It was amazing to watch how they "parked" this gigantic boat.
This nice couple asked if we wanted them to take our picture...
It was about lunch time and time to get the kiddos and head to one of the restaurants on the boat for lunch. We picked up Laney first and she filled us in on how she made Flubber in the science lab just like the movie and that they played the movie while they were making it. Drew went to an animation class and learned how to draw some character but informed us that it was not as easy as it looked. Good call Drew! Jared met us at lunch at the coordinated time and had been hanging out with his new "people". I can't remember all the kids names except one kid who wanted to be called Skittles! Funny...so Jared informed us that they had hung out in their room, went and got some food (fries and ice cream), then played some hoops, got more food and soda, hung out in the room some more, got more food, then played ping pong and more hoops and the he was "starving" and ready to eat some good lunch! GEESH...Growing 11 year old boys. We fed our starving children and headed off the boat to see what kind of shopping fun could be had in Key West. Here is a picture of the boat as we got off on the pier.
Had to take two pictures to get the whole boat.
So we shopped and the kids liked looking in the stores for souveniors. The only thing they didn't like was having to follow mommy into the jewelery shops...I tried to explain that when your on cruises you like to buy cool jewelery. They totally didn't get it but I didnt' find anything uber cool in Key West anyway. We headed back to the boat after a few hours. We knew that we needed to be on the boat before sunset because that is when the crazy's head out in Key West and Paul and I didn't want to have to explain their eccentric life styles...we were on vacation after all. Once back on the ship we wanted to go to the pool with the kids. Drew was looking forward to chilling in the hot tub watching the big screen tv. We had fun at the Goofy pool...Daddy swam with the kiddos while mom lounged on the side. We jumped in the hot tub a few times and watched a discovery show about fish...not sharks...which I thought was a good call by the Disney people. After a little swimming Jared was done in the pool and on to bigger and better things with "skittles" I assume. He was off and running and I hollered out "be back in the room by 5:30" as he bolted down the hall and gave me the signature preteen "ok" wave as he blazed to the elevator to head to the room to change. We also had a fun visit with Goofy and his son Max. Here are pictures of the afternoon.
The view from the hot tub...
After some fun in the sun we got a snack (they had so much awesome food all the time but I must say my favorite was the fresh fruit and pannani sandwiches..yum). It was time to head back to the room to get ready for the evening.
We got all dressed in our "cruise casual" clothes (which for Laney meant a Snow White dress)and headed to the Walt Disney Theatre for the big show. Tonight was Jason Bishop a big and upcoming illusionist. He was great and did some amazing illusions. But I must say they best part was when he sat down at a small table and had a camera right on his hands so you could see everything he did and be mystified:) At one point he asked the kids in the audience to grab a dollar from Mom or Dad if they had a painful experience happen to them. One kid said that he had been hit in the head with a basketball, another kid said that he fell off his bike and then of course there is my Drew with his hand raised high. The illusionist (lets call him Jason)calls on him and Drew proceeds to tell him that while he lived in Tucson he not only fell off his bike but landed on a cactus! Jason says he has been to Tucson and that those cactus hurt and Drew wins and to come up to the front. My Drew who is not shy is social settings blazes up and stage and his mommy is just thankful that the story was true and he didn't get on stage from false pretenses:) Jason and Drew banter back and forth and Drew has the whole room (1000 people or so) cracking up. Jason then changes Drew's dollar into a ten dollar bill. I have four short clips from my camera labeled part 1 through part 4. Sorry there are four but I wanted to keep them small but I would definitely recommend watching them all IN ORDER if you are the type of person who enjoys a good laugh!! It was Awesome!!! Everybody loves Drew!
Drew and Jason Bishop Part 1
Drew and Jason Bishop Part 2
Drew and Jason Bishop Part 3
Drew and Jason Bishop Part 4
After the show we headed to dinner but not before Delaney stopped and got a picture with Belle and Minnie! 
Dinner was amazing again!! Once dessert was served Jared was off again to eat the ship out of their supply of ice cream and french fries and to tear up on the basketball court. We told him he had a curfew of 12:30. Can you believe that! Lucky 5th grader! Delaney went to her class and got to do Toy Story Boot Camp and crafts and Drew headed off and got to have a pizza and ice cream party. Tough life for them I know!
Paul and I headed off to Rockin Bar D for some fun of our own. We sat down and listened to Soul Drive and then they had the Physical Comedy of Jeff Civillico. This guy could juggle anything and he was hilarous. Then we did a dance off of one hit wonders. It was fun and Paul and I had a great time dancing the night away. 
This was our nightly host David dressed up in his best 70's for one hit wonders night!
About midnight we remembered we had children. I guess it was a late night with a fun filled day. This is my tukered out Kindergartener!
Jared came in about midnight and we looked at our cute towel animals and called it a night! Tomorrow is a SEA DAY with lots of fun so check back soon. I promise I will post quicker. It was the whole holidays, Paul leaving for six months, and getting sick thing that made it difficult but that is another post for another day. Enjoy the towel animals....xoxoxoxo
