Ocean Princess British Isles Cruise Review -Disney Sheep Go Rogue

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We amused ourselves between afternoon tea and our late dinner seating by roaming around exploring the ship, getting laps in on the size-challenged walking track and watching TV in our cabin.

 

 

Somehow time seemed to fly by, especially when we had to get ready for our first Formal night.

 

 

 

Our first official dinner in the dining room we were lead to a table for six. In a short time we were joined by a recently retired couple, and followed up a short time later by another mature (but solo) cruiser, with a pretty high Captain's Circle membership. Dinner conversation was varied and interesting. All three of our table mates chose to engage DS in conversation, and DS held his own, acquitting himself very well. And the fact that DH and one of our companions were both engineers definitely gave them common ground for conversation. As one of our table mates later jokingly commented, our table was surprisingly well placed. We were situated by windows with just enough space around it to give the wait staff easy access and us a small degree of privacy. Almost every dinner after that we were one of the last groups of diners to leave the dining room since conversation and service were both so great. We felt like we really lucked out with our dinner situation.

 

Our server was Elena from the Ukraine and our assistant server was Nikola from Serbia. Actually so many of the crew on the ship were from the former USSR/Slavic countries, that we joked that it reminded us of a the accents in an episode of Castle!

 

Although I cannot remember the head server's name (perhaps because his service was so seemless) he faithfully took our order each night in advance of the next night's meal in order to provide us with gluten free meals, similar to what we had experienced on DCL ships. We enjoyed all of our dinners in the main dining room. Although we probably enjoy the food on Disney more (maybe because it is dinner and a show? - no, really DCL food is fantastic), we enjoyed the food offerings on Princess more than the food on RCI. No complaints at all, just our personal experience for perspective.

 

When we booked our cruise early seating was completely booked up. Although we tried wait listing, we were up in the 60s as the numbers go, so we ended up with late dining on this cruise. Realistically since supper did not start until 8:15 pm, we did not usually finish until around 10:00 pm or later, and as a result, we did not make it to see the official shows/entertainment offered by the ship.

 

Speaking of entertainment, although we weren't personally interested, we did note that the casino was closed for most of our trip, I believe due to laws in the UK.

 

 

 

Further, there were no towel animals for us at bedtime, however there were chocolates each night. DH and I found the bed to be ok comfort wise, however DS's comment at the end of the cruise was that he would be glad to get back to his nice soft bed at home, so apparently he may not have been as comfortable in his cabin or he may simply have been missing his sister and by extension missing home. Not sure on that point.

 

And although we asked our cabin steward Luis for different pillows and he provided us with solid foam pillows from the sleep comfort program, we did not find pillows that were really comfortable for us on this trip.

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I'm so excited to have found your trip report!

 

Like you, we are a family of Disney cruisers - #6 coming up next May. And also like you, we will be sailing on the 1 Aug British Isles cruise on the Ocean Princess. This will be our first non-Disney cruise and we are greatly looking forward to it.

 

Anxiously waiting for your next installment!

 

Kristen

 

Glad to have you reading along. Although this was definitely not Disney, we really enjoyed our cruise on the Ocean Princess as although the ship is small, it has a great traditional, classic atmosphere. We really enjoyed this itinerary and getting to visit the British Isles. I hope you have a great cruise on the Ocean Princess.

[ontheweb]

We were on the Ocean Princess for the shorter 8 day British Isles cruise in August.

 

13 laps around the deck was actually a nautical mile, slightly longer.

 

Our port in Scotland was Rosyth for Edinburgh, and was an overnight. Were you able to get to the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh from your port?

 

I think your 18 Celsius average would have been our warmest day by a few degrees. One problem this ship definitely did not have was people saving all the lounges by the pool! My DW was one of the very few swimmers. On embarkation day, she was the only one. She said it was ok because the pool was heated. But then she had to find her clothes because she said they blew away!

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We were on the Ocean Princess for the shorter 8 day British Isles cruise in August.

 

13 laps around the deck was actually a nautical mile, slightly longer.

 

Our port in Scotland was Rosyth for Edinburgh, and was an overnight. Were you able to get to the Military Tattoo in Edinburgh from your port?

 

I think your 18 Celsius average would have been our warmest day by a few degrees. One problem this ship definitely did not have was people saving all the lounges by the pool! My DW was one of the very few swimmers. On embarkation day, she was the only one. She said it was ok because the pool was heated. But then she had to find her clothes because she said they blew away!

