Last week my family and I went on a cruise.
We had been planning it for about a year, and finally last week we went.
We had a fantastic time, really. It was a Disney Cruise, so it was a great time for the whole family…
But I will say. Over the course of the week on a boat with thousands of people I learned a few things about the human condition…
Would you mind if I shared some of my keen observations? Thanks.
First, people are far too concerned with comfortable footwear. I saw more pairs of Crocs and Tevas than one should ever have to bear witness to in their life. I get that we are on a ship and that comfort is key, but comfort at what cost, I ask?
Second, I apparently am not a huge fan of other people’s children. Sorry. I am sure your kids are great and all that, but if we don’t share DNA…well…I’m not a fan.
Third, a free soft serve ice cream machine guarantees that my husband will eat no less than 6 ice cream cones a day. I knew my husband loved ice cream, but I honestly had no idea that it could blossom into a full fledged addiction.
Fourth, old people dancing to The Black Eyed Peas makes me feel awkward. Nothing against the BEP, any top 40 dance-ish song does the trick, really…I mean, when your Grandma yells, “Somebody call 911, Shawty fire burnin’ on the dance floor, whoa!” I just want to leave the room.
Fifth…the promise of free food via buffet makes people cah-razy! Like stampede, crazy. I have honestly never seen anything like it in my life. I can’t say that I was above this either. I became obsessed when feed-time rolled around every 20 minutes, if there was a buffet to be had, you could guarantee that I was there, elbowing people to get to the shrimp cocktail. The sensation of hunger escaped me for a good 7 days.
Sixth, now ladies. Please, I do not mean this to offend anyone…but never, EVER, get your hair braided with beads on vacation. Besides appearing incredible painful it just looks bad. We should never have to see that much of your scalp. AND it makes your head look small, which in essence makes your body look big. Kind of like an engorged tick. We never want our body to appear proportionally larger, so just say no to “island braiding”. It’s fine for the little girls, but if you are over the age of 15, it’s not a good look.
Also men, it will never be ok for a gentleman to braid either. I was a first-hand witness to beard braiding. Don’t let the islanders encourage you to make poor vacation choices. The pictures will haunt you forever. If Brad Pitt can’t make it work, you can’t either.
And last but certainly not least…Open Bar is a choice, not a challenge.
That is all.
While I was on vacation I got tons of dessert inspiration. Disney makes some fun stuff.
This isn’t one of them, though, so stay tuned 🙂
I have seen these push-up pops all over internet-land for a while now…I finally decided to get some and give them a go.
I am HOOKED! They are so fun and cute and portable.
I ordered them HERE.
Funfetti Push Up Pop Cupcakes.
Here was the assembly process…
I baked a cake (Funfetti) in a large “jelly roll” pan (15 1/4×10 1/4) so it was rather thin, and also made a batch of vanilla buttercream.
Then I use the top of the push up pop container to make the perfect sized rounds….this was my husband’s idea and I have to say it worked great!
After I poked out my cake rounds I started assembling…
I filled a piping bag with the vanilla buttercream…I didn’t bother using a fancy tip, because it was just gonna get smushed down anyway…I just snipped off the end with a pair of scissors.
Next I squirted in a bit of frosting…
I had some colorful sprinkles on-hand, so I figured, why not?
I layered the sprinkles, another cake round and more frosting…
I gently pushed the sprinkles into the top layer of frosting so they wouldn’t all fall off everywhere when you open the cupcake pop.
And I even added a cute little pink chocolate on top.
If you are wondering how to eat them, just take the lip off and push up.
So easy.
What’s even cooler is that since they come with lids they are totally easy to transport.
No worries about cupcake carriers…
Love these little guys!
Can’t wait to try out more fun ways to use them.
Laughed so hard over your observations… the one about the open bar reminded me of “All you can eat is not a personal challenge.”
We used these containers to make desserts too, people LOVE them! To answer one person’s comment… they are plenty strong enough to be used multiple times (though you’d want to properly sanitize them). They are made of a plastic that can be recycled… but Whole Foods is the only place that will accept them in our area (Atlanta).
Oh lordy! This whole post had me rolling! We went to Disney for the first time last year, and there was much of this going on there, too. I think it’d be pretty much the best time ever just to be a mouse in your pocket and watch you interact with everyone during the course of your cruise!
Although. I have a confession…and don’t judge me… I…gulp…wore crocs all week at Disney. BUT they were really super cute, these-don’t-look-like-crocs crocs, so I think I can still hold my head high.
I have had these push pops on my wish list for months, but haven’t quite been inspired to buy yet. I think it’s time.
Hahaha! I have tears rolling down my eyes! You are speaking what I have in my head lol.
Also, the push pops? Genuis. I guess I must not be amoungst the cool crowd, because this is the first time Ive seen them
Not so crazy about making the pops ( although they seem really cool) But your commentary is freaking Hilarious as usual!! You make my day!! 🙂
OH MY GAWD.
awesome, I can just see grandma now LOL. And I want to try these push pops so bad, but they cost too much to ship here, darn it all.
Sadly, I bought a bunch of these pushpops for cupcakes months ago but have yet to use them. I feel like I am waiting for something but I have no idea what.
I’ve had the push pop containers for months and finally broke them out a couple of weeks ago. They are kinda cute and the kids loved them. Although the portability only goes so far, pavlova and passionfruit curd push up pops in the lunch box with the lid popped off is not so great.
How brave of you to do the cruise, I look forward to seeing your Disney inspired posts:)
Love it. We went on a cruise for our honey moon and I remember thinking many of the same things. Cruising is a whole different world. I loved that soft serve machine.
I am in for a cupcake anytime, but making them portable, lordy yes! I think I need to keep one in my purse at all times, in case of an emergency cupcake craving!
Awesome!