Disney Cruise Part 2

 

We had breakfast with several of the characters, and the kids got all of their signatures.

 

 

And all the princesses were on the ship, which Emme loved.

We only took pictures with Belle and Aurora (at least, I think that is who they are), but Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel etc. were all there and she loved seeing them.  They would come to the kids club and dance and play with the little kids.

The waiters made hats for us out of the napkins.  And though we didn't take a picture of them, the staff made origami characters out of towels in our rooms every night.

Bella got to celebrate her 9th birthday on the cruise.  Lucky!

Arggghhh, Mickey!

 

One of the coolest parts of the trip was the day we spent at Castaway Cay,
the private island Disney owns in the Bahamas.

As you can see, it is tropical paradise!

Crystal-clear, aqua-blue water everywhere.



Stephen and I got up early and ran a 5K race on the island. 
Not too often you can run a race on a private island,
so we took the opportunity and had a good time.

We went snorkeling and had fun seeing some of the exotic fish and sting rays,
though there weren't as many fish in the shallow waters we were in as we would have liked.

We didn't get a good picture of it, but straight ahead to the right is a dual water slide
in the middle of the ocean, and we had a lot of fun going down it.

We got our times mixed up and missed the big BBQ lunch,
but they had sandwiches and fruit still available.

Check out all the sting rays!