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- Mar 4, 2015
Hello and welcome to my pre-trip report. We are now less than 2 months out from departure on our epic adventure.
Who: Me, Megan 37, DH Andrew 38, Ava 8 and Isa 5
What: 2 days in New Orleans, 14 night Panama Canal Cruise to San Diego and 4 nights off site at Disneyland
When: March 2020
Background: Back in 2015 we did a western Caribbean on the Magic. Our girls were 3.5 and ten months old at the time. It was a good trip but since our oldest refused to spend any time in Oceaneer's we left feeling like we'd missed out on things. Like our Palo brunch that was cut short after 40 minutes.
I've wanted to do another cruise ever since but it took 4 years to convince DH to do it. Originally we were going to book a caribbean cruise in August 2019 but a family wedding caused us to change our plans. Then we were going to do either a 7 night Caribbean or a 4 night Bahamas plus Disney World over spring break 2020. Since I knew prices would rise quickly for that time of year I planned on booking on silver opening day.
The itineraries were announced and I started looking at which ones would work best for our Spring Break dates (we are lucky that our school schedules are usually announced 2 years in advance). We had almost decided on a particular 4 night. Then we saw the price of the Panama Canal cruise. It was too good a deal to pass up.
We booked on October 3, 520 days from sailing. It's been a long wait to say the least.
Who: Me, Megan 37, DH Andrew 38, Ava 8 and Isa 5
What: 2 days in New Orleans, 14 night Panama Canal Cruise to San Diego and 4 nights off site at Disneyland
When: March 2020
Background: Back in 2015 we did a western Caribbean on the Magic. Our girls were 3.5 and ten months old at the time. It was a good trip but since our oldest refused to spend any time in Oceaneer's we left feeling like we'd missed out on things. Like our Palo brunch that was cut short after 40 minutes.
I've wanted to do another cruise ever since but it took 4 years to convince DH to do it. Originally we were going to book a caribbean cruise in August 2019 but a family wedding caused us to change our plans. Then we were going to do either a 7 night Caribbean or a 4 night Bahamas plus Disney World over spring break 2020. Since I knew prices would rise quickly for that time of year I planned on booking on silver opening day.
The itineraries were announced and I started looking at which ones would work best for our Spring Break dates (we are lucky that our school schedules are usually announced 2 years in advance). We had almost decided on a particular 4 night. Then we saw the price of the Panama Canal cruise. It was too good a deal to pass up.
We booked on October 3, 520 days from sailing. It's been a long wait to say the least.