We loved our first cruise on Icon of the Seas so much that we decided to go on it for a second time in March 2025.
Someone was excited to be on the plane! We flew in first class which was exciting, but since it was a short flight we didn't get internet...
That was a mistake haha. Homegirl was BORED and kinda acting up during this flight. We hoped that she would just watch a movie on board but no such luck.
We left Wednesday night after work and got into the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables pretty late and basically just went to bed.
I worked from 6am-2pm in the lounge area. Cody and Kayla walked around the area a bit and went swimming for a few hours.
Picture of our hotel.
Once I was done with work we went to Ben and Jerry's ice cream right down the street.
Then we stopped at a coffee shop which had won some awards that Cody saw to get him a coffee.
Entrance to the coffee shop.
The we hopped on the free trolley around the town. I thought this would be fun, but it was super packed and was used as a local transportation method. And without any narration it was a pretty boring ride. We had to be on it a while before it got back to our section, and we kinda regretted hopping on it. We ended up ordering pizza for dinner and went to the bar to use the $15 bar credit that they gave us during happy hour. Kayla fell asleep that night at like 8pm, so I stayed up reading and Cody watched some TV.
The next day, we got breakfast again at the hotel because it was included with the status upgrade that we used, and I worked again from 6am-2pm. Cody and Kayla hit up the pool around from noon - 4:30pm. We got dinner delivered to us from Miller's Alehouse and I finished up the Kingdom of Ash book which was the last book in the Throne of Glass series. I wanted to finish it before our cruise so that I wasn't trying to finish the end of the series while we were on the ship and miss out on other things.
The next morning, we took advantage of breakfast again which was really good and then caught a lift to the pier. We basically walked right on Icon as soon as we got there, and we went around getting our reservations for everything. Here is our seasoned pro running onto the ship.
Soooo excited!
She's like COME ON YOU GUYS!
She was excited that the balloons were our "family colors." Pink for Kayla, purple for me, and blue for Cody which is each of our favorite colors. I told her they must have known we were coming and put out our family colors for us.
In Central Park looking for ducks while we were doing reservations.
She looooved this slide!
She kept going down it, and I watched people... anyone that was not a kid... WIPED OUT on this thing... every teenager and above... I watched person after person wipe out... Must just be good for kids haha. I'm sure there's probably a sign up top saying that... that no one looks at haha.
Just sitting there drinking my Sailor Delights.
The Pearl!
Our bartender Edna remembered us!! She came over and greeted us and remembered us from the previous year! We couldn't believe it.
We went to lunch at the Windjammer and they had all you could eat lobster and steak available for the welcome aboard lunch.
Look at those lobsters!
And steaks! I was pretty impressed.
After lunch our room was ready, and I ended up taking a little nap while Cody and Kayla headed to the pool. I met up with them and swam in the pools/hot tubs. We danced to the sail away party and waved to the people watching the ships leave on Miami beach. I love leaving out of Miami for this reason! I love waving to the people along South Beach.. it's my favorite port to sail out of.
Kayla really liked jumping and climbing around Chill Island. She made a little friend and was running around with her a bit.
Running!
Jumping!
Waving!
Living the good life! After playing around on deck, we went to dinner at Giovanni's for dinner. Cody really likes it at Giovanni's and I could take it or leave it, but I don't mind going for him. At least they have decent pizza there.
After dinner, we took Kayla to the kids club and Cody and I went to the piano bar for a while. Roel from Amsterdam was really good, and the girl was Sarah from Miami.. she was alright.
We went to the 70's disco party. I love the disco party night.
Cody caught me a ring for Kayla!
And we had fun together drinking and dancing at the show. I love these promenade parties.
Love!
Then we got ready for the welcome aboard balloon drop at midnight. Cody was pretty drunk at this point, but we wanted to make sure that we got one of each balloon for Kayla.
