2. Cruise departure ports look a little like those found in airports.
3. The simplest staterooms may have no frills, but they're functional. (And you can watch an unholy amount of cartoons! Because everyone needs a cartoon break sometimes.)
Best stateroom ever! Okay, this isn't actually a stateroom, but the Atrium, which is the central area of the ship.
An appetizer that my mom ordered one evening.'Tis a crab cake.
5. Bathrobes + Sunglasses = Bathrobe Mafia
You'll be sleepin' with the fishes...
6. Mangoes are still my favorite fruit.
7. I am such a ham.
8. There's nothing like waking up and being surrounded by water on all sides.
9. Evening gowns are wonderful.
So is my daddy. :)
10. Darjeeling tea is also wonderful.
11. My mom can drive in Mexico. (Nobody died.)
12. Flounders are weird.
Just look at it.
13. A mango Shirley Temple is best served after learning to ballroom dance with a rather attractive dance partner on a moving ship. (There. I said it. Sometimes I think people are attractive.)
14. Towel animals. Just towel animals. (According to Carnival, they can come to life Toy Story style.)
15. I went to a marriage show with my mom. It was awkward. Never again.
16. I am a terrible snorkeler, but I plan on getting better.
17. A person from England can successfully teach a bunch of Americans to country line dance (also on a moving ship).
18. I am an excellent human chess piece.
This is after I got taken out by a queen.
19. I am also great with animals.
19 1/2. I am also very humble. ;)
20. The Caribbean is currently my favorite large body of water to swim in.
21. I love exploring temples and castles. Indiana Jones must be a distant cousin or something.
22. Cozumel has two faces. Most tourists only see one of them.
The real Cozumel.
The facade of Cozumel.
23. There were too many pirates on this vacation.
Mom meets the Asian Jack Sparrow.
24. It doesn't always pay to be the captain of the winning team. In some cases, you get sacrificed to the gods. (It was considered a high honor.)
To score, players would shoot the ball through the hoop...with their hip.
25. Iguanas are divas.
Look at that little face.
26. Elation is a beautiful word. It was also the name of our ship.
27. This is an excellent place for your sombrero.
28. You may not always get a room with a view. (In fact, you may encounter the Plastic Apocalypse, like my brother did. Behind a decorative curtain, where a window would be, was only pale plastic.)
29. The ship had a Chocolate Extravaganza to celebrate chocolate because that's how necessary chocolate is.
30. The Malones were able to survive their first cruise, without someone falling off the ship, being left somewhere in Mexico, or becoming a pirate. Yay!
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