Castaway Cay

Disney Cruise, Planning, Travel Cost

I initially covered the planning for the cruise in our post about our 2017 Christmas trip, but I’ll summarize it again here.  In May 2016, Disney Cruise Line had just announced the fall/winter sailings for 2017.  After scanning through offerings, I noticed a 5-Night Western Caribbean sailing out of Miami on the Magic.  It would leave on December 24, 2017.  The prices were really high, but that’s to be expected with a holiday cruise.  We had a placeholder available from our Spring Break 2016 sailing, but it appeared that this cruise was blocked out from receiving the 10% discount.  This left us having to pay full price for the cruise if we wanted to take it.  The itinerary was one we have done a few times before.  Departing Miami, there would be a sea day, followed by a stop in Cozumel.  The sailing would then have another sea day followed by a stop at Castaway Cay, then return to Miami. read more

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Day 3 of our cruise was Castaway Cay, which is one of our favorite stops.  Imagine if Disney had taken an entire Caribbean Island and turned it into a water park.  That’s basically how I describe Castaway Cay to people.  We aren’t beach people, but we love this port stop more than any others.  We had managed to grab the last Cabana on the family beach (Cabana #20) when we checked in for this cruise, so it was going to be a great day.  We invited our friends to enjoy the Cabana with us, since there was no additional charge for six people versus four people. read more

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Mount Rustmore
Mount Rustmore

Today was the last full day of our cruise and it included a stop at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island.  We’ve stopped at Castaway Cay several times over the years on our cruises, with the exception of our Alaska Cruise.  When we checked in for the cruise 105 days ago, we looked for a private Cabana on the family beach.  Unfortunately, they were all booked.  We instead decided to try some new excursions on the island.  read more

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Castaway Cay
Castaway Cay

Day 5 of our cruise was Castaway Cay, which is one of our favorite stops.  Imagine if Disney had taken an entire Caribbean Island and turned it into a water park.  That’s basically how I describe Castaway Cay to people.  We aren’t beach people, but we love this port stop more than any others.  As usual, Nancy had signed up for the Castaway Cay 5K, so she got off the ship before the girls and I did.  She had her cabana wrist band, so she could meet us there once she was done. read more

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