I really don't have a ton of time to go into a lot of details, but it really was a great vacation. It was fun waking up with a different (beautiful) view every morning. The excursions were also a lot of fun. We went to Mayan ruins of Tulum in Mexico, Crystal Cave tubing and ziplining in Belize, shopped and hung out on the beach in Roatan (I got an awesome pair of earrings made out of soda pop tabs), and went to Stingray City and snorkeling in Grand Cayman. We had a great time meeting different people at dinner each night and going to some of the entertainment on the ship. It was wonderful having all this great food available all the time and I'm surprised I didn't put on more weight than I did. I loved having my bed turned down each night, with a towel animal and a chocolate on top.
However... I don't miss the humidity. I prefer being able to breathe my air, not drink it. I also don't miss wearing my glasses! My contacts started acting up during the cruise, so I had to wear my glasses most of the time. So basically I was "six eyes" a lot of the time, because I also had to wear my sunglasses because my eyes were pretty sensitive to light. But I survived. And I went to an eye doctor once I was finally back and she thinks it's just a solution problem. So hopefully I'm good now.
After the cruise, we continued to party. Our other roommate, Sara, was in Orlando for business, so she picked us up from Tampa and we headed to Orlando. We went to the Orlando LDS Temple grounds and just hung out for a bit on Sunday. On Monday and Tuesday, we went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. It was definitely a ton more crowded than it was when I went in November when I was there for a conference. But it was still fun. We also went to a dinner theater show called Arabian Nights. Not quite what I was expecting, but I did get to cross another thing off my 101 list by doing that. On Wednesday, we drove around Celebration (a town originally created by Disney) and then went to a kind of sketchy indoor flea market. But I got a deck of cards for a dollar, a retro deck of Uno cards for another dollar, and two awesome pairs of earrings for $5. (Pretty much the only souviners I got on the trip were smushed pennies and earrings... and I'm okay with that.) Then we finally came back to Utah, barely escaping the crazy weather in Denver. (Side note: the cruise was the first time I ever claimed being from Utah. Because when you're in Utah, people want to know where you're from before that, which is California. So I still claim California. But on the cruise, when people ask where you're from, they want to know where you're living now. So it was weird claiming Utah.)
Anyways, it was a ton of fun. Sorry this is such a scattered post. You can check out some pictures on Facebook. You can also check out Julie's blog posts about our vacation. It starts on this post and then continues for a few more (at this posting, she's still working on them). She goes in to way more detail than I do... because I'm about to head to EFY and don't have time to write any more! Enjoy!
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