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Disney 4–Bed Critters and kids activities

What you say? No…not bedbugs! Well, these wonderful creations are thanks to Garry, from the Phillipines, who was on the housekeeping staff and in charge of our stateroom (and it turns out visited Bar Harbor and Acadia, Maine, while working for a different cruise line years ago and love it here in Maine!). Like the dining staff, he had been briefed, knew our names, the kids names…great personal touches. The first night (on which I failed to take a picture…me bad!) we returned from dinner to find that our stateroom had been readied for night…the boys’ berths set up (they are stored in the ceiling or disguised as a sofa during the day), our bed turned down, chocolates left on the bed (!!!) and a walrus made from a blanket on the bed. Every night thereafter we found new friends:

A lobster:

A scallop:

A dog:

A crab (the day Garry found my spare glasses and put the to excellent use!)–along with the lobster my favorite:

and a cobra:

The kids had LOTS to do on board, and one day even learned about making towel critters. They had activities for all age groups (including teens). When you sign aboard the ship, you each get a room key (credit card style) including the kids. The parents can sign a child into an activity center (they moved each age group from place to place to keep them from getting bored….if you wanted to, you could check your child at 8 am and not see them again until 8 pm! of course we didn’t do that, but you get the idea…). A family is issued a pager at the start, so if there is need to contact the parent (injury, tummy ache, lonely, the staff could reach the parents at a moment’s notice) they can. When you pick up your child, you not only have to have your adult’s key card scanned and match, but ALSO know the special password your child picked as a double-safety. COOL, and safe, and FUN!

Anyway, one of the activites one day was actually learning how to make a monkey out of a towel! Eli make chocolate chip cookies, they played computer games, games up on the “basketball” court on Deck 10, all sorts of cool stuff! Joshua was less impressed…he is almost but not quite 13, and in most respects (alas) a teen in outlook and attitude. However, since he wasn’t 13, he was required to be in the age 10-12 group, and felt most of the activities for him were too “kid.” Still he was good, watched movies on the TV in the stateroom, would walk the promenade deck (level 4) for me for some exercise, and really had fun on our excursions (more about which on another day!). That ‘s it for today!

One Response to “Disney 4–Bed Critters and kids activities”

  1. Mandi aka Fabric Princess Says:

    Love the lobster! Who knew linens could be so creative and fun?