OH MAN! Was the ship rocking during the night. At one point, the closet doors slammed open the light inside came on, then the doors slammed back closed and then back open again. The rocking continued throughout most of the day and we understand that it will be like this all the way across the ocean because there is nothing to stop the waves. We woke up around 630 and went out on deck. It was grey and cold. Crazy Ric only brought shorts and short sleeve shirts an...

I was so looking forward to sleeping in today. Our shuttle wasn't scheduled until 10:00 and we had nowhere to be before that. So, when 4:30 rolled around and I was awake, I was not happy. I got up and surfed the web for while until Nikki got up. She also beat the alarm. We got the girls up around 8:30 and then Nikki and I ran to Whitewater Snacks to grab breakfast for us all and take it back to the room. We met our shuttle at 10:00 and were off to the Los Angele...

Today we were up bright and early so we could be at Disneyland by Early Entry. In the first hour at Disneyland we were able to ride all the attractions in Fantasyland (including Tea Cups), Star Tours and Space Mountain. On the way to breakfast we bumped into the Davidson's and chatted with them for a little while. Then Nikki and I went to the new Jolly Holiday Bakery and the girls went to Jamba Juice for breakfast. The girls met up with us and we went to ride...

Today we got up early and headed to the Salt Lake City Airport so that we could fly to Anaheim for a few days at Disneyland before heading out on the Disney Wonder to Hawaii. The flight went off without a hitch and we arrive in Long Beach on time. Karmel Shuttle was waiting for us at the airport and we were at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel by about 10:00. We checked in, left our bags with Bell Services and went to Disney California Adventure. We rode The Vo...