You Treat Me Like I'm a Princess

Here's a partial cruise update for you.

I'm not going to get all of Thursday, March 1st on the blog just yet; it was a really big day.  Right now, I'll just put up my princess collages.  I'm not very happy with the way my pictures turned out; my ISO was way too high, so everything is grainy.  I edited as best I could.  Sorry, folks.  This is just for a general idea.

Thursday was our first day in Cabo San Lucas.  Early that morning, there was a "Princess Gathering" in the lobby.  They were all lined up, and there was a fairly short line for the girls to get their pictures taken.  That's one fantastic thing about Disney cruises: TONS of character-meeting opportunities.  I came along to snap some photos.  I got all of the girls (except Bri Bri) with all of the princesses, though some are at weird angles, because I was trying to hop between the princesses in order to get the pictures.  And little Phoebo's face (ha--I almost spelled face as "phace," but that's another story) was bright pink in most every picture.  I tried to fix it. :o(  Sorry, honey.

I decided to make collages according to the princess.  We started with Belle (who is my personal favorite; maybe it's the whole French, bookworm, not-fitting-in thing).

Then Cinderella.  I didn't think she was particularly pretty, but with a wig and dress and the right accessories, I think anyone could be a princess.  I'm pretty sure that there were a few different Cinderellas on the ship, especially during the Disney Dreams Musical on Friday night--she had to sing.  Whatever.  The girls were thrilled.

I thought Ariel was adorable.  She was very cute with the kids.

Tiana, on the other hand, was stunning.  Seriously--she could be a model.  I think I love Belle the most, but I have a lot of respect for Tiana.  She's a workin' girl, who makes her own dreams come true.  And her dress is fantastic.

 And Snow White was just perfect--exactly who you'd expect her to be.

I was a little disappointed that we only got to see Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) in the Musical.  She never did appearances or signings.

My opinion on princesses is fairly modern, and pretty biased since I am not a mother of any girls: the whole thing is a little overdone.  You can't escape it: there are princesses everywhere.  The girls just eat it up, although Lily seems to have a more realistic view of princesses than Tessa does.  I know there are mothers who don't want their girls to buy into the whole princess thing, but it is so ubiquitous.  Unavoidable.  Maybe it's because I have never felt like (or been treated like) a princess, and maybe I'd feel differently if I ever get to be a mother to a baby Joséphine, but that's my opinion for now.  Even so, it was fun to see all the princesses, and how star-struck the girls were.


I, on the other hand, was star-struck by this guy:

He was one of the performers in the musicals, though he was doing double-duty as a princess wrangler on Thursday morning.  I had to sneak a picture of him, and I wish I knew his name.  But he was fantastic.  Forget the princesses--I should have gotten his autograph!


I'll post the rest of the day later.