Family Vacationista: Mariner of the Seas Live Blog: The Drive to Miami

Welcome

Hi!

Thanks for finding me and joining me at my new little blog. I've always thought about starting a blog, but didn't really have the time, direction and motivation. {actually I have started a few, but didn't actually go anywhere with them, but that's another story...}

Over the years I have used and read many blogs, forums, etc. to get information and found many "experts" along the way. Some of those "experts" I have totally agreed with, others I didn't seem to agree with at all. Let's face it, there really is no right way or wrong way to do anything in life. Everyone is different and what works for one may not work for the other. I'm not going to claim to be an expert. My point in this is just to share things from my point of view, and hopefully the point of view of some of my family members (if they are willing to join me).

I love to cruise, and my family tries to take at least one cruise a year. We live in Central Florida and are huge Disney Geeks. This blog is going to include our thoughts and comments on the vacations we take, the time we spend in the parks as well as my thoughts on any news and information relating to our vacation preferences.

I am also going to fill in the blanks and talk about vacations we have taken, and what we liked (or didn't like) on previous vacations.

Welcome aboard. Hope your enjoy our journey.

Mrs. Vacationista

The day started nice and early. We all got restful sleep and got up and finished packing. Our daughter K was so excited when she got up... She could hardly contain herself. Lol

We hit the road at 12:00... picked up the friends in our rental Chevy Suburban and headed for Miami. The Suburban was great for the 7 of us. We had the perfect amount of room for all of our luggage. Would we have enough luggage room for 7 days? Not 100% sure... 😀

The drive was good. We took the Turnpike straight down to Miami. We stopped for some time at the rest stop for gas and sandwiches at the Earl of Sandwich. We sang, danced, and slept of course along the way... as well as watched a video of one of our past cruises on the entertainment system!

We saw construction on the new Hard Rock Casino expansion on the drive near Ft. Lauderdale. The tower will be shaped like a guitar!

We arrived at our stop for the night. A Hyatt Place. A nice hotel with all you really need for an easy one night stay. The room has a king bed, desk, high tech tv system with all the connections you need, a Mini-Fridge and the “cozy corner” sofa bed. Really nice room and modern.
They also have a nice free breakfast each morning from 6-9:30 which we will use in the morning.

We headed out for a dinner. The area is just west of the airport and there are many choices for dinner all around the area. We decided to narrow down on a few choices and highest vote count sent us to Panera. Easy dinner before the big week ahead.
We got back, quickly walked around the hotel. Stopped at the fitness room. Worked off dinner with some walking on the treadmill. Lol. Working off the calories before the extra food. Lol. See a trend, here?

Everyone then headed back to their rooms for an early night before heading to the port early tomorrow!

Quick observations:

Rental car was a great idea to allow us all to travel together for a fun ride.
Making a fun music playlist is key for the enjoyment of all. We asked for the group to choose songs ahead of time. It made a large playlist which had a good random assortment of music for all.
Going the day before is key! No stress with any timelines to have to stick too and a relaxing night.

Introduction

When my husband and I first started vacationing our focus as a couple was a vacation that was equal parts fun, adventure and relaxation.

Then we became parents and taking a vacation became a whole new set of rules. Not only did we have someone's wants and needs to consider, but we started traveling and vacationing with other family members.

Join us as we look at vacations from the perspective of being parents. As well as our roles as Aunt, Uncle, Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister in traveling with our great big family and where we fall in the multi-generational family group we often travel with.

We will also be welcoming other family members as guest bloggers to talk about their thoughts and views. Not everyone likes or dislikes the same things so we want to make sure all views get represented if we can.

Family Vacationista

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Mariner of the Seas Live Blog: The Drive to Miami

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