 

Glad to have you reading along and commenting since I enjoy different perspectives on the same (or similar) experiences. One of the things we really enjoyed on this cruise was the conversations with fellow passengers about what they had seen and done each day.

 

I am surprised that 13 laps would be even longer than a mile, simply because I wear a Fitbit to count my steps and it felt like it took a long time to get my daily steps in (which is why I suggested maybe it was staying to the outside of the track) - then again with the wind up on deck 10, I don't think I managed more than a half dozen laps at any one time before heading back to the library to join my boys. On port days I had no problems getting my steps in since we did most of the ports on our own and essentially walked them.

 

We were on the 11 - 19 Aug 14 cruise and my 18 degrees is based on the Patters daily temperature forecast which had 18 C for every day except Rosyth Day 2, Milford Haven and St Helier which they listed at 17 C - the funny thing is, those three days were the days I found to be the warmer days. My guess is that there was wind chill on the 2 sea days, while Dublin started out fairly overcast (but warmed up) which made it seem less than 18 C.

 

We loved using the pool once we figured out that it was heated and you are correct that it got very little use. We usually had it to ourselves between 5 - 6 pm most days, except for Milford Haven and St Helier days. And yes, our clothes did blow away as well - we ended up having to put our shoes on top to hold them down!

 

We did the Tattoo as well and enjoyed it thoroughly. Since we wanted to maximize our time in Edinburgh we chose to do it on our own vice the Princess excursion, but the late night buffet on the ship afterwards was great.

Edited October 12, 2014 by Disney Sheep

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I have been on the Ocean Princess, sometimes we were the only people sitting on deck.

 

I did the 12 day British Isles cruise on the Caribbean Princess August 2013.

 

I have been thinking of doing the cruise again on the Ocean.

 

Enjoyed reading your review, looking for more.

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Edinburgh - Day 1. Arriving in Rosyth we were way too excited to visit Edinburgh AND just as importantly, this was the day we got to meet up with DD! Getting off the ship early (we were docked), we took the mandatory shuttle to the cruise terminal where we asked a purple garbed volunteer about options for getting to Edinburgh. After listening for a couple of minutes, and since it was still around 8:30 am or earlier (and therefore too early for off peak hours on the train) we took a command decision to take a taxi in to the city and were dropped off just down the hill from Edinburgh Castle (£36).

 

Since we were early, we took the opportunity to pop in to the Tartan Weaving Mill, essentially (from our perspective at that point) a really large souvenir store near the castle. The store has several floors and it was neat to check out all of the tartan options for DHs side of the family.

 

We still arrived at the castle before 9:30 am and with our internet purchased tickets that we had printed out at home we got in the much shorter left hand line and simply walked straight in to Edinburgh Castle as soon as it opened, only slowing down to have our tickets scanned.

 

 

Edinburgh Castle. The problem with not taking a guided tour or ship excursion was that initially we weren't completely clear about what we were seeing or which direction we should go until I asked one of the staff inside for a map. I had read the info about the castle on the official website and (more importantly) I had purchased Rick Steves' Great Britain travel book, so I knew that checking out the 'Honours of Scotland' first thing before the hordes of tourists arrived was probably our best move.

 

 

 

From the Esplanade with the Lion Rampant shield (Scotland's coat of arms and 'don't mess with us' motto) as well as statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce to the Crown Square to Foog's Gate, we covered a lot of ground and a lot of sights!

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We managed to see the Crown Jewels/Honours of Scotland exhibits (without a crowd or a wait in line since we were so early and headed straight there).

 

 

As you wind your way towards the actual room that holds the Crown Jewels, there are displays everywhere that tell the long history of the jewels. I enjoyed reading the posted history and taking pictures, however no photos were allowed of the actual Crown Jewels themselves.

 

After being used at the coronations of Mary, Queen of Scots, James VI, and Charles I, the regalia were last used at a coronation in 1651 for that of Charles II.

 

 

 

 

 

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When the monarchy was overthrown, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ordered almost all of the English regalia to be broken up or melted down. However, the Honours of Scotland were hidden and then smuggled out and hidden again, only to be recovered after The Restoration in 1660.

 

 

 

Since no pictures are allowed of the actual Crown Jewels, models are provided outside the final room.

 

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Leaving the Crown Jewels, we wandered through the private rooms of the Royal Palace, (the Laich Hall or fireplace room as I referred to it)

 

 

 

 

 

Next up was the Great Hall with its knights armour.

