Sunday, June 9, 2024

A Family Vacation - The beginning

The Adventure began at 5AM when RJ and family picked us up and drove to the airport in Kansas City for a 9:30 am flight to Cancun, Mexico.  Erin and family flew in from Dallas and arrived only about an hour before we arrived at the Royalton Splash Riviera Resort.
Actually it seemed longer than an hour as it took forever for the luggage to be unloaded and then to find the resort shuttle.  Bryan saw us first when we arrived at the resort and then this bleach blond young man walked up to us.  OMG!  It was Vincent!  It seems his soccer team, which is playing in a regional tournament in Florida next week, has agreed to bleach their hair for this trip.  I love it but Grandpa wasn’t so sure!  Then Luca found us and he has a mustache, Bryan’s hair is longer and curly but Erin looks beautiful!

It is very hot, humid and windy so we found our way to the Diamond Club where we waited in A/C to check into our rooms following a bus load of people checking in.  The Diamond club has a full bar, a snack/heavy lunch buffet and places to sit so we had a lunch, cocktails and waited.  John and I have a suite in building #11 while the other two families have rooms in building #19 on the opposite side of the resort.  By the time we were settled into our suite and changed into swimming suits, the rest of the family had already set up by the pool and the kids were chomping at the bit to swim.

We have Diamond Club privileges such as our own pool (there are several in the resort), reserved beach side, special dining room, spa privileges and personal butlers at our beck and call, ready to get us what ever we need or to help us with dinner reservations.
The Alligator 
Until we have all the services figured out, we opted to eat at the Buffett then everyone came up to our “Presidential” suite where we had a champagne toast to start the week.

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