Tinkerbell, Pixie Dust, Pirates, and a missing tooth (Disney Cruise Line)

You know when you are traveling with children that something unexpected is likely going to happen.  It's fate.  Sometimes it's good, sometimes not so much, but something unexpected nonetheless.  Well, on one of our Disney cruises, the inevitable happened, as it somehow always managed to do when we were traveling.  Fortunately this was one of those times that it was a little thing--little but VERY memorable. 

While we were sailing aboard the Disney Wonder my son lost a tooth.  After calming him down (for some reason tooth loss always came with hysteria and tears), we told him that it was pretty cool to lose a tooth at sea, and now he looked like a pirate!  He thought about that for a few minutes, smiled and decided that having a missing tooth for the pirate night would be cool, so all was well.  Then he asked the inevitable--"Mom, will the tooth fairy be able to get on the ship?"  I assured him that all would be fine, and that yes, the tooth fairy would find him. That was all he needed to hear, and things went back to normal (back to the kids club he went, proud of his new found "pirate" self.)

So off I trekked to Guest Services to see if they had something that I could put the tooth in (for safe keeping).  When I arrived at Guest Service, the very nice girl at the desk asked me for all of the details (and our cabin, etc.) so that she could alert our cabin steward, and then she promptly handed me a little envelope to put the tooth into.  I tucked away the tooth, and a short while later we went to dinner and forgot all about the tooth, and tooth fairy.

Pixie Dusted Bed

More Pixie Dust on the Floor

Tinkerbell's Card

Imagine our surprise when we arrived back to the cabin and TINKERBELL herself had paid us a visit!  When we walked in the room there was pixie dust all over, which started on our bed.  The pixie dust was carefully spread out along the bed, and then it continued down to the floor.  Leaving a trail behind of her visit.  Her pixie dust trail continued along and over to my son's bed.  In the center of the "pixie dust" was a card.  Inside the card was a message (and money**...) from Tinkerbell congratulating him on losing his tooth.  He also received an "I lost a tooth" button as well.  The pixie dust then continued over to the verandah door, and then it ended (a very nice touch I might add!)

Tinkerbell's Message

My son spent the rest of the cruise telling anyone who would listen that Tinkerbell had come to see him instead of the Tooth Fairy, and she visited his cabin and left him a really cool card, button, and money for his tooth!  Oh, and now he was an "official" pirate!  It was priceless, and a moment in time that I will never forget.  Thank you Disney Cruise Line for making it magical!

Do you have a magical Disney Cruise Line story?  We'd love to hear about it.

**disclaimer--the tooth fairy money wasn't from Disney, or Tinkerbell, it *may* have been put in with that card by my son's "Tooth Fairy", who may have come into the cabin prior to the rest of the family from dinner.