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What was your personal cruising experience prior to this one?
This was either my 25th or 26th cruise. My first cruise was on Premiere
Cruise Lines when I was seven. I also did Disney World in the Big Red
Boat with my dad. And then at 16 I started cruising again with Royal
Caribbean on the Monarch of the Seas. I went on a cruise again about
three years later and have been cruising multiple times every year
since.
Had you cruised with Danielle before this Breeze Cruise?
Just once when we took her on the Disney Fantasy out of Florida about
three months earlier. We always did late seating for dinner. We live in
California, so even then it’s a bit early for us to eat. Dani didn’t have
any problem with the time change. She was great.
Of course, we had to change some things that we would normally do.
We couldn’t go dancing every night or go to the clubs. But we were
able to use the on board nursery one night. We had a lovely dinner and
then did go to one of the clubs. Then there was one night when Adam
was with Danielle while I went to one of the shows. And on another
night I stayed out with her and he went to a show.
Two other couples joined you for the Breeze cruise and they brought
their babies along as well. How did that all come about?
We’re all best friends and we have a lot of fun whenever we’re togeth-
er. But this was the first time that all of us had traveled together. The
other two couples had cruised together on Carnival the year before.
During that trip the two husbands actually won a free cruise. So when
it came time to book it they asked if we would like to go with them. I
think they were somewhat surprised when we said, “Sure, but we want
to cruise with Danielle.”
So they weren’t originally thinking about taking the babie
sright?