We had a blast on a family cruise back in July. It really was a once in a lifetime trip. Our family didn't know until the day before if we were going to have to drive down to Miami or we'd get to fly stand by. In typical family fashion we had to go on different flight, but we made it there Friday, enjoyed a Saturday in Miami and connected with the rest of the family, then boarded the Allure of the Seas on Sunday.
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| David's sister, Deborah, with hubby, Reagan, and Jessica and Jacob. |
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| San Juan, Puerto Rico was beautiful! |
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| We celebrated Audrey An's 8th Gotcha Day on the cruise...not too shabby! The wait staff made her a beautiful cake and sang "happy Gotcha Day" to her- fun! |
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| Love these two sisters! This was couple of hours AFTER Abigail fainted on the island. Thankfully, a doctor and nurse were standing right next to us. Her blood pressure dropped very low, was "out" about 20 seconds" and was just limp dish cloth. It was very scary. We came to the conclusion she was very dehydrated (we've had this issue before!) and not much to eat...not a good combination when in extreme heat and continuous sun. |
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| Audrey An on the flow rider! |
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| Abigail zip lining on the ship. |
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| David with our friendly "washy washy" gal. EVERYTIME anyone enters the dining room we were greeted with hand sanitizer stating us to "washy washy"! |
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| My man, my father-in-law, John, and sister-in-law, Deborah |
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| leaving Labadee, Haiti |
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| We all rock climbed (well I did...barely- have no upper body strength, but I tried!), but this was Chan's favorite activity on the ship! |
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| Yep, that's mama bear. |
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| My neice, Jessica, charmed our wait staff to provide her LOADS of shrimp cocktail each time we ate! |
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| Some of the gang before we boarded the ship. |
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| There are perks of having the pool to yourself when you board early! |
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| Who would've though...ICE SKATING on the ship. A first for Chan! |
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| Jake and Chan snorkeled every time they could. |
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| Different day of the fainting spell, but Abigail didn't feel well on our first day into port, St. Marrten. Bless her! She'd been looking for to THIS particular stop for months. |
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| Chan stayed with us on his super cool bunk while All the girls stayed in a cabin, John in a seaport cabin, and Jake stayed with his parents. |
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| San Juan |
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| The girls and I ventured off. on foot for a very quick, self guided, walking tour of San Juan. |
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| Rock climbing shoes are so stylish! |
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Fun to get dressed up with my gals!
We had a RECORD non-rev, standby experience on the return trip. We disembarked the ship at the earliest time possible in order to HIPE to catch early flight back home. 3.5 hours from ship tour door step...AMAZING! |
