A Cruise for 2

The pictures below are just a small sample of the hundreds that we took on our 3 day cruise. For those of you that know us well you know we take WAY too many pictures. I posted as many as I could.....

Hangin' out on the top deck
Woo Hoo! We're on board and on our way!
Our room.....small but big enough for 2

The beautiful water of the Bahamas

Pulling into port in Nassau

On a ferry on the way to Paradise Island to spend a day at Atlantis

The beautiful waters of Atlantis

The Atlantis hotel

One of the beaches at Atlantis. I just love the turquoise water!

The Michael Jackson suite at Atlantis. Named after him because he was one of the first ones to stay in it. It goes for $25,000 a night. Maybe we'll book that one for next time ;-)

One of the many pools at Atlantis

A huge manta ray at the Atlantis aquarium. It was so graceful and gentle gliding through the water.

One of the many sharks at the Atlantis aquarium

John and I in front of the boat we found and decided we liked. It was named Black Hawk. It was really lovely. I'm sure the inside was just as lovely....I guess I'll never know....

Getting back on the boat after a long tiring day at the water park at the Atlantis.....fun but tiring.

Royal Caribbean's private island of Coco Cay. It was a nice relaxing place. We rode jet skis for an hour there and went way out to where it was shallow and saw starfish all over the bottom. Our guide let us jump off the jet skis and pick up the starfish. So cool!

Parasailing. Something I so wish I could do but am too scared to try.

The parasail boat. Such a cool color boat against the pretty blue water.

Coco Cay.......I could have stayed on this beach ALL day long!
Coco Cay -- lovely!

Coco Cay

Shopping in Coco Cay - I didn't buy anything but it was fun to look.

People watching at the pool. You see all kinds of interesting things :-)

Little did I know that John was above me people watching too.....watching me that is!

For our 17th anniversary this year (and for Father's and Mother's Day) we decided to give ourselves a trip away.....just the 2 of us. We haven't really done that since Ansley was born. I hate to fly but told John I would be willing to take a cruise. So, we found a 3 night cruise that was at the right time and the right price and the rest is history. We left Port Canaveral last Friday afternoon and returned on Monday morning. On Saturday we were in Nassau all day and then on Sunday we were on Royal Caribbean's island of Coco Cay all day. The weather was great....a little cloudy but we never got any rain. We could see it raining in the distance but it managed to avoid us. The whole trip was very relaxing but we missed not being able to talk to our kids on the phone each evening before they went to bed. I was ready to see them when we picked them up in Savannah on Monday afternoon. They were ready to see us too -- or so they say :-)

If you've never taken a cruise I highly recommend it. Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas was pretty good but we were on one of their smaller ships so I'm sure some of the bigger ones are even better. I probably wouldn't take the girls on the one we were on. The Disney Cruise line is definitely on the top of my list so far. They are excellent and everything is family oriented so you really don't have to worry much about what your kids are seeing or hearing. However, I would like to try Royal Caribbean's newest vessel, The Oasis of the Seas. Looks awesome. And Disney is coming out with 2 new ships in the next few years also. Those will be spectacular too I can assure you. This definitely won't be the last cruise for us!