Disney Cruise - Day 4

On Day 4 John actually slept in, so I stayed with him while Mike went to find himself breakfast. Once John woke up he and I headed to the buffet again to eat. We sat with another mom and her little girl. This was their 7th Disney Cruise and they said they will never go on another cruise line again. We talked a little about all the fun things we had done, and then John and I left to go find Mike. Trying to find someone on a cruise ship is very hard. We finally gave up and headed back to the room to out on swimsuits and wait to see if Mike would come back to the room. Luckily, he had the same idea and was already there when we walked in. We got suited up and headed to the Mickey Pool. John did the slide a few more times while I watched with jealousy. :) We finally got John to go back to the Goofy Pool with us so that we could fully submerge our adult selves. 1 foot of water in the Mickey Pool doesn't go very far in trying to cool off a grown up. After lunch, and a bit of a fit from John because they didn't have peanut butter and jelly (sleep deprivation was starting to kick in) we went back to the cabin for a quick nap. The only nap of the entire trip for him. Amazingly he fell asleep quickly, and we just hung out and watched a little TV. Once he awoke he went to Kids Club again while Mike and I went to the adults only area. We met a few people and were amazed at how many adults go on Disney Cruises without any children. After an hour or so we picked John back up and walked around a little inside taking pictures. We had so many people coming up to us and asking if we'd like them to take a picture with all 3 of us in it, but unfortunately most of them didn't turn out well. There was a performance called Friendship Rocks that was taking place in the theater that all the kids who had participated in Kids Club were going to be in. We took John down, got his t-shirt, and then he threw an absolute hissy fit because he didn't want to do it. Hey, at least he got the free t-shirt right? It was almost time for dinner anyway, so we headed back to the room, got our bags together and out in the hallway for pickup, and went to Animators Palate for dinner. In this restaurant everything is black and white, and as the meal progresses color comes into all the pictures on the walls. The photos don't do it justice at all. It was pretty neat. After dinner we did a little more swimming and John did a little more Kids Club. When we went to get him he didn't want to leave, but bribing him with ice cream and movie on deck worked. This time we were really prepared and got a big blanket from the room to cover up with instead of towels. It gets a little windy up on deck at night. We settled in to watch The Incredibles. I had never seen it before, so even after John fell asleep I just laid there with him to finish it out.

The next morning we had to disembark and unfortunately had the earliest breakfast assignment. 6:30 am!! Our wakeup call came at 5:45, ugh, and we dragged ourselves out of bed, got our carry-on bags together and headed back to Animators Palate for breakfast. After eating we were immediately herded to the shuttle bus to go to the airport. We arrived in Orlando at around 9:00 and our flight back home wasn't until 2:30! So, we spent 6 1/2 hours exploring all the wonders of the Orlando Airport. Thank goodness John was in a good mood. As soon as we got on the plane he passed out and didn't wake up until we landed back home. We quickly got our baggage and headed to my mom's house to pick up the girls. I had imagined us walking in and the girls screaming and running into my arms. Well, that's not how it went. When I walked in, Rebecca yelled, "Chelsey!" Then they both just stared at me and Mike. Natalie got fussy and ran over to my mom. Finally Rebecca came over and gave me a hug. Natalie took about 10 minutes to warm up to me! It was really quite sad and kind of hurt my feelings. All is well now though. They love us again.