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I don’t think so. If we hadn’t taken Dani, I think they would’ve left
their babies with relatives. For me, Danielle is such an easy baby to be
with that I didn’t mind traveling with her. We knew how good she is at
traveling. We knew what to bring and what not to bring … so we were
set.
But for the other two couples, this was their first cruise with their
babies. I think the girls were fine with it. They were like, “Yes, let’s
take the kids.” I think the husbands were probably more hesitant. They
were like, “You know, this is a getaway. It’s a cruise. You want to relax.
We’re not going to have as good a time as we could.” I think that was
probably part of the issue.
Now of course they did not have to bring their kids just because we
were bringing Dani.
How did your husband initially react to the idea?
Actually he had to convince me. He was like, “We’ll have so much fun!
We’ll hang out, and the guys will go to the casino, and the girls will go
to the spa.” I said, “Okay, so who’s going to watch the kids?” He was
like, “Okay, we’ll figure that part out.”
So then your husband was really the one mostly in favor of it and he
talked you into doing it?
Yes, but it really wasn’t that difficult. When we were originally booking
the cruise it was going to Nassau and Key West, which I love. I was very
excited. I said, “I’m not a huge Carnival fan, but it’s a new ship, and
these are great ports.” But then I was less excited when the itinerary
was changed. I felt like, “Okay, I’m going to the same ports that I’m not
a big fan of.”
Let’s talk about the cruise, itself. Overall, how did it go?
A lot of it was just managing expectations. For example, w
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