1. When you look at a pool within a MUCH LARGER "pool" and ask yourself, "Is this real life?!"
2. When you see everyone with drinks in hand before 5 p.m.
3. When you glance over at the chair next to you and end up in a staring contest with your new favorite friends.
4. When you catch a glimpse of bravery.
5. When your friend shoots out of the slide looking like they weren't prepared for this.
6. When you try to get lost in your book, but instead find yourself getting mesmerized by the horizon.
7. When you gawk at the magnificence of the tiny umbrella.
8. When you peep a grown man losing his mind over mini golf.
9. When you take a break to treat yourself to a little piece of heaven.
10. When you immerse yourself in other worlds on excursion day.
11. When you see your ship from ashore, and you get this cute "Aww that one's mine" feeling inside.
12. When you shoot a jumper and watch it get taken away by the breeze.
13. When the entire ship comes out to support that brave soul volunteering for everything and anything.
14. When you again satisfy your froyo craving four hours later with a cone that looks oddly familiar.
15. When selfie sticks come out to play, and you're like, "OK, I deserve this."
16. Watching a movie with the family after a long day in the sun.
17. When you notice that one guy at dinner who came straight from the pool.
18. When you walk by those portrait booths and think in your head, Yaaass! Get it, you two!
19. When you see a group of strangers embark on a conga line journey with one another.
20. And when you accidentally stay up 'til sunrise.
All photos by Aubree Lennon / BuzzFeed
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