August 20, 2008

Presidents Club 2008 - BAHAMAS

OH MY GOODNESS!!! Let me start off by saying if you ever can, please go to Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Because Chad did so awesome in his job this year he made the Presidents Club and his work sent us and 600 other couples to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. We had heard that this place was going to be incredible...and it sure was!!! We kept describing it like an enormous cruise ship that doesn't move. There were so many different pools, tons of CRAZY waterslides (one of the slides takes you through a clear cylinder SHARK TANK - talk about scary!), a roaring rapids - where you just float along this river thing in a tube and sometimes there are rapids that push you pretty fast - so fun! They also had an amazing aquarium throughout the hotels and pools - filled with beautiful fish, sting rays and all kinds of scary sharks! Atlantis is right on the beach, so we got to enjoy the gorgeous BLUE, 84 degree water daily. Of course there is a casino - where we only donated $40...not bad. We saw Patrick Ewing at his own "private table" every night, donating an excessive amount of money. He wouldn't allow pics though - his bodyguard let Chad know as he quickly tried to snap a picture. We spent our days in bathing suits - laying out and swimming and our nights eating and hanging out at the casino hotspot and dancing to the DJ's jams.
One of the most exciting adventures we took at Atlantis was swimming with the dolphins! We did the deep water swim which included swimming all throughout the water with the dolphins, getting pushed through the water by the dolphins nose on your foot - SUCH A COOL FEELING! - and getting a sweet kiss from the adorable dolphins. I was a bit nervous before we began but am SO glad we did it...it was such a memorable experience!

If it was not for Cintas we definitely would not have had the opportunity to enjoy this amazing vacation. We had two Cintas events while at Atlantis - the Welcome Dinner - which was on this amazing patio and set up for 1200 people - and then we had the Awards Dinner. The awards dinner was my favorite because Chad was introduced to all of the people and had to walk down the red carpet...take a look...

After spending 6 days at Atlantis we made a goal that someday we will be able to take our own children to enjoy such an amazing vacation at Atlantis. We had a blast!!!!

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