Cruise the Mexican Riviera

It is always an adventure to take the entire family on vacation.  You never really know how everyone is going to act or react to the plans you lay out.  Invariably, someone is going to not be happy about something.  But we found a vacation that everyone seemed to really love ... a cruise.

Vikki and I have been on two (just the two of us) previous 3-4 day cruises with the Royal Caribbean Cruise line.  We really enjoyed both trips and wanted to open the experience to our children.  With Sean being five years old we took the plunge and brought all the kids with us this time on a seven day cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Here are jus a few of the over 500 pictures and videos we took while on the week-long adventure:

OCTOBER 10, 2010:  Getting on the ship.


Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas


Our room vs. the kids room.  They loved the bunks,
but it's good to be the parents!


Looking out from our balcony suite.


Overlooking the pools and hot tubs.


My favorite cruising buddy!


The tri-level dinning room.



Our table.


Activities on the boat:  Rock climbing, miniature golf, 
in-line skating,  and ice skating.


I love this pic.  Golf in the foreground, basketball in the middle, 
and rock climbing in the background.

The kids tried everything multiple times!


Down by the helipad.


Cabo San Lucas:  The area we did our SCUBA diving.


Objective:  Find a puffer fish and get proof we caught one.



Puffer fish.

Riding in Mazatlan with Sean the Crazy Cowboy.


Mazatlan

Kelly and Sean learn about dolphin training in Puerto Vallarta.



Dancing with dolphins.

We had a lot of fun, to say the least.  Great activities, great shows, and great food.  If you've never been on a cruise, we highly recommend it.  Try a short one first to make sure you really like it before you try a full week.  Long or short, they are all great.

With that in mind, good night.

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  1. SuziNovember 27, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    We've been wanting to cruise with our kids, but decided we should wait for Jude to get a little bigger. That looks like so much fun though! What a great family vacation.

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