 

 

 

 

 

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Moving along with our tour we checked out St Margaret's Chapel (the oldest building in Edinburgh - and yes, it is tiny as buildings go, let alone churches or chapels).

 

 

Next up, the ginormous Mons Meg (huge cannon).

 

 

A visit to National War Museum (with the gloomy prison), was very illuminating.

 

 

 

 

And we truly enjoyed the National War Memorial (no photos allowed, but very touching).

 

 

 

Total walking distance to arrive at and tour the castle was roughly 3 km (based on my Fitbit steps covered). Overall we were at the castle just under 2 hours, although it did not seem that long, but it was mostly on cobblestones and it all seemed to be uphill - both ways! All three of us got grumpy and cross (just a little) from tiredness due to travel and the 'foghorn' in our darn cabin ventilation system on the ship. And then we got over it. Because really, this isn't our first trip and we have learned how to bounce back in these situations and, we actually enjoy being together, so we decided to suck back and re-load and take a short break on a bench on the castle grounds while we considered our next course of action.

 

 

And somewhere around this point I purchased my usual Christmas decoration as a souvenir of our trip.

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At this point we got a text from DD letting us know that she and her group were headed to the Royal Mile for their scheduled 'busking' , so we took one last look around as we headed out of the castle.

 

 

 

 

 

Foog's Gate.

 

 

The Lang Stairway

 

 

And one last photo op as we headed off for the Royal Mile. Notice that the crowds behind us have already gotten fairly heavy, and it is still morning at this point.

 

[ontheweb]

Glad to have you reading along and commenting since I enjoy different perspectives on the same (or similar) experiences. One of the things we really enjoyed on this cruise was the conversations with fellow passengers about what they had seen and done each day.

 

I am surprised that 13 laps would be even longer than a mile, simply because I wear a Fitbit to count my steps and it felt like it took a long time to get my daily steps in (which is why I suggested maybe it was staying to the outside of the track) - then again with the wind up on deck 10, I don't think I managed more than a half dozen laps at any one time before heading back to the library to join my boys. On port days I had no problems getting my steps in since we did most of the ports on our own and essentially walked them.

 

We were on the 11 - 19 Aug 14 cruise and my 18 degrees is based on the Patters daily temperature forecast which had 18 C for every day except Rosyth Day 2, Milford Haven and St Helier which they listed at 17 C - the funny thing is, those three days were the days I found to be the warmer days. My guess is that there was wind chill on the 2 sea days, while Dublin started out fairly overcast (but warmed up) which made it seem less than 18 C.

 

We loved using the pool once we figured out that it was heated and you are correct that it got very little use. We usually had it to ourselves between 5 - 6 pm most days, except for Milford Haven and St Helier days. And yes, our clothes did blow away as well - we ended up having to put our shoes on top to hold them down!

 

We did the Tattoo as well and enjoyed it thoroughly. Since we wanted to maximize our time in Edinburgh we chose to do it on our own vice the Princess excursion, but the late night buffet on the ship afterwards was great.

 

No wonder I did not see that you were in Edinburgh; you had not got there yet.

 

Our average temperature was 14-16 degrees Celsius.

 

Here is my dictionary's definition of a nautical mile:

 

A unit of length used in air and sea navigation, based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, especially an international and U.S. unit equal to 1852 meters (about 6076 feet).

 

So, you can see it is longer than a mile (5280 feet).

[Disney Sheep]

I have been on the Ocean Princess, sometimes we were the only people sitting on deck.

 

I did the 12 day British Isles cruise on the Caribbean Princess August 2013.

 

I have been thinking of doing the cruise again on the Ocean.

 

Enjoyed reading your review, looking for more.

 

Glad to have you reading along. I would love to do the 12 night British Isles cruise since there is so much that I would still love to see over there. We definitely want to head back for a land based tour of Scotland, both to visit DH's relatives, and to visit sites from both Outlander and Brave, but the 12 night BI cruise would let me check out some of the highlights of Ireland - and possibly even the Orkney islands (depending on itinerary).

 

The real benefit of our Ocean Princess itinerary was the overnight in Edinburgh as well as docking in both Rosyth and Dublin. The Ocean Princess herself was a very nice ship, and as you indicated sometimes we were the only people on deck, but for us the itinerary was the big draw.

 

I hope you get a chance to enjoy another BI cruise.

[Disney Sheep]

No wonder I did not see that you were in Edinburgh; you had not got there yet.

