The first day of our Cruise

After we got on the ship we were told we could find our way to several buffets. We were ready for lunch so we let the eating begin!!!!

My salad girl! She loves salad and this was the first thing she spotted on the buffet. Along with mac and cheese and  mini corn dogs.

One excited boy!

I will admit many of the desserts looked better than they tasted....ha ha. Didn't stop me from eating them tho.

It was fun to experience the first day of the cruise together as a family. I loved that it was new for Powell and I as well as the kids. The rooms were a little bigger to allow for 5 people. They had two separate vanities. One with a toilet and one with a shower which made getting ready a lot easier. We were happy with the 8th floor and found that it actually made us eat more because a buffet was right up the stairs from our room and also the ongoing pizza and ice cream machine was on the 9th floor. It was super windy the first day and I was surprised that kids were in the pools because I thought it was too chilly.

Vanity with small tub and shower

Room Number

Posing in our room

Vanity with toilet and lots of storage space

Sailing away!

I just love all the fun things that Disney does. This was the big sailing away party with singing and dancing.

Watching the ship move away from the dock in Galveston

Bon Voyage...who invited the kids anyway?

This is Brinley posing in the Oceaneer Club. This was a club for kids ages 3-12. They had activities and games that changed every hour or so. She is wearing a wrist band that allows her to go in and has all of her information. Once she goes in she can only be checked out by us. Hunter also had a wrist band but he was free to come and go as he pleased. There was also an Oceanner Lab for 3-12 and Savannah could go in "Edge" which was for 11-14 year olds. She was a little shy about spending much time there. I think it would have been better for her if she had a cousin or friend to go with that she already knew.

 After we went to the sailing away party, ate lunch, explored our room, did the emergency drill and went to all the clubs to get our wrist bands for the kids it was time to eat again. We had the early seating for dinner. We could choose 5:45 or 8:15. We had the 5:45 time for the entire trip. We rotated dinner every night between 3 restaurants. I really liked the variety. The first night was "Animators Palate". This was a restaurant that was all black and white when we first entered. As the dinner seating went on, colors started to appear in the pictures around the room. By the end of our seating it was all lit up with colors and even the servers vests they were wearing went from black and white into color.

A nice touch by the servers. The kids names written on their cups right when we walked in.

Here is an example of one of the many pictures on the walls around us. It is in black and white which just a hint of color.

More color

All of the color in the picture

One of my favorite meals was this chicken with potatoes and root vegetables. 

We always do Disneyland on a budget so we rarely let the kids buy anything from the stands. On the ship there was an unlimited supply of "Mickey Bars" just like the ones at Disneyland!

 The kids got a kick out of the many port holes around the ship. These were the port holes just outside of Animator's Palate.

Ready for our first show

 Every night there was a show after dinner. We weren't allowed to take pictures of any of them after this first night. The music and acting was great. The shows lasted about an hour which was perfect for the kids.

 There were all kinds of things going on at any time of the day. We were tired but noticed a game show and decided to check it out the first night. Not very many people were there and Hunter and Savannah were chosen to go up and prove how good they were at Disney trivia. They were the goofy team. LOL. They didn't win but got ear phones as a prize