'On Our Cruise, We Don't Want to Do Anything We Can Do at Home in Florida'

Who's Traveling

Wendy Crawford

A corrections officer in a county jail, she's looking forward to doing "things together with my daughter, as well as having time apart."

Karen McCleery

"I want to be treated like a queen for the week," says Karen, a nurse at a mental-health facility. "No beds to make, no dinners to cook, no dishes to wash!"

Leticia Crawford

Wendy's daughter, 13, likes to hang out with her friends and watch Prison Break with her mom. "I guess you can say it's an appropriate show for us to watch, since my mom works at the county jail!" she says.

Nicole McCleery

Karen's daughter, 14, and Leticia became friends as Girl Scouts. Nicole plays softball, and like Leticia, is a member of the school marching band.

Where they're going and why

Wendy and Karen became friends five years ago, after their ...