 

Our average temperature was 14-16 degrees Celsius.

 

Here is my dictionary's definition of a nautical mile:

 

A unit of length used in air and sea navigation, based on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle, especially an international and U.S. unit equal to 1852 meters (about 6076 feet).

 

So, you can see it is longer than a mile (5280 feet).

 

As you can see from my posting this evening, we have well and truly arrived at Edinburgh, but it will take several days to cover since we packed so much into our (almost) 2 days there. Actually it was our night time attendance at the Royal Military Tattoo when we felt it to be the coolest - but that was probably exacerbated by just sitting in one spot for so long. Luckily we had planned very well and packed layers that we pulled out of our backpack and slipped on as the night wore on. In no way did the cooling temperatures dampen our enjoyment of the Tattoo though.

 

I have also realized why I found the walking track to be so 'small', and I believe that it is all a relative thing, since both the Allure of the Seas and the big Disney ships only require approx 2.4 laps to be 1 mile, vice 13 on the Ocean Princess. I do appreciate knowing that it was 13 laps to a nautical mile - especially it being on a ship at sea, it somehow seems very appropriate :).

[ontheweb]

Glad to have you reading along. I would love to do the 12 night British Isles cruise since there is so much that I would still love to see over there. We definitely want to head back for a land based tour of Scotland, both to visit DH's relatives, and to visit sites from both Outlander and Brave, but the 12 night BI cruise would let me check out some of the highlights of Ireland - and possibly even the Orkney islands (depending on itinerary).

 

The real benefit of our Ocean Princess itinerary was the overnight in Edinburgh as well as docking in both Rosyth and Dublin. The Ocean Princess herself was a very nice ship, and as you indicated sometimes we were the only people on deck, but for us the itinerary was the big draw.

 

I hope you get a chance to enjoy another BI cruise.

 

The 8 day cruise also had an overnight in Edinburgh (Rosyth) and docked in Dublin.

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Great TR! I am really enjoying hearing about your experiences in the ports you visited.

 

What cabin category were you in? It looked much bigger than the balcony cabin we has last year on Ruby Princess, and bigger than the one we will be in next week on Caribbean Princess. I have to say we're a bit spoiled by the size of the cabins we have had on Disney Dream and Fantasy. We also really like the room divider curtains on Disney because DH is a morning person and I am not. Keeps our marriage happy. :D

 

I am very much looking forward to the rest of your report.

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Really nice pictures. I called over my DW to look at them, and afterwards she immediately went looking through her picture albums for her Edinburgh photos. We were there 9 years ago, staying in Glasgow, but going to Edinburgh every day. (She had actually been in Scotland several times prior to our marriage. Her late father was both Scottish and an airline executive, so the family flew for free and Scotland was where relatives were.)

 

We did the Royal Mile that time 9 years ago, so we skipped it this time. We found the Scottish National Museum. I would have gone to their exhibits, but she wanted to go to their extension which was exhibiting American Expressionists. You needed to ride a bus from one to the other. It ran each way only once an hour, except for the middle of the day when it skipped an hour (presumably so the driver could have lunch.) The only one I had heard of was Mary Cassatt. I asked her, and despite being the world's finest elementary art teacher, she had not heard of them either except for one other one. I thought the whole thing took too much of our precious time. DW commented that she did not realize that the extension was so far away from the main museum. We got the last bus back. They actually seat only 16 and no standees Two people could not get on the last bus.

 

We mostly checked out the fringe festival after that before going to dinner at a restaurant we had eaten in back in 2005. And that's where our "disasters" happened. DW went to the ladies room before leaving, hanging up her coat and camera. The camera fell, and no longer worked. (She later bought a new lens on board.) And I discovered that I had somehow lost our Tattoo tickets. I had taken them out and read to her what it said about photography. Later outside I discovered they were gone! We went back and looked for them, but they were nowhere to be found. Luckily, we were able to go the box office and explain what had happened. Since we had bought them online and had the credit card on which we purchased them and had proof of our identities, they were able to provide us with reissued tickets.

 

Later, I remarked to my wife that she was probably able to enjoy the Tattoo more because she did not have to constantly look to get a picture.

[Disney Sheep]

Great TR! I am really enjoying hearing about your experiences in the ports you visited.

 

What cabin category were you in? It looked much bigger than the balcony cabin we has last year on Ruby Princess, and bigger than the one we will be in next week on Caribbean Princess. I have to say we're a bit spoiled by the size of the cabins we have had on Disney Dream and Fantasy. We also really like the room divider curtains on Disney because DH is a morning person and I am not. Keeps our marriage happy. :D

 

I am very much looking forward to the rest of your report.

