DISNEYMOMTO1
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2006
Day 7 Castaway Cay
We slept in a little (if you can call 7-ish sleeping in) as we knew we wouldn't be allowed off the ship until after 9:00. Our server the night before told us that Topsiders would be really busy, so we decided to just have some cereal and fruit in the room. What a view Castaway Cay was from the porthole. Once he turned the ship around and backed in, I couldn't stop staring. I found my camera and took a picture of it through the porthole. When we left, I couldn't find my camera case. I just had it! We went up top to take pictures and headed down to be one of the first in line to get off. Wouldnt you know at the last minute, Mom, I have to go potty. Back to the room, then back down to the much longer line, thank you.
What was I thinking? I wanted to get my pic taken with Captain Jack in front of the Flying Dutchman! Oh well, as it turned out we didn't see a character all day until we were getting back on the ship and Lilo was getting off. We stayed at the beach the entire day.
We headed to the family beach.
Baylee was so excited because this was what she had been waiting for all week. We grabbed a spot under an umbrella and were in the water in no time. It was clear and warm. I couldn't believe how beautiful and blue it was. We were right in front of the Jungle Jim thingy there and it was 9 feet deep out there. Baylee isn't really a strong swimmer, so I made her wear a life vest. Ran into squirrelgirl's family and the girls played in the water. We had an 11:00 stingray feeding, as did squirrelgirl. I finally ran into Disneydmbnut and her DD. Baylee had talked to her DD a few times online and FINALLY they met up at the beach.
We went to feed the stingrays and I thought it was a blast. She was a little mad at me because I made her wear at t-shirt over her suit. I was freaking out that she would get burnt. I was already killing her, as I must've put three coats of sunscreen on her head already that day! They give a little schmeel at the beginning and Baylee surprised me by getting right up there and feeding them as the stingrays as they swam at our feet. Truly amazing. Then it was time just to snorkel among the stingrays and the water got a little deeper and she totally freaked out. She didn't want them down by her feet anymore! But you just fed them with all of them swimming at your feet! UGH! So I brought her out to shore as I "snorkeled" in the shallow water taking pictures of the stingrays with my trusty throw-away underwater camera.
Time was up with the stingrays and we headed in. On our way, we stopped at Cookie's BBQ. I hadn't heard good things about it, but I'm glad we got there when we did because boy did that line get long fast! I thought the food was good. I had BBQ ribs and a big cheeseburger. I thought the potato salad was fantastic. Didn't like the corn on the cob, but I'm a big butter eater and couldn't find any Chocolate chip cookies (geez, how many did we have that week
?) were outstanding as usual, if not a little melted. We ate and went back to the beach. I sat with squirrelgirl's family and I just can't say enough what nice people they were. The kids played in the water and buried my feet. We noticed that the water wasn't as deep out by the jungle jim thingy (what IS that thing called? 
) and it was closed - maybe because it was so shallow? I started feeling the heat and was getting a headache 
so we decided to head back to the ship It was about 2:30-3-ish. There's only so much of hot sun and sand I can take in a day. We stopped at She Sells Sea Shells and bought a couple t-shirts for us and a couple souvenirs for some back home.
Got back on the ship and ran into Nova and gave her her tip and headed to the showers for both of us with all the sand in our hair (and other parts not mentioning
). I really didn't feel like going to dinner and if it wasn't for the fact it was the last night and kimmcbee's oldest DS was celebrating his birthday, we would've gone up to the buffet. But we got dressed (not very dressy, either) and went up to AGAIN Parrot Cay. At this point in the cruise, I was sick of this restaurant. Baylee was a little cranky, probably because she was so tired and a day outside in the sun did her in. I don't remember what I had for dinner, either, that night. Gave Densak and Paz their tips and couldn't find the AWOL head server still, so he missed getting a tip from us because he never did show up. Anyway, when we were done eating I was waiting for my dessert and low and behold I look over and Baylee fell asleep right at the table. They brought out birthday cake for kimmcbee's DS and she woke up. Baylee was getting sad because she knew it was the last time she would see Paz and they both got emotional. 
She made me cry, for heaven's sake! She gave Baylee her e-mail address and told her she would keep her in her heart. 
. Actually, she wrote it down as she had lost her voice the night before. I didn't feel like having any more dessert so we left.
We were planning on going to the final show, and on our way stopped in Shutter's. Well, I had good intentions of sticking to my guns and only buying the ONE picture/frame that I bought. I saw the semi-formal of Baylee and HAD to have it. Grabbed the Captain Jack one, another of us on her birthday at Animator's, the Mickey character breakfast and brought them up to the counter and told them I had already bought an 8 x 10 in the frame, what kind of deal would they give me? He told me to pick out another 5 x 7 and he would charge me the $84.95 and give me a $19.99 refund on the other picture. I could live with that. My advice to others - don't go to Shutters on the last night! There were people sitting out in the hall looking at their pictures it was so crowded!
