To recap one of the absolute BEST trips of my life. Take me back, now!
EARLY morning at the airport... yeah, that's me in the VERY back...I hadn't yet put my face on for the day...ouch.
It was overcast and drizzling when we got there on Thursday at lunch, which was a MAJOR bummer, but luckily the next two days were ABSOLUTELY PERFECT so it didn't matter. We didn't make any dinner reservations for Thursday night b/c we wanted to be able to do as we pleased and get acquainted with everything. We had so much fun just hanging out as a group on Thursday. We made our way down to the CAIN (adults only) pool by 3 and obviously started drinking (heavily). What else do you do when you are at ATLANTIS and the weather isn't that great?!? Duh.
We met the owner of Firehouse subs on that first day, and he and his wife and all their friends were SUPER nice and gracious. They bought TONS of drinks for the pool parties on Friday and Saturday. We decided to head over to the boat later in the day...(one of our besties dad keeps a boat there and owns a condo there which is why we were able to do this amazing trip!). So lucky. We had the best time just hanging out and dancing/talking on the boat Thursday night. We got pizza and half the girls wereasleep passed out by 10 that night! GREAT FIRST NIGHT!!!
Cain pool fun.
Before things got wild.
My favorite place to be. THE BEACH.
Our fabulous group.
This was on the way HOME Friday night...so many of our pics were taken with iphones and are blurry. Sometimes iphones take such good pics and sometimes they are awful. Dang it!
Waiting on our shuttle.
Above: dinner Friday night. We ate at Carmine's. Very yummy.
On Saturday we were able to spend the morning and early afternoon touring around the island on the boat. It was seriously like living in luxury. So, so fun.
Swimming in the beautiful ocean.
loving life.
so beautiful.
love these girls.
our awesome friend who went with us PREGNANT. She was a ROCKSTAR!
:)
Seriously, one of the most fun trips I've ever been on. So thankful for this group of girls. And so thankful for our best friend's dad for allowing us this opportunity.
Cheers to the YEAR OF 30!!!
xoxo
EARLY morning at the airport... yeah, that's me in the VERY back...I hadn't yet put my face on for the day...ouch.
We met the owner of Firehouse subs on that first day, and he and his wife and all their friends were SUPER nice and gracious. They bought TONS of drinks for the pool parties on Friday and Saturday. We decided to head over to the boat later in the day...(one of our besties dad keeps a boat there and owns a condo there which is why we were able to do this amazing trip!). So lucky. We had the best time just hanging out and dancing/talking on the boat Thursday night. We got pizza and half the girls were
Thank goodness the SUN was OUT and GORGEOUS on Friday. We spent half
the day soaking up the rays on the beach and then most of us girl spent a
good while in the water park. Yes, we celebrated 30 by acting 13.
But, y'all..it was so much fun. They have an amazing water park....one
of the slides takes you THRU an aquarium that has SHARKS in it. I
wasn't too fond of that! By mid to late afternoon...it was time to hit
the CAIN pool again....and let's just say the pretty weather brings out
some WILD behavior. I didn't really realize Atlantis was like going to
Vegas,but being on a tropical island. SPRING BREAK style pool parties,
oh my! We had so much fun at the Cain pool on Friday and Saturday
afternoons. HUGE party. We saw some celebs (minor...but still cool.
Ne-yo and Plaxico Burris). Our waitress told us she had waited on
Beyonce and Jay-z....holy wow. That would have been fun! Both Friday
and Saturday we had the same routine starting around 3:30-4. We would
hit up the Cain pool and stay there till 5:30/6 when it was time to
start getting ready for dinner reservations. Both of those nights we
did dinner, casino, then night clubs! LOTS of free drinks were had, so
awesome. We even got free drinks at the night clubs, who said 30 is
old!?! Friday night we went to the THE dance club in the resort. I'm talking crazy lights, techno music, girls dancing as entertainment(fully clothed), etc. It was NUTS. And felt good to act like we were 25 again for a bit. Or maybe 21. Yeah...21 probably fits better for that night:)
Beautiful scenery.
Friday night fun.
On Saturday we were able to spend the morning and early afternoon touring around the island on the boat. It was seriously like living in luxury. So, so fun.
Swimming in the beautiful ocean.
Again,Saturday afternoon was much of the same at the Cain pool...dinner was at Nobu, then it was time for the casino and bars. Saturday night we went to a more laid back bar that had an area to dance, but wasn't so much a "night club/dance club." More what we are used to. Just as fun.
I don't have tons of pics from Saturday night, but this was a few of us at the bar.
Cheers to the YEAR OF 30!!!
xoxo
Looks like you all had such a great time! Can we go back for our 40th and/or 50th birthdays?? If we start planning now, I will start saving!! :)
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