 

Hi there, we were in 6080 and 6082, officially a category BE Balcony, at 216 sq ft, including a 32 sq ft balcony, which I think equates to 184 sq ft of actual cabin and bathroom combined. I am not sure how it equates to other Princess cabins since it has been about 18 years since we sailed on the Crown Princess, and that was in an interior.

 

More Edinburgh coming up soon.

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Really nice pictures. I called over my DW to look at them, and afterwards she immediately went looking through her picture albums for her Edinburgh photos. We were there 9 years ago, staying in Glasgow, but going to Edinburgh every day. (She had actually been in Scotland several times prior to our marriage. Her late father was both Scottish and an airline executive, so the family flew for free and Scotland was where relatives were.)

 

We did the Royal Mile that time 9 years ago, so we skipped it this time. We found the Scottish National Museum. I would have gone to their exhibits, but she wanted to go to their extension which was exhibiting American Expressionists. You needed to ride a bus from one to the other. It ran each way only once an hour, except for the middle of the day when it skipped an hour (presumably so the driver could have lunch.) The only one I had heard of was Mary Cassatt. I asked her, and despite being the world's finest elementary art teacher, she had not heard of them either except for one other one. I thought the whole thing took too much of our precious time. DW commented that she did not realize that the extension was so far away from the main museum. We got the last bus back. They actually seat only 16 and no standees Two people could not get on the last bus.

 

We mostly checked out the fringe festival after that before going to dinner at a restaurant we had eaten in back in 2005. And that's where our "disasters" happened. DW went to the ladies room before leaving, hanging up her coat and camera. The camera fell, and no longer worked. (She later bought a new lens on board.) And I discovered that I had somehow lost our Tattoo tickets. I had taken them out and read to her what it said about photography. Later outside I discovered they were gone! We went back and looked for them, but they were nowhere to be found. Luckily, we were able to go the box office and explain what had happened. Since we had bought them online and had the credit card on which we purchased them and had proof of our identities, they were able to provide us with reissued tickets.

 

Later, I remarked to my wife that she was probably able to enjoy the Tattoo more because she did not have to constantly look to get a picture.

 

 

Many thanks for your kind comments about my photos. I would have been more than a little upset if anything happened to my camera - I definitely can empathize with your wife as I am sure that dropping her camera was stressful for her (and you), just as losing the Tattoo tickets must have been for both of you.

 

Glad to hear that you still managed to get in to see the Tattoo. My camera battery almost ran out by the end of our first Edinburgh day, so I did not take as many pictures as I normally would have. I am glad that your wife was able to get a new lens for her camera for the rest of your trip.

 

Overall, the 'problem' with Edinburgh is that there are so many wonderful things to see and so little time on a cruise to see it all! It is definitely on my list to visit Edinburgh again and hopefully for longer next time. We visited the Scottish National Museum as well on this trip, as I wanted to see Dolly the genetically engineered sheep and the older Scottish history centred exhibits.

 

Our table mates told us all about their time visiting the Scottish National Gallery as they were interested in the art work, and they loved it. Edinburgh seems to have something for everyone.

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Hi There

 

Nice pics, we were on the Ruby and could see the Ocean docked in Roysth.

 

Nice to here you enjoyed Scotland, there is just so much to see and do in such a small area, it makes visiting for a few hours very hard work.

 

Yours Shogun

 

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Heading out of the castle and making our way along the Royal Mile in order to meet up with DD and her group it was obvious that the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh is extremely popular.

 

 

Essentially we felt like we were at 'sea' with wave after wave of people. The energy level of the performers is high and with all of the performance art that goes on mixed in against the backdrop of the historical buildings, it is a feast for the eyes!

 

 

The section of the Royal Mile nearest to the castle was blocked off to cars and turned into a pedestrian street. Various groups were performing almost every where you looked and most groups were trying to hand out flyers to get you to come to their show. And not only are there groups acting, singing, dancing and in general performing, there are also lots of 'performance artists' such as the Invisible Man,

 

 

or Predator,

 

 

or Braveheart

 

 

or a Stormtrooper in a Kilt- and no, I did not ask him what he wore under his kilt!

 

 

All out on the Royal Mile and all hoping you will throw something into their hat/bucket when you take their picture! Just walking along this famous medieval street during the Fringe is an experience and a spectacle all rolled up into one!

