6.27.2009

[.honeymoon.]

Everything that could have gone wrong did! But we made the best of it! First off, when we arrived in the Fort Lauderdale Airport we went to go get our rental car! Couldn't find the place at first but after half a mile and four flights of stairs we found it! Go to hand the guy our reservation, and find out... because we aren't 21 we can't get a car.. But the only reason we bought the package in the first place was because we had been told even if not 21 you just have a pay the underage fee, which we did! So thought we could get a car, but NO! The manager at Alamo was very nice and tried to help us out by giving us a car anyway! We were so excited something good will happen! He puts us into their system and because our birthdate shows we are underage their whole system freezes! And he said - well I'd give it to you but I'd lose my job, as well as everyone else here if I had changed your birthdate just to get you a car! So we were flippin! On the other side of the country, 11:00 pm, NO CAR, and have to make a cruise in the morning! Yeah! PERFECT! Alamo was very helpful and ended up giving us a ride to our hotel. Which was scary! Trusting some monkey man who only goes 40mph on the freeway will get us safely to the correct hotel, and not some cemetary or something! But we made it there okay! Hoping to get on the cruise the next day we decided to book an UNDERAGE rental car so we'd have it when we got back! Being stressed and worried is not something to have on your honeymoon! Anyway we got it all situated and were ready to enjoy the rest of it!
Beautiful and so much fun!
What's the Bahamas without a Bahama Mama? Oh, and did I mention it was a bit windy on the top deck?!!
Okay, this was FUN!! It was our snorkeling trip out to the reef! I can't believe how close we got to the fish! Some were almost a foot and a half long! Smaller fish got so close to them that we could basically touch them while they were swimming around us! Picture this, Lance and I both in our snorkeling gear, goggles, life jacket, and mouth piece, face down in the water, holding hands so we wouldn't float away, pointing at the pretty fish and both guiding each other where to go. Well a big fish comes our way, so I scream (with the snorkeling mouth piece in place), Lance can't hear me cause we're under water, and I'm freaking out trying to swim away, while Lance is just enjoying himself! Next time I'll have to hit him so he knows to swim away!

I told you its pretty!! I had to get a picture of all these palm trees lined up! It was gorgeous! This was on our way back from out boat ride tour! We saw lots of different celebrity houses, I think the one in this picture is either Michael Jordan's or Tiger Woods... Lance would know! Either way it was cool and extremely gorgeous!

During our time in Bahamas we had the opportunity to visit Cable Beach! Can I just tell you, it is BEAUTIFUL!!! Look how clear the water is! We enjoyed the scenery and laying out in the warm sun! Not to mention the food was absolutely delicious! It was buffet style but if you wanted something in particular the chefs would make it right in front of you! I'd go back in a heartbeat!

Probably one of our favorite things to do during our cruise was playing bingo. I know it seems like an old person game, but we actually really got into it! We played almost every game and won once!!! Too bad it wasn't during the jackpot round! But we did get extremely close a few times! We usually only had one number left before the person next to us won! It happened at least once a game that someone walking by would yell out "BINGO" and everyone would be mad but then didn't care cause it was the drunk guy walking by! Speaking of drunk guys .. the only time we had won bingo we had to split it because the drunk guy next to us had no idea he even had bingo seven numbers ago! It was still fun and we enjoyed winning some money!


Well our cruise was definitely a blast! Now on to our stay in Orlando!

Random sign we found on our way to Cocoa! It's even spelled correctly!
..Footprints left at the beach..
Cocoa Beach was gorgeous! I could have stayed there all day long!

NASA Kennedy Space Center

Alright, so for the most part this was really fun here! Beside the fact that we showed up about 2 hours before it closed! But we decided we'd still pay the $100 for us both and go on in! We ended up hearing how the tours were already done for the day because it was about closing time! How wonderful - the one and only reason we wanted to come to the space center was to go on the tour to see the space shuttle! Bummer!

The nice and sunny side of the EPCOT Center!
First of all, as we are buying our tickets the guy told us that we might want to hurry and get in line for the Fast Track ride, becasuse it's the ride that closes when it starts to rain! So we run over to try and get in line before the wait is any longer. Which by the way, the stated waiting time was 60 min. After about 75 minutes we're only half way through the line! So that's no longer fun! And people all around are getting even more annoying. We hear from the speakers, "Ladies and Gentlemen there will be a momentary maintenance fix". So, that being said we thought this through.. we've been in line 75 min and are only HALFWAY through, there will be an even longer wait due to the maintanence and then there will be atleast another 75 minutes to get through the other half of the line.. WE'RE OUT! Bummer again! We left to go visit the part of the park that shows all different regions of the world. It came closer to lunch time and we arrived in Germany. Lance needed a Bratz! Nasty - I decided to go back to China and get me some ORANGE CHICKEN! We walked back to China got my lunch and went back to Germany for his! As he stood in line I was on the lookout for a good spot to sit! Standing up, holding my food - it's getting cold - on the lookout, two people get up from their seats, I walk over to set my food on the table as they leave. My food is on the table! And a lady comes over with her three kids and SITS ON MY TABLE! How lovely - then she looks around like she had no idea I was even there! So why not, go ahead, don't mind me, please.. take a seat! Once again, Bummer! So, still on the look out. Let me just tell you, I got jipped out of two more spots to sit! Still standing next to a bench looking for a seat, an old man sittng on the bence spills some of his food on my ankel. Taking his napkin - full of mustard - tries to wipe the food off of my ankel! Didn't work! He said - listen, I see you didn't get your seat three times so please sit down before I get up and have the bench! What a nice old man! Lance got his food and came and sat on the bench with me. As we finished our food we felt sprinklings of rain. And went into the store next to us.

Starting to rain after we ate lunch!! Thought it'd just pass us by, and while it was sprinkling we stayed under different kiosks to stay dry!

Just a little drizzle!!

turned to SOAKED!!
We were soaked!! The only ones without umbrellas or poncho's! (Ours from before were left in the car - because it was nice and sunny outside, we didn't bring them in!) Everyone looked at us as if we were crazy! We weren't hunched under a roof, we were splashing each other in the puddles and having fun! Mascara running down my face and down Lance's crack (as he decided to make it known to all of Florida by yelling it out loud), we decided to make a bad day gone good!



Love the flip flop!
Perfect way to end our last day!

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Mandy and Lorin said...

When we were snorkeling in Hawaii I saw an eel and I did the exact thing you did! I was screaming under water trying to get Lorin's attention and trying to swim away, all while swallowing a TON of sea water! ha ha! Sounds like a fun trip even through the madness!

Anonymous said...

haha you weren't kidding about everything going wrong! sounds like you still had tons of fun though! kudos for making the best of it. :) love you guys! we need to hang out soon and see each other's new abodes!!

Ben and Julie Schacht said...

Kendra sounds like your honeymoon was a blast! Your pictures are so cute!