The Williams Family Western Adventure: Williams Family Cruise 2010

What's better than lounging on a luxury boat in the middle of the ocean with some of your best friends? I can't think of anything as the first Williams Family vacation was a big success! We set off from Fort Lauderdale on January 2 on the Ms Eurodam courtesy of Holland America. The ship was very nice and equipped with several gourmet dining rooms, two swimming pools, a gym, six bars/lounges...it's too much to enumerate! For seven days we experienced amazing tropical ports of call, fancy 5 course meals and the warm Carribbean sunshine. Ricky and Nathan became Karaoke stars and the numerous senior citizen women on the ship were their groupies.! There were only a few negative points to our trip: On the first night, the ship cruised through VERY rocky waters, so much so that Emily, Nathan and I experienced some serious sea sickness. Ricky was immune, I guess because this was his fifth cruise. On Monday, when we arrived at Grand Turk (part of the Turks and Caicos Islands) it was cool (70 degrees) and cloudy. There was steady drizzle the entire time we were there, but that didn't inhibit our snorkeling trip and sting ray adventure--which was really fun! Our other ports were: San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Half Moon Cay is owned by the cruise line and has the cleanest, clearest beach I've ever seen. Honestly, it was like swimming in a salt water fish tank! Below you'll find a few pictures. It really was a great trip and Ricky and I are already planning our next vacation.

This is a photo of what our room was like. Ours was always too messy for me to take a picture of it but it was great! The balcony was worth the extra bucks.