Thanksgiving Cruisin'

We surprised the kids with a cruise during Thanksgiving break. They were told we were going to Chapel Hill to visit family. Mike and I had a wager when/and who would notice that we weren't traveling towards NC first. Both were oblivious the entire trip, we made a card that we ended up giving to them 15 minutes before getting to the port.

As you can tell, they were a little caught off guard and not quite believing us.

We left out of Jacksonville, which is a 5-hour trip from Atlanta. Getting out of the bay is a little exciting, it looks like the fin of the ship is going to take out the bridge.

The ship was recently out of dry-drock after undergoing many improvements.

Our first stop was Nassau, which we walked around on our own.

We ended up touring around the Graycliff Hotel - which was a beautiful property.

And no trip is complete without watching cigars being rolled.

Our next stop was Half Moon Cay (which is Carnival's private island). We spent the entire day in the water.

The Dr. Seuss breakfast was an experience to see how much sugar can be jammed into french toast.

Skylar learned how to fold towel animals, a skill which she has used since being home.

Game room = exciting game of Sorry.

Overall the trip was very nice, and relaxing. We will definitely try and book two rooms in the future, it was a tight fit. :)