Why We Like a Crusie Vacation

I, Big D, like a little variety on a vacation. I do not read for fun, but can enjoy sitting on a beach for a while. MacMom, on the other hand, enjoys sitting in the sun and reading a book... not a lot of sun in Toronto from October through March.

I like the variety that a cruise offers. I enjoy being in a different port each day and starting the adventure over each day. When we were in Key West we rented a "golf cart" type electric car, and drove around the island. I also enjoy dinner on a cruise. Not the actual dinner, because the food has gotten worse each cruise, but the act of eating dinner. Our family is so busy that we rarely sit at a table and eat dinner together, and if we do, the TV is the main conversation catalyst. On a cruise we are forced to "dress up" and sit at a table for an hour. We enjoy meeting a family that shares our table and have kept in touch with a family that we meet 4 years ago.

MacMom enjoys not having to cook or clean while we are on the cruise. Even when we stay at a hotel MacMom has to clean up clothes and bedding, and worry about feeding the kids. On a cruise she does not worry about cooking or cleaning... if they could figure out how to do laundry we would be set.

A-mac enjoys "everything", and I think she does. Even though A-mac is an avid reader she seems to follow my desire to keep doing new stuff on vacation and a cruise provides this to her. The last cruise was the first time she spent most of her time in the kid's club that Carnival offers for 12-14 year olds. The timing of our cruise was bad for kids so she spent most of her time with the adult lady that ran the program.

Lil Lefty likes the slide and the "adventures" that a cruise offers. MacDaddy and Lil Lefty spent several hours each day on the slides.

When someone asks MacDaddy what his favorite thing was about the cruise, I am sure he will say the "free ice cream". I look at the "free" ice cream and actually being "prepaid" ice cream... but you get the idea.