We went to the show and it was just so - so. Gary DeLena and the magic guy were there and they were great. At the end of the show, the power went out on that side of the ship for some reason and they couldn't finish the show as they wanted to. But they did all come back out and say their goodbyes! After the show we headed to Mickey's Mates for a couple more souvenirs. Another place to avoid Friday night! Baylee was still a little upset and tired so we went back to the room to finish packing and snuggle in for the last night on OUR ship.
Our towel animal was a cobra, fitting for our moods it seemed. I finished packing and Baylee cried and cried. My heart was bleeding for her and if I could've booked onboard, I would've. But financially it is not possible for me right now. I did promise her; however, we would be doing this again hopefully in 2008. That cheered her up a bit. She fell asleep and I took a shower. I had all the bags out in the hallway making sure to leave clean clothes for in the morning . It was after 11 and there was a knock on my door. It was Nova with our pillowcases! I had forgotten all about them! My suitcases were outside already, so I had to shove it in my carryon for now. I forgot this part. I think my camera got sand in it at Castaway Cay. Remember I couldn't find my camera case? Well, I threw my camera into my beach bag and now it doesn't work. Hasn't since we left Castaway Cay. Thanks, kimmcbee for taking pics at dinner of the sleeping beauty for me
I settled in to bed and thought about the pager for the kids clubs. I decided I would just leave it in the room for them to pick up. Well at about 11:30 the pager went off.
Scared the daylights out of me! I checked it and it was a reminder to turn in your beeper before 12:00. Well, I was in my jammies, my kid was sleeping and wouldn't you know I packed my KTTW cards. DUH 
I called the lab and she was very nice and offered to come and pick it up because they would charge me $150 if it wasn't brought back!! What is that policy? Whey can't we just leave it in the room???!! Anyhoo, she came down and picked it up. Very nice of her to do that!
I had a hard time sleeping that night I think because I kept thinking of our magical time we had. I eventually did fall asleep, but was awake off and on watching that *(&^% Report From the Bridge channel
Up Next, debarkation, the journey home and final thoughts
Friday's pictures:
Feeding the stingrays
Squirrelgirl's DD and Baylee
Snoozin' at the table
We slept in a little (if you can call 7-ish sleeping in) as we knew we wouldn't be allowed off the ship until after 9:00. Our server the night before told us that Topsiders would be really busy, so we decided to just have some cereal and fruit in the room. What a view Castaway Cay was from the porthole. Once he turned the ship around and backed in, I couldn't stop staring. I found my camera and took a picture of it through the porthole. When we left, I couldn't find my camera case. I just had it! We went up top to take pictures and headed down to be one of the first in line to get off. Wouldnt you know at the last minute, Mom, I have to go potty. Back to the room, then back down to the much longer line, thank you.
What was I thinking? I wanted to get my pic taken with Captain Jack in front of the Flying Dutchman! Oh well, as it turned out we didn't see a character all day until we were getting back on the ship and Lilo was getting off. We stayed at the beach the entire day.
We headed to the family beach.
Baylee was so excited because this was what she had been waiting for all week. We grabbed a spot under an umbrella and were in the water in no time. It was clear and warm. I couldn't believe how beautiful and blue it was. We were right in front of the Jungle Jim thingy there and it was 9 feet deep out there. Baylee isn't really a strong swimmer, so I made her wear a life vest. Ran into squirrelgirl's family and the girls played in the water. We had an 11:00 stingray feeding, as did squirrelgirl. I finally ran into Disneydmbnut and her DD. Baylee had talked to her DD a few times online and FINALLY they met up at the beach.We went to feed the stingrays and I thought it was a blast. She was a little mad at me because I made her wear at t-shirt over her suit. I was freaking out that she would get burnt. I was already killing her, as I must've put three coats of sunscreen on her head already that day! They give a little schmeel at the beginning and Baylee surprised me by getting right up there and feeding them as the stingrays as they swam at our feet. Truly amazing. Then it was time just to snorkel among the stingrays and the water got a little deeper and she totally freaked out. She didn't want them down by her feet anymore! But you just fed them with all of them swimming at your feet! UGH! So I brought her out to shore as I "snorkeled" in the shallow water taking pictures of the stingrays with my trusty throw-away underwater camera.
