bags packed: check
car rented: check
reservations made: check
snacks and water for the road: check
exchange of currency: not yet
Where are we going? To another foreign country . . . this time UAE, specifically Dubai. More specifically, here.
you don’t have to watch the entire thing, but the opening is pretty amazing. Since we went for the cheap rooms no aquariums in our bathroom or anything crazy like that.
It turns out that Dubai is only 5 hours away and the Atlantis is doing a summer promotion so the rooms are about half price. Of course now that we are a family of 6 we have to get two rooms, so not as much of a bargain, but still doable. And no, I can’t just cram everyone into one room like we used to do on those Hicks family vacations since you only get 4 waterpark admissions per room. It sure is tempting though, all those sleeping bags covering the floor, bodies and suitcases crammed in every corner . . . maybe I should stick a microwave in the trunk of the rental car to use in the hotel. That wouldn’t be embarrassing to carry in through the lobby or anything. Just kidding mom and dad. If the boys have even a fraction of the memories that I have from our family vacations, then I’ll consider us to have been successful.
So that dumb 4-to-a-room policy really turns into a win for me. Baby and I can come back to our own room when it’s super-hot outside . . . hmm, it’s super hot all the time. OK, when it’s peak sunburning time and she can “nap” and I will watch tv and eat snacks. I can’t wait.
There are several other families going up this weekend so all the kids will be able to play together at the waterpark onsite. And when else in our lives will we be able to hop over to Dubai for the weekend? We’re making this one year count and trying to pack in as much as we can without doing so much that none of it is fun.
See you when we get back!