IT WAS all too much for brave Justine Diaper when her father's work colleagues told her what she'd be doing today.

The 12-year-old, who has been battling against bone cancer for the last two years, broke down in tears as she was handed family tickets to Disneyland Paris, thanks to kind-hearted workers at Southampton's Ford plant.

Her dad Kevin's workmates raised £3,250 to put Justine and her family on a train to the Paris theme park at 9.15am today.

It was the best surprise Winnie the Pooh-mad Justine could ever have hoped for, especially as this week is a special themed Winnie the Pooh Week at Disney.

Once she had recovered her composure after yesterday's presentation at Ford, Justine said: "It's just amazing. I didn't expect it.

"I expected to get a present but I didn't expect it to be this big. I'm surprised I haven't fainted."

The Sholing Girls' School pupil, of Obelisk Road, Woolston, was diagnosed with bone cancer in May 2000 and had an artificial bone inserted into her upper left arm by surgeons at a London hospital.

She had chemotherapy at Southampton General Hospital and by November she was well enough to return to school, but she had a relapse last year.

Justine finished her chemotherapy at Christmas and is thankfully now in remission.

Last night she went with her brother Craig, 17, into the Ford factory during the workers' tea break to say thank you for some presents from dad's colleagues.

But she had no idea everyone had clubbed together - with the help of Lara Cooper from Thomas Cook in Winchester, whose father Nigel works at the plant - to buy a four-day trip to Disney.

Kevin, 42, said: "I've known this was going on for quite a while now and to say I'm overwhelmed is just an understatement. It's astounded me.

"It just goes to show what a terrific bunch of blokes I've got the pleasure of working with."

Chris Homer, a metal finisher who organised the fundraising, said: "Eight months ago we were having a cup of tea with the lads and Kevin was so down that we just wanted to cheer him up.

"We said to him what shall we do and he said I want to go to EuroDisney and I want to take my daughter.

"I just starting asking round for donations and even people I didn't know, when I explained the story, gave me £5, £10 or £20. We expected to raise about £800 but the money just kept going up and up."