With each passing day I had more energy and spunk to me. Which I was thankful for, we were on vacation. Nobody wants to be sick on vacation. Today we were stopping at Castaway Cay. I could relax and take it easy on the beach. It's still one of my favorite stops on a cruise. I am a big fan of private islands on cruises. Check out this side-by-side comparison of our family. On the left is our family of four behind the Magic a few weeks ago. My littlest turned three during the cruise. On the right, our family in January of 2016 a few weeks before my oldest turned three.
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On Castaway Cay there are various parts of the island where you can meet the characters. The first spot, closest to the ship, is the Post Office. Then once you get closer to the beaches and activities, there is Mount Rustmore. We saw Goofy there and hopped in the line. It was a 5 minute wait at most. This is what I like about Disney Cruises, the character lines look long but they move pretty quick. The longest line during the entire cruise was 15 minutes at most. You may notice that my younger son decided that Moana is going everywhere with us from this point on. She NEEDED to go to sea and return the Heart to Te Fiti.
Speaking of Moana, when my son left her by the chairs to go play in the water my mom and I made her a soaking tub. Every girl deserves to relax on vacation. ;) We spent the next couple of hours sitting beachside. It was overcast, so thankfully not too sunny and hot. The water was cold! My husband went in with the kids but I stayed on dry land. We live 15 minutes from the beach and never go, but we always enjoy a beach day on a cruise. The water on Castaway Cay is beautiful, just like most Bahamian beaches. The sand is fine compared to what we have back in South Florida. So it's a different experience in my opinion. My older son decided that he wanted to head over to Scuttle's Cove. This is the supervised kids club on the island. I signed him in and off he went. They feed them in a separate area reserved just for the kids. They have organized games, free play, a splash pad, and more to entertain them. I love that Disney has this option on their island.
Castaway Cay Beach BBQ
| A little after 11am my family decided they were hungry so we ventured over to Cookie's BBQ, which is one of the three food pavilions on the island. All of the food comes from the ship and prepared by the chefs on grills on location. The wait staff also floats around helping to keep the area clean and orderly. They serve hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled mahi, ribs, chicken, and lots of sides. My little guy ate 3 hot dogs... Good for him, but wow! |  |
After lunch I went to check on the older kid at Skuttle's Cove. He said he wanted to stay a little longer. I needed to get my little guy back on the ship for a nap or the night would be a disaster. So my husband volunteered to hang back while I headed back to the ship. We took the tram since he would never make the walk back on his own. Then we got distracted by the holiday decorations right next to the ship and we needed to have a photo session! How cute are the snow/sand couple?!?
Cell Service & the Disney Guest Wifi Experience
I wanted to take a moment to address something that happened to me on the cruise and I am sure I am not the only one who experienced it. I chose to take an internet break for this cruise. Mostly due to not feeling well and just wanting to disconnect and relax. I did, however, connect to the Disney Guest wifi in order to use the DCL App for onboard event information. If you connect to the free wifi for using the app, you will still get notifications from your other apps. I was getting text messages, Instagram alerts, and all that stuff. I panicked at first. My phone didn't do that last year on the Dream. I went to the internet help desk to inquire and make sure I wasn't blowing through my husband's Small internet package. The cast member explained that, yes I will get alerts, I just can't respond to them without activating the internet on my own phone. Phew! Crisis averted. But wait... When I got back on the ship in Castaway Cay I was looking at my text messages that came through. Somehow I clicked something that turned airplane mode off. Yes, I know I sound like an idiot here. I will blame it on being sick because I clearly know NOT to mess with that setting if I didn't want extra charges. Well, my phone then flooded with even MORE alerts. Ahhh! I quickly turned airplane mode back on. Crap, now I was going to have weird charges on my cell bill. When we got back I had a single $10 TravelPass charge on the bill. All for 30 seconds of AHHHH! But if you're wondering, you can get cell service on Castaway Cay. haha
I was going to include afternoon and dinner info in this post too. This night's dinner was a lot of fun. But I feel like it's gotten long enough, so check back for the evening portion in another post.
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