Queen Mary

When we first arrived at the Queen Mary it opened up and poured. Then the wind picked up and it felt like we were in a hurricane. We hurried into our room, ordered a pizza, and did what we wanted to do most. For me that was play with my new toys, for Paul it was to make an unsuccessful attempt at beating me at Scrabble on his phone, and for Liam it was to drink sparkling grape juice while making funny faces in the vanity. This is the life.

Once the funny faces wore off and the grape juice ran out Liam took to writing "letters" on the hotel pad of paper then he wanted to leave. Actually, he wanted to go "ride the boat." That's what happens when you tell a two year old you are going on a boat. He wants to ride it and he wants to drive it and he doesn't understand what is so fun about being on an old boat that no longer works.

Luckily the rain subsided so we headed out in the pitch black dark to try to show Liam the different parts of the ship.

Then we came back in and explored the inside until I was so tired that I sat down with this look on my face. It was late, I had just spent two whole days at Disneyland, I was kind of done with being away from home and I was more than ready for sleep.

Luckily Paul had just enough energy left to chase Liam around the ship for a few minutes before turning in. Here is where our trip took a little turn for the worse. Our room felt like a furnace and the fan wasn't working. We opened the little port hole windows but then helicopters were flying over and Liam wouldn't fall asleep. Then our neighbors, who apparently didn't get the memo that the Queen Mary is OLD and the walls are paper thin started to.. um.. love each other... loudly. So at around midnight I marched my tired, hormonal body up to the front desk and demanded they move us. They did and all was perfect with the new room but we have definitely learned that the Queen Mary isn't very kid friendly. A hotel next door to Disneyland is. A historical ship isn't. Lesson learned.

We walked around in the morning for a bit and took some more pictures. It may not be kid friendly but it sure is beautiful.