Key West

Chelsey & Courtney racing down the waterslides

Tracy & Larry

Justin & Sheena

Brittney & Jamie

Chelsey & Bryan

Courtney & Daniel

Matt & Brandon

All of us but Justin

We arrived at Key West about 7:30 AM. We ate breakfast and then made our way off the boat. We were shuttled to the shops in Key West. The kids wanted to go to the beach and so we spent some time shopping and then headed to the beach. We were only able to spend about an hour at the beach as the ship was taking off again at 2:00 PM. The kids were able to do some snorkeling and see some cool fish. After we got back on the boat the kids wanted to go to the water slides and so we spent some time at the waterpark on the ship. That evening it was elegant night and so we dressed up for supper. One of the options on the menu on elegant night is Lobster. The kids all tried the lobster and most of them liked it. After supper some of us went Miniature golfing which was fun.

Carnival Cruise Day 1

Waiting for the shuttle at the hotel

First glimpse of our Carnival Cruise Ship

Tracy & Justin having lunch

Bryan & Chelsey

Brandon

Daniel & Courtney

Brittney eating jello

Our room

Brandon & Dylan in their room

Jamie, Justin, Sheena & Hannah

The center of the ship

Leaving Miami

Our ship

1st nights dinner

The captain & crew, who's driving the ship???

We left Fort Lauderdale on a shuttle and headed toward Miami on Monday to board our cruise ship. We finally got on the boat about 12:30 pm and headed to the top deck called Lido to the buffet for lunch. We were then able to get into our rooms about 1:30. We left Miami at 4:00PM headed towards Key West Florida. The ship will port at 7:30 AM the next day and then we are able to get off and tour Key West. If the ships Captain and crew was at the first nights show, who was driving the ship??

First 3 days of Vacation, Kansas City & Fort Lauderdale FL

Getting a ride to the airport for our flight to Fort Lauderdale FL

At the airport

Chelsey is excited for her first airplane ride!!

Dylan & Matt

Brandon & Bryan

Chelsey, Jamie, & Brittney
Courtney, Daniel & Hannah

Walking to the beach

We made it to the beach!!

Brittney & Chelsey

Chelsey running to the water

We drove down to Kansas City to fly out for our vacation. We stayed over night and then took the shuttle to the aiport on Saturday. We got to Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm Saturday night. On Sunday we decided to walk to the beach which we thought was about 1/2 mile according to the clerk at Walgreens, well the 1/2 mile turned out to be about 2 1/2 - 3 miles. We all made it there and were so happy to see the water. It was a long hot walk. The kids had a great time at the beach and it was Chelsey's first time seeing the ocean. We then walked back when Sheena & Justin got to the hotel in the afternoon and spent the rest of the time in the hotels pool.