Well, we had plenty of time to spare, so we took a quick ride from Pop Century over to Caribbean Beach Resort where we snagged breakfast at the Joffrey's kiosk.
Full disclaimer: I really do think the Skyliner is pretty darn neat, too!
While ordering our toffee flight coffee, Brayden happened to see the giant blue donut and well...vacation.
I ordered the Toffee Flight warm and Jason ordered it cold. We both agreed that the hot version had better flavor.
Before long, it was time to leave for the port. With our large group size, we realized that it would be more cost effective to take a Happy Limo over to the port and (bonus) with our own mode of transportation, we got to choose our port arrival time!
They even had an option to include a child safety seat (for a small extra fee).
We enjoyed having the opportunity to chat on the way to the port and while checking facebook, we soon discovered that official boarding time had been pushed back by an hour due to a coast guard inspection that morning. Whomp whomp. Although it was a little sad, we didn't let it ruin our great day!
By the way, Happy Limo comes highly recommended! They were prompt, had plenty of place to store our luggage, and super friendly!
Look at this madhouse!
One little disruption in our boarding process happened when we officially checked in. Since Jason and I were Castaway Club members, we went to a separate check-in line from our friends who were first time cruisers. Well, our two groups of friends were all given boarding group 7 and Jason & I were given boarding group 15. After asking around, we realized there was nothing anyone could do to help us or change our boarding group to align with our friends. We didn't want to board separate and it may seem like small potatoes, but when you're ready to be on the ship and your boarding time has already been delayed once, it kinda stinks to wait around and watch as everyone else boards. Our friends were nice enough to sit back and wait with us so we could all board together!
In all, that was really the only "issue" we ran into with our cruise. First world problems, right? :)
Our first stop after boarding the ship was Cabanas for a little lunch!
After lunch, we all took a little time to explore the kids club. Since this was Brayden's first cruise and he had all of this extra room, we were a little worried about how it would go for him. He loved Andy's room, though and didn't want to stop playing!
Before long, our rooms were ready and we were ready to drop off our bags.
This was our first cruise since becoming DVC Members and we were so excited to see the "Welcome Home" signage on our door!
We booked a verandah towards the front of the ship and didn't have any issues with our room.
It was so neat to see how they literally just flipped the couch over to form a bed for Brayden!
So simple and easy!
Around 2:30 p.m., we said goodbye to our friends for a few minutes to attend a DVC Member Celebration. Since we became DVC Members mid-way through our last cruise, we didn't get to attend all of the fun events, so we wanted to take advantage of as many as possible here.
It was also here that we discovered our adult cruise staff was Tisa! She has seriously been on at least four of our nine Disney Cruises (not intentionally on our part) and I was so excited to see her!!
After our DVC event, we reunited with our friends for the boat drill and Sail Away Party!
We were so excited to begin our cruise and 4 magical nights at sea!
I love waving to the port cast members as the ship sails away!
Dinner on our first evening was in Animator's Palate.
Brayden was zonked, so our head water got him a table cloth to use as a blanket. So sweet!
Mickey bars for dessert, anyone? :)
We deemed dinner on our first night as "romper night" so of course we had to take a picture!
On the way back to our room, we made a little pit stop at our friend Kim's room to decorate it for her birthday.
Last but not least, a lovely sand crab was waiting to greet us good evening!
Want to check out more from our Disney Vacation? Click on the links below!
Disney Travel Day: Wine and Dine Expo & Animal Kingdom
Disney Day 2: Wine and Dine 10K & Kids Races & Hollywood Studios/Epcot
Disney Day 3: Wine and Dine Half Marathon & Magic Kingdom
Disney Day 4: Boarding the Disney Dream
Disney Day 5: Castaway Cay
Disney Day 6: Nassau
Disney Day 7: At Sea Day
Disney Day 8: Disney Springs and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Up next: Castaway Cay!!
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