He came

I'll be honest. I wasn't sure it was the best idea to take him along.

He's loud. He's wearying and mean. He struggles to obey. What would we do about the deck? He can't see and can't fully comprehend what it means to be on Deck 10 with the water down below...

What would we do with all his stimming? What would we do if he started spinning and spitting? Because once he starts...and no one likes spit (except Victor)!

And he doesn't really know the Disney characters except Lightning McQueen but what were the odds of finding a race car on board?

But there he was -

A Cars themed kids' meal and lunch at Flo's Cafe

made him very happy

In the end, I was the one dissenting vote. So he came. He struggled at times. Other times he was his engaging, endearing self.

Our waiters loved him

His siblings loved on him (and some even took turns

watching him for an hour or two).

Even the captain and cruise director took a liking to him.

And when he said he wanted to pose...

...maybe even I was convinced it was the right thing to do.