wow alone without kids for a week
I know, this is so cool. We weren't sure we could do this without feeling quilty, but hey our kids have been on 4 cruises, so I think they've been spoiled enough! We're really getting excited about this concept, though it will be a different experience without the kids, we always have a great time with them.
"do you mean the next two cruises are marked down for this month??? I don't think I could take the kids out of school again? But you know taking care of the marriage is what is most important to the kids! wonder what grandma and grandpa are doing the next couple weeks? lol"
Not sure about this question. We have the January 15th 2005 booked, and we'll be using the refund and voucher. We're hoping some time after that to book a 7 night trip for February of 2006 with the whole family. We talked about trying to squeak one out this winter, but we couldn't get the numbers down far enough to have the refund pay for all of us. And we were also a bit concerned about taking them out of school again. We've acutally done this in the past, taken them out twice in a year, but we've come to like the idea of going alone even better. Grandma and grandpa unfortuneatley live in South Carolina, but my sister in law has already volunteered to keep our children. She said, happy parents make happy kids!
Our best friends, Annie's parents, were already booked on a Carnival Cruise for February. We briefly toyed with the idea of sailing with them. Our
DCL refund would have been enough to cover an inside cabin, but we'd loose the discount. The thought of being on another ship and seeing the Magic across the port was too much to take, so we're sticking with the Magic.
This will be a whole different experience for us and one we're really looking forward to!