Saturday, March 15, 2014

Cruisin through Spring Break


Beautiful cozumel






    We are back from the best spring break vacation ever!! I had such a great time! We all did. And friends, let me tell you we needed it! We spent all of our drive day at a tire store in Abilene, and then drove all night. We arrived in Galveston at 4 am and slept in the Best America Palace Hotel ( the name LIED. LOL) for 5 hrs, got up and got on the boat, the beautiful, impressive, well staffed, cruise ship (no lie), the Carnival Triumph. We were greeted by drinks at the main lounge and a DJ playing happy, fun, upbeat, music. I will admit, I missed Funship Freddy, he's usually there to greet the guest and he was not this time. We went to our rooms and looked out at the ocean view, and I was impressed as we were quickly greeted by Mad'e our room steward and he was so sweet and helpful. We enjoyed meeting him and getting to hear about his home and family, and he was so attentive to our every need. I swear he knew what we might want or need before we did! We found our favorite spot on the ship at the back where few people were gathered, and were able to enjoy the beautiful view of the ships wake on the waters surface. God does good work y'all and I am constantly impressed by all he has done for us, and as we looked out at the sun setting over the ocean I was reminded again how amazing He is! With the sound of His voice he created these things! We were able to meet new friends and have the pleasure of learning about them and their lives as well as sharing some of our testimony with them. But, more than anything, we were able to enjoy one anothers company. The boys learned to play spades and we shared laughs and good conversation the day it rained. Every evening we enjoyed dinner in the London dining room, we loved Benny and Yoga (yes yoga), and Jose who were our waiters. They were so fun and funny and I loved hearing about their homes and their families. Triumph has wonderful Broadway shows every evening as well as an onboard comedian, and neither failed to impress. My oldest went to some of the club O2 activities but he also enjoyed having freedom to go sit at the back of the boat and enjoy a coffee and some quiet time. He met some great kids and was glad to get to visit and have fun with them. My youngest LOVED Club C'! He made many friends and they ran all over the ship on scavenger hunts and autograph searches and any number of planned activities! In the evenings they were both able to go with their groups and enjoy the main pool and movies on the large screen. So cool! Hayden says the hot tub was amazing for this! =) WE ATE!!! and ATE! and ATE! And the food was too stinkin good! From Guy's burgers, to the taco and burrito bars, as well as pizza parlor that were open from 11am to 1am there was always something amazing to eat! We also enjoyed the Chinese restaurant and New York style deli! There just wasn't much we didn't enjoy! By far our favorite was the lobster dinner in the London dining room, my boys couldn't get enough and the staff just kept bringing more! And did I mention they bring a dessert menu at the end of your meal! And Benny or Yoga always made sure our cappuccinos arrived at the same time as those fabulous desserts! Chance and Hayden loved the soft serve ice cream stations {3 to be exact}, and rick and I might have enjoyed this as well ;-) And for our shore excursion, we were thrilled to get to swim with the sting rays! They are so beautiful and fun to watch. I highly recommend this excursion! Friends I could go on forever, but I will just close by saying we had such an awesome vacation, and we will definitely sail with Carnival Cruise lines again!
Chance18

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