This is day 3 in my series all about our cruise on the Disney Dream in April 2018! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here! DAY 3 – APRIL 25, 2018 When we left off on day 2, we had just come to the end of an amazing day celebrating my 25th birthday. But today was set to be the most exciting day yet – we were headed to Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay! We woke up and the island was right outside our window: Castaway Cay was something all of…
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Dinner at Palo on the Disney Dream
If you’ve read my blog for a while now, you probably know that one of my favorite parts of traveling (maybe THE favorite part) is food. We’re always looking for the best dining experiences we can find wherever we go. So it was only natural that when we set sail on the Disney Dream, we knew that dining at Palo was an absolute must-do. We ended up eating there for dinner on day 3 of our cruise and it was one of the best dining experiences I’ve ever had! While most of the dining on board is included in the cost…
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Cruising Along – Day 2
This is second post in my series about our cruise on the Disney Dream in April 2018! If you haven’t already, make sure you read day 1 first DAY 2 – APRIL 24, 2018 After our first jam-packed day on board the Disney Dream, we woke up after a refreshing sleep to enjoy day 2! And this was going to be an especially exciting day because it was my 25th birthday!!! There were a lot of exciting things on the agenda today to celebrate my birthday so we were up early and ready to go! We were docking at Nassau…
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Rainforest Room on the Disney Dream
Something we had read about and were very curious to try on the Disney Dream was the spa, specifically something called the Rainforest Room. There’s not a ton of information about it online but what we could find really piqued our interest. It turned out to be one of the best parts of the trip and a real hidden gem!! The name is kind of a misnomer – it’s not really just one “room”, but instead a section of the spa with a few different areas to relax and unwind. The way the Rainforest Room works is you purchase a…
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Cruising Along – Day 1
Hello and welcome to a brand new trip report series!! I always love writing about our travels and this trip was SO much fun, I cannot wait to tell you all about it. This time around we’re CRUISING on board the Disney Dream!! I mentioned this trip back when we booked it and then when we got back – so now it’s time to talk about everything in between 🙂 Our characters this time are myself, my husband Chris, my best friend Sarah, and her boyfriend Grant! I went on a cruise with my family previously but everybody else was…
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A Mystery Vacation?
Since I’m in between vacation series right now – just finished blogging the honeymoon and am about to start my cruise posts – I figured it would be a good time to tell you about my next vacation. And I would, if I could… but I don’t know where we’re going!!! Because my husband planned a surprise vacation for me! Allow me to explain in the form of the following video: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDE7PIsjI7Y&w=560&h=315] (Also, in the video I said we’re 6 weeks away but I ended up taking longer to post it than expected due to transitioning my blog over, so we’re…
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Our Honeymoon – Day 10/11 – Aloha ‘Oe, Hawaii
I’m double posting today because I accidentally hit publish because this is post #10 – the LAST post – in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 10 – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 So here we are – finally on the last day of our honeymoon. I’m honestly getting extremely sad writing this lol it’s like I’m reliving leaving the island all over again! But rather than focus on that, let’s jump in to our last day in Hawaii. We woke up (as predicted) super sad…
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The Menehune of Aulani
I interrupt my nearly-finished honeymoon series to bring you a special post about Aulani that I wanted to put up before the last day. While we were in Aulani, we started to notice these kinda-weird kinda-cute little dudes all around the resort. We started to notice them…everywhere. They were around the pool, in the lobby, indoors, outdoors, even in the elevators: Sometime during our stay we learned these little figures are called the Menehune. According to Hawaiian tradition, the Menehune are little mischievous men who live in the forests and hide from humans. Aulani paid tribute to this legend by…
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Our Honeymoon – Day 8 – A Hike & A Photoshoot
This is post #8 in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 8 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 After our first full day on Oahu and at Aulani yesterday, we were ready to get going on more adventures and were up early this Saturday morning! Our destination today was something not necessarily in my comfort zone, but we were both excited about it. We were heading to Diamond Head State Monument for an early morning hike! Diamond Head is a “volcanic cone” in Honolulu that’s…
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Our Honeymoon – Day 7 – Tourists in Oahu
This is post #7 in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 7 – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 When I last left off we had just checked in to Aulani! We were so excited to be there and we were up early today to head to breakfast. We posed for a few photopass pictures on the way too! Our breakfast was at ‘Ama’Ama, a beautiful open air restaurant overlooking the water. We had the perfect beachside table! Everything on the menu sounded amazing: And they…
