OMG, Lessa-what an awesome daughter you are! I am SO jealous that you guys are cruising on the Dream...how exciting is that. And what a creative way to "give" your Mom her gift...so, so cool!
I'm so glad that you liked
DCL enough to cruise again!!!!
About the hypnotist show--I had the same view of it as you. While we were watching it, I kept thinking that some of the people were actually just acting and going along with whatever he told them to do. Then, after the show, we were in line for one of the characters when we ran into one of the ladies who had been on stage. Someone asked her if it was real, and she said no, so that kind of confirmed it for me!