When I was going on cruises all the time with my mom, I always picked the itineraries with the least amount of "sea days" because I much preferred to be doing cool stuff at the ports around the world instead of hanging around on a big boat all day with =shudder= loads of people.

But sea days are unavoidable, mostly, because port landings are an expensive ordeal for the cruise line. And Disney is no different (even though they owned the two ports this Very Merrytime Christmas cruise landed at). Ideally, you wouldn't have a sea day the last day of the cruise, but here we are.

My plan for the day was to relax and eat, since that was all that's really available that I wanted to do. I must say, I did a pretty good job of meeting my goals. Except I did have one moment of stress when I noticed that the garbage hole and the tea caddy didn't line up. Why wouldn't they split the difference and line them up?

It very nearly made me want to jump overboard, but it wouldn't have worked because the worst that would happen if I leapt from my cabin's veranda was that I'd break a leg...

I did do two things today, however. First of all, I packed my suitcase so it could be picked up and delivered to the cruise terminal (so I wouldn't be dragging it around at breakfast). And second of all, I watched the final live theater show, and adaptation of Aladdin (which was the best show of the cruise, in my humble opinion).

Other than that? Eat and drink mostly...

Disney has my favorite food than any other cruise line because it's geared for families with kids... and I eat like a kid. The Disney Wish has a "Mickey & Friends Festival of Foods" with various staple food stalls like Goofy's Grill for hamburgers and hotdogs, Donald's Cantina for tacos and burritos, Mickey’s Smokestack Barbecue for barbecue, Daisy’s Pizza Pies for pizza, and Sweet Minnie’s Ice Cream for soft serve bowls and cones. All of it great and all of it offering vegetarian options (the grill has vegetarian hamburgers and hotdogs, which was a pleasant surprise!).

The worst part of an all-inclusive cruise like this with unlimited food is that there's an insane amount of food waste. Because it's all included, people will order massive amounts of food, then just pick around all of it and leave the remainder to be cleaned off and thrown away. Incredibly wasteful. Happens at dinner too. People will order multiple entrees to "try them" but not actually eat them all. Drives me crazy.

Dinner in tonight's rotational dining was at 1923, which is the fanciest of the onboard restaurants on The Wish. I asked if I could have a kid's menu so I can frame it because it features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, one of my most favorite Disney characters...

I had a great meal and even greater dessert...

The towel sculpture creature on my bed tonight was... a crab?? I'm guessing...

And there you have it, my final night onboard. It all blew by way too quickly. Now I'd better get what little sleep I can manage.