Marcie, I'm only harassing you guys. You know we are doing the BAT in August, which to very close to the MINT. So, all kidding aside, I think it's out of the question unless we win the lotto this Sat. night. Then it's all MINT cruises on us ;) ;) Forget the parents/inlaws for now. My parents 40th is next year (i think) so I'm trying to talk them into a RSSC cruise. As for my 2 PITA's.....wouldn't it be nice if we could take them and they could hang out with your critters??! There should be a cruiseline with pet accomodations! It would make our life so much easier.
Oh, in the Star Wars series, there are various types of "critters" so you might like it. Some are sort of gross looking, though.