After a rough night, mama and I woke up early. Mainly because Danielle was planning on running the Castaway 5k, a 5 Kilometer run over Disney’s private island, for which she needed to be present in the Walt Disney Theatre at 8am.

I arrived at the theatre shortly before 8am and there was already a line to get in. In the theatre I met with Joanna who was also going to run the 5K, GirlPower! Unfortunately it took a while before we got an all clear to get of the ship. But after an explanation of the route we set foot on Castaway Cay around 9am. After a walk to the start we took of. It was already warm outside which made the running a lot harder but after 40 minutes I finished and received my medal!

Shortly after 8am Emily woke up an our prep time started. Papa took a shower while Emily had the morning of her life watching Sofia the First! After I got ready it was Emily’s turn, most difficult part was getting the perfect ponytail, mission accomplished and we were of to Cabana’s the on board buffet restaurant.

As soon as we were seated with a plate for Emily she said “Ah Oh”, she still had her pacifier in her mouth and that is only allowed in the room! Then the said “Papa Eetie” I still didn’t had a plate for me, crew came to the rescue as one of them entertained Emily I rushed to get something on a plate. When I came back I got a loud “yeah” from Emily and we could start eating.

After a while she asked “Mama zoek?”, which means “Mama lost?” or “Let’s go find Mama”. First stop the room as Emily needed to bring her pacifier back, that went surprisingly easy as she put it on the cabinet she started laughing about it and ran back into the hallway saying “bye speen, mama zoek” meaning “bye pacifier, let’s go find mama”.

We left the ship and stepped onto Castaway Cay at 9am, here we waited a couple minutes as Captain Hook and Mr. Smee were coming on land for a meet & greet.

Next stop was the Post Office where Daisy Duck was taking pictures with guests. Emily loved her shoes.

Next was the obligatory picture with the ship and after that we were lucky enough to find 2 spots on the tram which was about to leave. Next stop was ours and here we found a wagon to transport our stuff & Emily in. Although not for long as she wanted to pull the wagon herself…

But not even 10 steps away we found Minnie Mouse & Goofy taking pictures in their bathing suits. After that was done we found a nice spot on the family beach where we waited for Mama, Joanna, Danny and Elin for a nice day at the beach.

Not long after playing in the sand I thought it was a great idea to see mama finishing the 5k but when we arrived the first distraction was Olaf from Frozen. After the picture we decided to go swimming with Olaf, but the other people in line for a picture didn’t seem to like that… and so we decided to wait at the finish line but after a couple minutes Emily wanted to go back to the beach.

While walking back mama texted that she was taking a picture with Mickey Mouse, a short sprint with Emily on my arm made that we were just in time for a beautiful picture. Next stop was the beach and as soon as Elin went into the water Emily followed.

We had a lot of fun with the GoPro, Rocks, Splashing, Swimming and getting our pictures taken. Until it was almost time for lunch.

After lunch Emily wanted to go back to the room as she wanted “naar bed”. Unfortunately for her (and us) it took a while waiting for the tram and in line to get back on the ship. But as soon as we were in the room Emily got a nice warm bath and after she had her PJs on she slept in less then a minute.

Mama started packing the suitcases as today was our last day on board of the ship and the suitcases needed to be packed and outside our state room before 10:30pm. While mama was doing that I enjoyed the ship a bit making sure I’m not in her way. For the first stop was the AquaDuck, and who do I meet on the stairs? Danny & Elin…it’s a small ship after all.

At 3:30pm I was back in the room because Emily got a special invitation from the character manager. At 4:15pm we needed to be standing outside of the D-Lounge for a special event. Lucky for us she could bring her family too.

The special event was a special meet & greet with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, Chip & Dale in their Halloween outfits. I tried to catch it on video but I can tell you Emily was excited, she didn’t knew where to look. But Pluto seemed to be her special friend…and he wasn’t even wearing shoes! When Isaac asked who her favourite was she shouted out “Minnie” and he asked her to say “Hi” one more time. And Minnie was lucky as she got at least 5 kisses and a couple hugs before she said bye.

Later in the atrium we met them again together with Belle, Cinderella and Tiana. Unfortunately Emily was still tired and couldn’t handle that much excitement. We decided to wander through the shops and take one last photo with Minnie before it was time for our last dinner on the ship. It took place in Royal Court.

After dinner was finished Emily wanted to go to bed again and she walked hand in hand with Joanna (Joey) and Elin (Enin) to the Aft elevators. On Deck 11 we said goodbye and Emily gave Elin a couple hugs and Joanna a high five, I think she understood that our ways would separate from are there.

While we finished the last packing of the suitcases Emily got ready for bed with reading her story book twice. Out loud and very detailed for the stories involving Dory, Ariel, Chip (from Beauty & the Beast), Cars with the stars Auto (Lightning McQueen) , Mate(r) & Sally.

I got to,see the last show on the ship. The show was ok, the worst part was that it recapped what I didn’t see. Those costumes of Believe & Aladdin where beautiful! Another reason to come back…

After picking up the photos it was time for our last night on board of the Disney Fantasy…