three of the three day Bahamas cruise always pulls you in two directions. On one hand it is amazing because you get to enjoy the day on one of the most beautiful islands on earth. On the other hand, it is your last day of the cruise which means tomorrow you are back to… Read more »
Sunrise on the Disney Dream – Day 2 Nassau We arose to the gentle rocking of the ship as we continued the last portion of our journey to Nassau, Bahamas. Day one on the Disney Dream was a blast and we were looking forward to another fun day on the ship. Most of the Hayes household likes to sleep in… Read more »
Traveling to Port Canaveral Emily had, in her usual style, arranged all of the details for a memorable fifth birthday for Sawyer, which kicked off with a three night Disney Dream birthday cruise. The bags were packed with the essentials as well as some fun birthday surprises for Sawyer. After getting the car packed, Sawyer and I went to… Read more »
Our Disney Dream Halloween on the High Seas vacation had been a long time in the making. After much discussion we finally convinced Grandma Jean and Papa Don to take a Disney Cruise with the whole family. For those of you following along on Hayesvision you know that we absolutely love cruising. I owe this new found love to Emily… Read more »
Our last cruise day had arrived and everyone but me took the opportunity to sleep in. The boys have been going full steam from sun up to sun down and I have never seen them sleep in so late. We finally got everyone upright and ready to go and we headed to breakfast one last time at Cabanas. We art… Read more »
As I awoke on day four I had my fingers crossed as I approached our curtains hoping when I pulled them back I would see clear skies over Castaway Cay, and I did! I lightly encouraged the troops to get their butts out of bed because it was beach or bust today. I am sure this will come as a… Read more »
Day three on the Disney Dream was yet another perfect day on the ship. When we awoke we were still making our way to the island of Nassau in the Bahamas. Due to the fact that we made the most out of the first two days everyone was quite tired and not chomping at the bit to spring out of bed… Read more »
I would argue there is no better place in the world to wake up than Castaway Cay. Even though the weather was a bit overcast it still was truly awesome to be docked at the amazing island. Emily was smart and had ordered a few things from room service to help tide us over until breakfast (only on a cruise… Read more »