 

And although the Royal Mile is jam packed with interesting and usually historically significant buildings, there are so many people during Fringe Festival, that if you read in a travel book or on a travel blog to, for example, look on the ground for the design of the Midlothian heart or the marker at the site of the old Mercat Cross or the lines on the ground marking 'the end of the world', you may not actually be able to see anything due to all of the people in the way!

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Although the Royal Mile is jam packed with interesting and usually historically significant buildings, there are so many people during Fringe Festival, that if you read in a travel book or on a travel blog to, for example, look on the ground for the design of the Midlothian heart or the marker at the site of the old Mercat Cross or the lines on the ground marking 'the end of the world', you may not actually be able to see anything due to all of the people in the way! What we did see on the Royal Mile just on the way to find our daughter included the Tolbooth Kirk,

 

 

Deacon Brodie's Pub, St Giles Cathedral

 

 

and the Mercat Cross.

 

 

It was funny when we ran into one of the parent chaperones for our daughter's group by St Giles Cathedral since although she recognized us, it was clear that we threw her off her game as she wasn't expecting to see us on the streets of Edinburgh. When we met up with DD, she declared to her teacher in charge: There are my parents. And of course the teacher was more than a little confused to find us wandering up to them - in Scotland! Clearly the teacher had been focused on other things when we had originally discussed our summer travel plans and she had not put two and two together to realize that we were going to be in Scotland at the same time as they were!

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Getting hugs on the Edinburgh Royal Mile from the DD was probably one of the best moments of our trip, and watching our kids hug each other made it all worthwhile.

 

 

Granted, this 'hug' is probably exactly what it looks like - our two wiener children tormenting each other in the form of a hug. DD was getting nervous about performing, and DS was quickly distracted by his friends who were also in the drama group with his sister and therefore on the Royal Mile too. It was indeed a little surreal to see them all just hanging out together in another country all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.

 

And as I have already mentioned, DH's family hails directly from Scotland, and DD with her red curly hair and typical red headed complexion, truly looked as if she fit right in. Since DD had chosen to make and wear a 'Merida' costume (a Scottish Princess from Disney's movie Brave) for this year's Comicon, when the drama group discussed how to attract attention while busking on the Royal Mile, it was an easy next step to get DD to be Merida and for one of her best buddies to be her 'bear'.

 

 

The flowers that DD is holding were actually the flyers for their play Pygmalion that DD's group had folded up to hand out.

 

It was wild watching the reaction of 'kids' of all ages as they approached DD (or she approached them to say hello and tell them ( or rather their parents) about her favourite play, Pygmalion, and how they could go see it if they wanted to do so).

 

 

And since her group's musicians were playing music, DD and other members of the cast were dancing together and they were inviting anyone who was interested to dance with them.

 

 

Although everyone was having fun, I really enjoyed the reaction of all of the little kids to 'Merida' dancing with them on the Royal Mile in Scotland!

 

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For those wondering, the arrows and quiver are made from cloth, so no danger to anyone. The bow is actually a plastic pipe that was heated and shaped and flattened. Again, no danger to anyone.

 

 

I was also amazed at how many cameras were pointed at DD as Merida. At one point DD must have had about five professional quality lenses pointed at her and she handled it with aplomb.

 

 

Truly though from the way some of the little girls' faces beamed as they walked (often bounced) away, dancing with 'Scottish Princess Merida' for some of them had made a dream come true :).

 

 

DS commented later that the Royal Mile during the Fringe Festival is like the Arts hallway at school on steroids!

 

Eventually DDs group was finished on the Mile and they headed back to the dormitories at the Edinburgh University where they were staying to get changed and move on to their next scheduled activity. And at this juncture DH, DS and I decided to find something to eat.

[Disney Sheep]

Hi There

 

Nice pics, we were on the Ruby and could see the Ocean docked in Roysth.

 

Nice to here you enjoyed Scotland, there is just so much to see and do in such a small area, it makes visiting for a few hours very hard work.

 

Yours Shogun

 

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Thank you so much for your kind comments Shogun, and I am glad to have you reading along. Not only did we love Scotland, but DD would love to go to university over there since she loved it so much and is trying to figure out if she could get citizenship in the UK (like her cousin did since DH's older brother was born in Northern England), but since DH was born in Canada, I am pretty sure that it would be a little more complicated for her! Oh well, we will just have to visit again and again :).