Very cute!
The train never seemed to work quite right. We think because of the motion of the ship.
Day 4
Our room was on the same deck as the gingerbread house and train set. We passed by it every day. Today is a day at sea.
The tree is lit!
The little boy on the floor next to the Captain and the Cruise Director. Once the tree was lit, a shower on confetti/fake snow came down from the floor above us.
Words
I'm glad they gave us the words. I probably only know one line from some of those carols.
Lighting the Christmas tree
We picked this cruise both because it was headed to Cuba and we think Holland does Christmas better than the other cruise lines we've been on.
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Big gingerbread house!
You can see how big the display is in this pic.
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Little gingerbread houses
A close-up of some of the smaller gingerbread houses in front of the castle.
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Gingerbread castle
When we boarded the ship yesterday there was a band playing here. Overnight they built a gingerbread castle complete with working train!
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McDonald's
We have never, ever been to a McDonald’s overseas but we had such bad luck with the food in the country, we were SO happy to see McDonald’s!
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Train station
We headed in to the train station for dinner.
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Sculpture
Cool dragon sculpture outside the train station.