Christmas greetings from Sara

Hi,

This photo was taken on the Disney cruise we took last July which was beyond any expectations we had. The entire family was able to go except for our daughter (unfortunately) and everyone had a great time on St. Maarten, St. Thomas and the Disney island in The Bahamas which was the best beach of them all.

The two older kids learned how to snorkel but the little guy refused to go into the water until the day before we had to go home. Once he was in, we couldn't get him out.

While we were on the trip, Disney celebrated the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean" by having fireworks, a pirate show (and Mickey flying back and forth between smokestacks) as well as showing the movie. When we got to the Disney island, we found The Flying Dutchman waiting for us.

Tyler (the little guy) had never heard of Mickey Mouse, etc., but really got into it when he saw the characters walking around the ship. The night before disembarkation, the kids got one last time with Mickey et al and just when it was Tyler's time to be with MM, they closed the line as it was time for all the characters to go to bed. Tyler had a complete meltdown so MM let him come up and spend a couple of minutes with him. Super kid in that costume.

The next morning at breakfast Tyler had another meltdown when MM and all the other characters were absent from the restaurant. I was talking to another passenger (from Minnesota, actually) and laughing about this and she mentioned that her daughter woke up that morning and declared that she wasn't leaving the ship. Period. Another kid, another meltdown.

Merry Christmas to all,
Sara