{"id":50881,"date":"2025-09-28T19:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=50881"},"modified":"2025-10-03T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:32:11","slug":"dad-brog-155-the-2025-famiry-disney-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=50881","title":{"rendered":"Dad Brog (#155): the 2025 Famiry Disney Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I\u2019m a day removed from having gotten off of the Disney Treasure, and hoo boy do I really feel my age these days.\u00a0 For the first time in all of the cruises that I\u2019ve done before, did I feel a little motion sick on a cruise before, but thankfully that was very short lived, and I was able to sleep it off and remain normal throughout the duration of the trip.\u00a0 Driving back home all the way directly from Port Canaveral, I found my back hurting pretty badly to the point where I had to take some ibuprofen, thus making it the first time that I\u2019ve needed painkillers, just to make a long distance drive, something I\u2019ve done countless times in my life previously.<\/span><\/p>\n

And unsurprising, the sea legs sensation of feeling boat rocking on solid land is hitting hard, and it\u2019s mostly when I\u2019m standing still or trying to remain as motionless as possible does the rocking sensation kick in, and I anticipate this will be the case for the next week or so, as it has been for me on previous cruises.<\/span><\/p>\n

But anyway, big ass famiry trip in the bag, and do I have a lot of thoughts about it.\u00a0 As curmudgeon as it may sound to say, I don\u2019t necessarily refer to this entirely as a vacation, because the truth of the matter is that wrangling my two kids, on a boat, is still a colossal amount of effort that leads to a lot of aggravation at times, and I\u2019d be lying if I didn\u2019t get fried and pissed off at undesirable behaviors throughout the week long journey through the Caribbean on an egregiously overpriced boat.<\/span><\/p>\n

#2 hijacked almost every single evening of the trip, mostly on account of fatigue and a lack of napping, but it usually amounted to her refusing to eat, behaving like a little shit at dinner, and then me needing to walk her out of the restaurants or carry her from point A to point B, and thusly being unable to really enjoy large chunks of time.\u00a0 I don\u2019t love her any less, but that\u2019s about as succinct of a description of what happened throughout the course of this trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, and I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll never live this down, she also barfed on the very literal center of the boat; in the grand hall of the main concourse, right at the center of the stage, where they had a photographer taking pictures of guests.\u00a0 Immortalized, and definitely one of those stories that we as parents will always be able to recollect whenever we want to embarrass her in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still though, there\u2019s little I won\u2019t do for my kids and famiry, and despite the fact that I was probably burning out more than I was at any state remotely close to relaxation, there were still numerous pockets of happiness that makes it all worth it, and when the day is over, I want my kids to experience things and see things and visit places, and in those regards, it\u2019s easy to say that the trip was a success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My children stepped foot onto the soil of other countries, experienced things that aren\u2019t easily available to us elsewhere, and they got to experience a boatload of things that made them smile, rejoice or just be plain happy to see a bunch of Disney characters.\u00a0 As a famiry, we went swimming with stingrays and sea stars, ate a ton of decadent foods, and enjoyed beaches, pools and a whole lot of fucking sunshine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some other observations about the trip were that this was apparently a tremendously busy cruise on account of two major factors:<\/span><\/p>\n