Thursday, June 8, 2017

Northern Europe Cruise Day 5: Helsinki, Finland

We didn't leave Saint Petersburg until almost midnight the night before so our arrival into Helsinki wasn't until late morning so we had some fun on the boat before heading out.

This morning, I reserved the Character Breakfast so we enjoyed breakfast with visits from Pluto, Mickey, and Minnie before some more play time in the kid areas. We had a lunch and then it was time to go out and about for awhile.


For Helsinki, I chose a private tour through Tours With a Local and we left the boat. The weather was ever changing and we walked out right in the perfect moment of hail - thankfully the girls thought this was funny and not upsetting.

Our tour guide for the day was Johan, who took us around Helsinki to see some of the main sights. Highlights included a beautiful Catholic church, a visit to a prison turned luxury hotel (the rooms are renovated cells), and the Rock Church before getting some yummy local ice cream and driving back to the boat.



Once back on board, C took a nap and we all relaxed in our room. All aboard time was supposed to be 4:30 so when we weren't moving by 5:10, I decided to sit on the balcony and see what was going on - around 5:20, a tour bus arrived back (Disney wouldn't leave a sanctioned tour) and then a few minutes later, I spied a woman sprinting for the ship - she sure is lucky that tour was running late or she would have been left behind. Everyone else that was out started cheering for her. So glad she made it back on-board.

The characters were fancy tonight.




We had another yummy dinner and then headed to Tangled, the live show for tonight. This one was new since our last time on the Magic and also was exciting to me because I just love Rapunzel. The show was great but parts of it scared C so she and J left a few minutes early so that S & I could enjoy the whole show.

What another wonderful day!


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