5th day on the cruise, Castaway Cay Island

On Wednesday, October 19th, we were at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay.  It was also Diane's birthday!  After a quick breakfast at Cabanas, we went down on the ship and got off on the island.

Happy Birthday signs we put on Diane's door.  Beautiful view in the morning.  

Fun Halloween touch on the island and our ship, Disney Dream.

Instead of taking the Tram, we walked along the pathway.  Steve went on the tram for a little while w/ his parents, then came back.  We got to see things we had missed the other times by taking the Tram.

Pictures w/ the Disney characters.  Joann, Dave and Steve on the tram.  The boys meeting Chip and Dale on the beach.

Mickey Mouse also showed up as we were walking over, so we got an awesome picture w/ him in front on the ship.  Hudson couldn't wait to play in the sand, so he played the couple minutes we waited to meet Mickey.  Cute boys on a big chair.

Beautiful flowers along the pathway.  I loved it!

Hudson catching a ride w/ Steve.  Nyles and Carter w/ Aunt Diane.

At the beach!  Such a beautiful place!  We had rain clouds overhead, but they held out until the afternoon.  Hudson and Carter playing on the hammocks for a minute, before getting into the sand.

Steve and I went snorkeling w/ Nyles and Carter first.  Carter got tired, so Steve brought him back in.  Nyles and I continued on and found the Disney statues hidden under the water.  We also found LOTS of cool Tropical fish, many more than last time.  It was awesome!

Fun in the sand.  Hudson playing w/ the buckets in the sand.  Joann and Diane relaxing.  

Steve helping the boys get ready to snorkel.  Carter digging in the sand.  

When Steve came back w/ Carter, they decided to bury him in the sand.  Dave helping Hudson.

Carter got hot so they put some life jackets on him to protect him from the sun, then later he took Steve's sunglasses.  Silly kid.  Steve also made him a sea lion.

Carter in the sand.

Hudson just loving life, kicking in the water.  Nyles helping Carter in the sand.  Hudson and I took a walk over w/ Nyles to check out the playground.

Nyles going across the rope.

Carter and Nyles posing near Olaf.  Beautiful views on the island.  Dave playing in the water :)

Getting lunch at Cookies Too.  A little decoration for Diane's birthday.  Hudson went right to sleep as soon as he got in the stroller.  Nyles enjoying some ribs.  Dave and Joann getting a spot.

Group picture.  Hudson enjoying an ice cream after he woke up and had lunch.  Beautiful flower.

Cute Hudson playing w/ his bucket in the sand.  Nyles enjoyed pushing Joann.

After lunch, Steve and I jumped on the tram to go to "Serenity Bay" which for adults only.  

Dave, Joann and Diane said they'd watch the boys.

Steve wanted to show me where he hurt his knee on Serenity Bay when he was at Castaway Cay back in 2007.  We were only there for a few minutes when it started to rain heavily, so we jumped back on the train and came back.  We helped clean up since it didn't seem like it was going to stop.  Nyles wanted to try the rope bridge one more time.

Coming back in the rain, on the train.

Nyles trying it again.

Cute Carter toes.  The rain coming down.

We were already completely wet by this time, so we took a few fun pictures on our way back.

Getting back on the ship.  Everyone coming back from the island to get on the ship.

That night at dinner, Joann/Dave gave Diane a pretty bouquet of flowers (fake ones since we can't bring real ones one) for her birthday!  

Diane in front of your stateroom, and at Castaway for her birthday.

To celebrate Diane's birthday we went to Vanellope's to get her some ice cream.  The boys wanted to get a race car full of ice cream as well.  It was a LOT of ice cream!

At Vanellopes.

More Vanellopes.

Steve, Hudson and Carter ready to dig into the ice cream.  Joann, Diane, Nyles and I also trying the ice cream.  Fun chocolate topping.

After ice cream, Hudson was ready for bed, so I took Nyles and Carter to the kids club for a little while.  They made pillow cases for Pluto's Pajama Party (like last time).  While they were playing, I went back to our stateroom and packed up.  Then I went back to pick the boys up and we went to our final play.  It was the "Believe" one, which we had seen on the Magic Ship, but I actually liked this one better.  It was a different version and really funny!  The Genie was the main character.

Nyles, Carter and I at the play.  With their pillowcases.

It's always so sad on the last night when the fun is coming to a close, but we played hard and enjoyed it.  It was another awesome day!