I should probably also tell you about the itinerary!

The cruise visited two ports: we spent one day in Puerto Vallarta and two days in Cabo San Lucas. Here are some Mexican birds. They were (interestingly) right on the port at Puerto Vallarta. We didn't make it far from the cruise ship.

Like an infomercial, WAIT, there's more!

Here I am doing my best Peter Pan impression.

Stitch was SUPER silly. As soon as I ran up to him, he stuck his finger in my ear to dig out ear wax. Let me tell you: I'm STILL laughing about this. Sometimes I run up to mommy and stick my finger in my ear and say "HA HA HA I'M STITCH!" Good times.

Now THIS is one Donald I can get onboard with. Every pun intended.

Sometimes when mommy forgets something - or does something silly - she exlaims, "Jimminy Christmas!" Well, I finally met Jimminy, but he said his last name is Cricket! That mommy is so silly.

Goofy proves that he lives up to his name

Ring around the gazebo.... all fall down!

The "serious" photo.

And a GOOFY one!

Pluto! Pluto! Pluto!

We lost track of time momentarily, so we thought we'd missed Pluto when we saw him walking by! Oh no! But thankfully, he was just walking TO the poolside photo op. What a relief!

I caught some serious air running to him.

Is it possible to get a bear hug from a dog? I think it is!

Pluto has mastered the "shake" command.

All smiles.

DOPEY!

Dopey was mommy's favorite dwarf. She still has the squeaky toy Dopey that Amma bought her from Disneyland when she was my age! Of course, I play with it now. That's why I immediately recognized Dopey when I saw him.

True to form, he came dancing in with Snow White. What a fun pair these two are!

I was first in line, so when they finished their dance, I made a run for it... and went straight to Dopey. He gives nice hugs.

They both admired my shoes. I'll admit -- they're lovely. Shiny red shoes are my favorite.

We took a closer look at the shoes while talking some more.

And finally: picture time!

Pinocchio too!

Not everybody got to dance with him -- I was special!

Cuddles!

A plethora of princesses!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Disney knows its stuff.

Knowing little girls as well as Disney does, they anticipate that all of the girls will want photos with the princesses. And boy did we ever! On two separate days, the entire atrium area was reserved for princess pictures. They had the princesses lined up (but spaced out) in the atrium. They had a long, winding line for the kids to wait their turn. And as it became your turn, you went from one princess to the next almost without further wait! So while the long to get to the first princess was long (nearly 30 minutes for us -- and we got there early!), once you got to the first princess, the wait inbetween princesses was short -- barely enough to change into a new dress to coordinate with each princess! Thank goodness mommy brought costume changes. Nobody else did this. Several people even commented on what a great idea this was. Mommy was proud. I was just happy to match each princess!

Oops. I didn't have a matching Tiana dress. The 6-pack of princesses dresses that mommy bought included Sleeping Beauty, who was sleeping through this cruise, instead of Tiana. Next time!

Same thing with Minnie: lots of pictures, but these really capture it.

Can you tell that she's my favorite?

I got lots of pictures with Mickey, but this is mommy's favorite

It looks as magical as the Disney cruise felt to me!

Next up: pictures with characters!

We stood in line to see each of the characters. We took photos with everyone from the Princesses to Peter Pan. The lines were efficient, but this didn't mean I didn't find a way to entertain myself while standing in it! Whether playing with a light saber or doing ring around the rosie with new friends, I had a good time everywhere.

Of course, that doesn't mean I didn't have my moments

But it didn't last long.

We all have our moments, don't we?

The permanent expression on my face... all week.

Yep, that was it.

I managed to amuse myself even without entertainment!

As we were pulling into Cabo, I decided I wanted to get a better look. So I climbed. And climbed. I had friends join in. Great view from up here!

I didn't know WE would be part of the entertainment, but we were -- and it was fun!

Mommy and I donned Minnie Mouse ears!

Katherine's daddy got to be Goofy.

Daddy was Aladdin! Hey daddy, where are my three wishes?

Character breakfast!

Hmmmmm... what shall I have?

As soon as we finished ordering our food, the parade of characters began! They all danced in, then made their way around to all of the tables. We eventually got pictures with every one of the characters, all while eating our breakfast. What a fun way to coordinate this!

Chip surprised me! What a pleasant surprise!

I gave Pluto a high five.

That silly Goofy strikes again! He walked up to take a photo with us and commented on daddy's height by holding his head way above his head! (Here I am copying him.) He had us in stitches. We were still laughing when they snapped this photo.