Yep, we’re back. It’s great to be back definetely. The trip was fantastic. The plusses:

  • First class both ways on America West. Not too bad. Got a real meal, at least, and could recline our seats without having to sit in the persons lap behind us.
  • Mission: Space is amazing. I could see how it could get some people sick, but they did a fantastic job with it. One of the best rides ever.
  • Ditto with Rockin’ Rollercoaster. My wife and I didn’t have the courage to ride it the last couple of times at WDW, but this time I rode it with my sister-in-law and father-in-law, and it was fantastic.
  • Cruises have excellent food. Period.
  • Castaway Cay is super-cool. We spent the whole time on the adult beach, and we pretty much were away from any crowds. Of course, I did get a sunburn, but that’s a danger I was willing to take..

As far as the bad, there are definetely a few..

  • The day before the cruise, I had major stomach pains. Like I thought I was going to die. My wonderful wife called our insurance, and they recommended we get to an emergency room right away, as it could have been apendicitis. So after trying to find the closest hospital to our hotel that took our insurance, we truck over, and they run all the fun tests. Turns out it was probably a kidney stone. Fun stuff. Didn’t cut too much into our park time, at least, but annoying, none the less.
  • The morning we were supposed to leave for the airport back (off the cruise), I got pretty sick. Like throw up sick. So it wasn’t a fun day. I slept at the airport most of the time, using my laptop bag as a wonderful pillow. Ditto with the flight. Glad we got first class.
  • As were arriving at the airport, we realize we forgot the video camera on the boat. Whoopsie. After calling the lost and found on the boat, I really didn’t have much expectation that it would be recovered. They called us back a few hours later letting us know they found it, and they’re shipping it to us! Wow! I was really impressed with that, especially since it was our stupid mistake.

Would we do the cruise again? You bet. We’d probably do a longer one next time, though,… 3 days just isn’t enough.

Expect some pictures soon.