Day 5 - Naples Our goal of everyone sleeping in failed by 7:15 this morning when we heard talking from the kids room. Oh well. We went to breakfast at the Cabanas and ate on the back deck of the ship with a great view of the harbor, city and a sailboat that looked like a huge pirate ship - an ominous sign of what would transpire later in the evening. The big kids played in the kids club for a bit while Keely, Whitaker and I walked the track on deck 4 which went...

Day 4 - Rome The alarm rang early this morning but it’s worth it for a day spent in Rome. We quickly grabbed breakfast and were off the ship to meet our driver at 7:30 for the 90 min drive to Rome from the port city of Civitavecchia. Our driver spoke very limited English so it was a quiet ride - except for Whitaker. There was quite a bit of traffic as we got into Rome. There appears to be no traffic rules either as cars are going in every direction and mergin...

Day 3 - Pisa If you thought the last two posts were long when we were only on the ship, buckle up because today we left the boat to see Pisa and the leaning tower! Our excursion was through Disney so we met in the theatre for an 8:15 departure and shockingly, we were on time! We boarded the tour bus for the 30 min ride from the port city of Livorno to Pisa. Our guide, Mossimo, led our group from the bus parking area to the old city of Pisa. There were so many ...

Day 2 - France from a Distance The beds in the staterooms are incredibly comfortable and dark and we all got a great night’s sleep. Liam loved that his bed came out of the ceiling to make the top bunk and Ainsley loved having a huge bed all to herself. We ordered an assortment of muffins from room service the night before in case the kids woke up early. Of course they arrived and woke us up before any kids came to our side or the room. I ran over to the Royal...

All Aboard! It’s cruise time! We packed up our small apartment this morning, made a final bakery run and were ready for Roman to pick us up to go to the boat. Checkin was chaos with families and bags everywhere. People were in a wide variety of outfits from princess dresses to matching shirts to adults wearing Minnie ears. It was quite the scene. We dropped off our luggage outside for the porters to load on the ship and headed through security. Once inside,...