Category Archives: Travel

The many travels of the Hayes family!

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 10, Castaway Cay

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Waking up from a fun and relaxing day at sea we were ready to take on the day.  It was another beautiful morning on deck 11 as the boat approached our favorite island in the world, Castaway Cay.  Cruise Director Mike called it our little slice of paradise, and he couldn’t be more spot on when talking about the amazing… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 9, Last Day at Sea

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It always amazes me that no matter how many times you have been on a cruise, and no matter the length, you always get to the last day at sea wanting to cram as much action into your last full ship day as possible.  Have just come off two amazing island days ai St. Kitts and Tortola, today was going… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 8, Tortola

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After an perfect island getaway the previous day at St. Kitts, we were excited for our next stop in Tortola.  We arrived and docked at the island of Tortola at 7:00 am, which is on the early side, due to the fact that the all aboard time was at 2:45, providing us enough time to get to Castaway Cay.  Tortola… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 7, St. Kitts on the 4th of July

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There are so many activities and places to see on the cruise that it is difficult to make the nights late and the mornings early.  This was an example of one of those transitions, as we were just coming off  of our day at sea which included a late dinner followed by Oceaneers Club and a late night drink, followed… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 6, Sea Day

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Another beautiful and calm morning on the Disney Fantasy.  Having just enjoyed two awesome island days at Aruba and Curacao, we were happy to have a relaxing day to enjoy the ship.  I woke up at my normal vacation time of 6:30, made my way up to deck 11 to get my Diet Coke, and wrote my Hayesvision.com blog posts… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 5, Curacao

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It would be hard to top day four in Aruba but we were willing to give it a try at the island of Curaçao.  One of my favorite Disney Cruise morning activities on days in port is to wake up early and head up to deck 12 to take a timelapse video of he ship coming into port.  Unfortunately, today… Read more »

Aruba | Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise | Blog Day 4

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After a turbulent day on the ocean during our second Disney Fantasy sea day, we were excited to be approaching our first island stop of our cruise.  We awoke around 8 am, as the ship was still making its way to Aruba.  This gave me time to get the GoPro set up on the veranda and take an approaching timelapse… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Days 2 & 3, At Sea

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Thursday, June 29th, Disney Fantasy At Sea After a fun and eventful embarkation day on the Disney Fantasy, we were looking forward to some more fun and relaxation on our first of two sea days on our way to Aruba.  The seas were quite calm and we wanted to spend a little time this first morning on deck 11 enjoying the water… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 1, Embarkation 

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Needless to say the entire Hayes household arose early with excitement as our Disney Fantasy Cruise embarkation day had arrived. To backup the storyline a bit, this cruise was two months in the making, but we only told the boys about it the Sunday before we departed.  In classic Emily style we wanted to have a fun and unexpected reveal… Read more »

Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort Day Six – Coastal Discovery Museum

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Having had our fill of Resort breakfast for a bit, I got our day started by heading down the street to pick up some delicious bagel sandwiches from the Island Bagel Co.  This has also become a sort of Hilton Head tradition. The Island Bagel Co. is one of the few places we have been able to find an Everything… Read more »