and I know that in terms of my actual posts I am several days behind
(having not even yet gotten our Naples day up on the blog yet----I
promise to try to get everything up in the next few days....keeping
up with blogging is much harder than I imagined it would be! LOL).
That said, however, I think it's worthwhile to just acknowledge that
a new phase of our vacation is beginning today. This morning most of
the Mediterranean cruisers got off the ship and all of our
TransAtlantic shipmates started boarding the ship and we've already
started connecting with some old (and new) friends....
....but that also means that a phase of our vacation has come to an
end. Last night was our final night with the Adventures by Disney
group. We had a reception where they played a slide show with images
from our trip that really tugged at our heartstrings...gave us our
final pins and then at dinner we said goodbye to all of our new
Disney friends from this adventure----and to Robyn and Tina. I gave
them both a hug and I actually cried when we said goodbye. It was
hard to consider that this morning we would wake up and we would
still be on vacation....but without all of them. At the beginning of
the journey they told us we would all end up being like family....and
they were right.
I already know for certain that in the next few days (as I try
desperately to catch up with blog posts of all the days that are
still missing here) I will reflect back on this experience.....but
until that time I want to just post a message here to say that
Adventures by Disney was everything we hoped it would be and
more....it truly did reshape the way we vacation and gave us the
opportunity to experience an incredible adventure in an even more
incredible way!
(To Robyn, Tina & all our Adventures by Disney friends-----thank you
for such an amazing experience....we miss you all already and we will
cherish forever the memories from our adventure!! xoxo, Erik & Jason)
