Vote on a vacation for us

[ECB]

I said Alaska. I'd save Hawaii until Ella is older and everyone can enjoy it and perhaps remember it.

[Deleted]

I voted for Hawaii but I'm one of the weirdos with no desire to have my kid away from me for several nights in a row. I'm also not keen on the idea of a cruise though but that's entirely my own hang up.

[brooklyn]

I voted Maui, because we're going as a family in August, and I want to hear your experience before we go! I'm also one of those weirdos who can't go a week without seeing my baby.

[brooklyn]

I love that it's tied, lol.

[galaxy8227]

I picked Hawaii--I would love to go there someday and really don't have any interest in seeing Alaska. Although I have heard wonderful things about those cruises.

[vanillacourage]

Adults-only.  Always adults-only.

ETA - we do take smaller vacations (long weekends, basically) with our kids.  But we are saving anything $$$ for when they are old enough to remember. 

[jenn248]

Jan 7, 2014 15:40:08 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Adults-only.  Always adults-only.

Ditto this!  

[dbsk8dance]

Hawaii is great with or without kids, but I feel like it is an especially kid friendly location.

[rikki]

Jan 7, 2014 15:26:05 GMT -5 brooklyn said:

I voted Maui, because we're going as a family in August, and I want to hear your experience before we go! I'm also one of those weirdos who can't go a week without seeing my baby.

We just got back from Maui with the baby.  Do you have any specific questions?  I can email you what we did, etc. 

[Deleted]

Alaska - and tell me what one you choose. DH and I have always talked about hopping on a cruise out of here and doing Alaska.

Spring break in HI will be crazy busy.

Although you cant really go wrong with either.

[frlcb]

I love traveling with my kids (and do often) but I love traveling alone with my dh too, when we can. Adults only.

[niq]

Hawaii. I'm not a cruise person, and even if I were I still don't get what there is to see on the Alaska cruises? Adults-only sound nice but that's the only appeal to me.

[havarti]

Please, you live in the PNW you need to go to Hawaii in the spring. Do you really want to waste the two weeks of Seattle summer by going to Alaska?

[AmyRI]

A cruise is the worst way to see Alaska. The best parts are inland. So I vote for Hawaii

[Ashley&Scott]

I would do Hawaii this year & plan a kid free trip to Alaska in the next few years.

ETA: I just saw you're not particularly set on Alaska, so I say pick a place your REALLY want to go when you do take a kid free trip

[dcn]

I think everyone should go to alaska if they have the chance. It is amazing here.

[anna7602]

I voted Hawaii because I'd be just as happy in a hotel across town with DH if it was just the two of us. Also, I have zero interest in cruises.

[SJ]

What about all 4 of you on the cruise? Then you can put them in the kids activities for adults-only lounging/drinking?

[zarapipe]

On app! What are the options?

[cricketwife]

I think that you should go to Alaska but take the girls. Put Lucy on a reindeer and take a pic for the amusement of all mmm

[rootbeerfloat]

Jan 7, 2014 18:42:08 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

On app! What are the options?

Hawaii, condo on Maui, over Easter, with the kids (the correct answer!)

Alaska, cruise, summer, adults-only

[CloudBee]

Maui. You'll be very limited in Alaska with a 1 year old. I think ports and excursions would be boring without the ability to do things like "meet sled dogs and take a short ride", etc.

[CloudBee]

Never mind. You said the cruise was just for you and S.

I still say Maui, but make sure you and S get a weekend alone next year.

[ssmjlm]

Alaska couples only.

It's an easy getaway from Seattle. We did it summer 2012 and loved it.

[carolinagirl831]

I vote other...
I think think Cruises are a terrible way to see Alaska, unless you're 60. The best parts of alaska are no where you'll see on a cruise and I love cruises.
Is there another option for just the two of you?
Hawaii sounds great, but if the two of you haven't gone away in awhile I vote for that.

[Mrs.Syntax]

I voted Alaska. We took DD1 to Maui and the BI when she was 11 months and it was kind of a waste in many aspects. She napped 2x per day and wasn't the type to nap in a stroller or carrier, so when we went out and about when she was supposed to be napping, she was just a nightmare. She hated the beach. The next year DH and I went alone and it was amazing.

[biscoffcookies]

I love DD to pieces, and I'd miss her if I was away from her, but the idea of a week-long adults-only vacation sounds amazing. On top of that, I find that traveling with DD is so stressful and exhausting that it ends up not being a vacation at all (at least for me).  So I vote Alaska cruise now, Hawaii later when the girls are a little older.