The last day of the cruise was my favorite of the whole trip. The ship made a stop at Castaway Cay, Disney’s beautiful private island!
A map of all of the things there are to do at Castaway Cay.
A view of the back of the ship when we disembarked. For the first time, I noticed the huge Disney figures attached to the outside around where the name is printed.
A little further down the dock..
..aaand a little further. This was where Matt and I parted ways for a bit. He was going catamaran snorkeling for the morning!
Here is a collage of some of the shots he got using the underwater camera!
Originally, I had planned to join him on the snorkeling tour, but after the previous day’s port excursion took so long, I was jonesing for some serious beach, sun, ‘n book time, so I opted to head for the far side of the island called Serenity Bay. Adults only and one of the most peaceful places I have ever, ever been.
Seriously, just LOOK at that! No waves at all, so it’s deathly quiet. The water is extremely shallow and you can walk a long long way without even being waist deep. Beautiful!
My view for most of the day. At lunchtime, a huge barbeque was served on 3 different places on the island, and there was no lack of fruity drinks and beer buckets being passed around by crew members who would take your drink order right at your chair. Castaway Cay truly is paradise, free of the trappings of typical tourist areas. I wonder if they’d notice if I just hid in the bushes while the ship left. They wouldn’t miss me.
And that’s it for our 2011 Disney vacation, folks!!
I have to really thank you! My husband and I just booked a last minute 4 night trip on the dream for our anniversary. We weren’t quite sold on the scheduled eating, possibility of children and children oriented shows/meals, and all that jazz but figured we would try it as we are Disney freaks. Your posts set our minds at ease! After seeing the amazing food, secluded adult areas and reviews on the shows, we are super excited to do our cruise now! Thanks so much for sharing your trip with such great detail and pictures!
Thank you so much for your comment! I’m so happy to hear that the posts helped you decide to book a cruise! You will have a great time!
Great pictures. All around. I’m sailing on Sunday – my first cruise. I always said if I was going to cruise it would be Disney. I’m very excited. And your blog posts just made me even more excited, if that is even possible!!
Awesome! You’ll have such a great time. Which ship are you sailing on?
love all the cruise pictures!!! we are cruising in Nov. Do you mind teliing my what lens you used most of the time? :)
Thanks, Heather! Most of these were taken using a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L
Can’t wait to get to this location. I think Bob and I are going to finish making our reservations today. I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading about this trip, it helped us make our final decision for our anniversary trip this year. Thanks for sharing so beautifully.
I have heard of Castaway Cay being the best part of the trip several times.. It looks just lovely! Thanks for taking us on a tour of your cruise, definitely makes me want to take my li’l family there :)