Time was up with the stingrays and we headed in. On our way, we stopped at Cookie's BBQ. I hadn't heard good things about it, but I'm glad we got there when we did because boy did that line get long fast! I thought the food was good. I had BBQ ribs and a big cheeseburger. I thought the potato salad was fantastic. Didn't like the corn on the cob, but I'm a big butter eater and couldn't find any Chocolate chip cookies (geez, how many did we have that week
?) were outstanding as usual, if not a little melted. We ate and went back to the beach. I sat with squirrelgirl's family and I just can't say enough what nice people they were. The kids played in the water and buried my feet. We noticed that the water wasn't as deep out by the jungle jim thingy (what IS that thing called? ) and it was closed - maybe because it was so shallow? I started feeling the heat and was getting a headache so we decided to head back to the ship It was about 2:30-3-ish. There's only so much of hot sun and sand I can take in a day. We stopped at She Sells Sea Shells and bought a couple t-shirts for us and a couple souvenirs for some back home.Got back on the ship and ran into Nova and gave her her tip and headed to the showers for both of us with all the sand in our hair (and other parts not mentioning
). I really didn't feel like going to dinner and if it wasn't for the fact it was the last night and kimmcbee's oldest DS was celebrating his birthday, we would've gone up to the buffet. But we got dressed (not very dressy, either) and went up to AGAIN Parrot Cay. At this point in the cruise, I was sick of this restaurant. Baylee was a little cranky, probably because she was so tired and a day outside in the sun did her in. I don't remember what I had for dinner, either, that night. Gave Densak and Paz their tips and couldn't find the AWOL head server still, so he missed getting a tip from us because he never did show up. Anyway, when we were done eating I was waiting for my dessert and low and behold I look over and Baylee fell asleep right at the table. They brought out birthday cake for kimmcbee's DS and she woke up. Baylee was getting sad because she knew it was the last time she would see Paz and they both got emotional. She made me cry, for heaven's sake! She gave Baylee her e-mail address and told her she would keep her in her heart. . Actually, she wrote it down as she had lost her voice the night before. I didn't feel like having any more dessert so we left. We were planning on going to the final show, and on our way stopped in Shutter's. Well, I had good intentions of sticking to my guns and only buying the ONE picture/frame that I bought. I saw the semi-formal of Baylee and HAD to have it. Grabbed the Captain Jack one, another of us on her birthday at Animator's, the Mickey character breakfast and brought them up to the counter and told them I had already bought an 8 x 10 in the frame, what kind of deal would they give me? He told me to pick out another 5 x 7 and he would charge me the $84.95 and give me a $19.99 refund on the other picture. I could live with that. My advice to others - don't go to Shutters on the last night! There were people sitting out in the hall looking at their pictures it was so crowded!
We went to the show and it was just so - so. Gary DeLena and the magic guy were there and they were great. At the end of the show, the power went out on that side of the ship for some reason and they couldn't finish the show as they wanted to. But they did all come back out and say their goodbyes! After the show we headed to Mickey's Mates for a couple more souvenirs. Another place to avoid Friday night! Baylee was still a little upset and tired so we went back to the room to finish packing and snuggle in for the last night on OUR ship.
Our towel animal was a cobra, fitting for our moods it seemed. I finished packing and Baylee cried and cried.
My heart was bleeding for her and if I could've booked onboard, I would've. But financially it is not possible for me right now. I did promise her; however, we would be doing this again hopefully in 2008. That cheered her up a bit. She fell asleep and I took a shower. I had all the bags out in the hallway making sure to leave clean clothes for in the morning . It was after 11 and there was a knock on my door. It was Nova with our pillowcases! I had forgotten all about them! My suitcases were outside already, so I had to shove it in my carryon for now. I forgot this part. I think my camera got sand in it at Castaway Cay. Remember I couldn't find my camera case? Well, I threw my camera into my beach bag and now it doesn't work. Hasn't since we left Castaway Cay. Thanks, kimmcbee for taking pics at dinner of the sleeping beauty for me I settled in to bed and thought about the pager for the kids clubs. I decided I would just leave it in the room for them to pick up. Well at about 11:30 the pager went off.
Scared the daylights out of me! I checked it and it was a reminder to turn in your beeper before 12:00. Well, I was in my jammies, my kid was sleeping and wouldn't you know I packed my KTTW cards. DUH I called the lab and she was very nice and offered to come and pick it up because they would charge me $150 if it wasn't brought back!! What is that policy? Whey can't we just leave it in the room???!! Anyhoo, she came down and picked it up. Very nice of her to do that!I had a hard time sleeping that night I think because I kept thinking of our magical time we had. I eventually did fall asleep, but was awake off and on watching that *(&^% Report From the Bridge channel
Up Next, debarkation, the journey home and final thoughts
Friday's pictures:
Feeding the stingrays
Squirrelgirl's DD and Baylee
Snoozin' at the table
It's absolutely awesome!
There was a lady in line wondering why there was a line, as it was late seating and it should've already been open. I said, uh, no, this is early seating. She argued with me about it and I started panicking thinking we missed breakfast because we were early seating! When they opened the doors Baylee went up to one of the servers and asked and he said yes, this is early seating. I don't know what happened to her as we left. I wanted to do an I TOLD YOU SO, but didn't see her after that. 
I hurried and called my "pick up man" and he said he'd meet us there! So more pixie dust 
at the end of the trip for us.
