Castaway Cay

On Thursday, May 14th, we stopped at Disney's island, Castaway Cay.  We had breakfast, then made our way off the ship.  It was overcast as we got off the ship.

Dumbo at the front of the ship.  Getting a picture in front of the ship.

Making our way over to the beaches.

It really started to downpour, so we took cover for a bit.

It cleared up after a bit, so we made our way to the beach.  

They asked us not to get in the water yet though, so we started playing on the beach.

We thought we couldn't go in the water due to lightning, but later found out there was an "unwanted creature" in the water aka a SHARK!  Castaway has a barrier that they've made to keep "unwanted creatures" out and keep the waves to a minimum, but somehow it still made its way in.  They were chasing it around w/ boats, but couldn't get it to go out of the barrier.

No one allowed in the water, so playing in the sand.  Picture w/ Olaf.

Steve and I went for a walk, checking out what was going on.

Yep, no one was allowed to be in the water, so sad.

The boys digging holes in the sand.

The cast members on boats who were trying to run the shark out of the barrier.

We were hot and hungry, so we went and got lunch.  Some lizards were near our table.

Hudson then played at the small splash pad for a while.

We then came back to the beach, hoping we could go in, but no, we still weren't allowed.  We put our chairs in a little bit though to cool off as it was getting really hot!

They were NOT letting us in the water, so Diane and I left back to the ship to start packing to go home the next day.  Steve stayed w/ the boys to let them dig more.

The boys coming back to the ship.

A few pictures along the way.

That night for dinner we were back to Animator's Palate.  Crush, the turtle interacted w/ us.

Yummy dinner and dessert.  The pork chop was REALY good.

Carter playing w/ the crayons.  Our main server Shane from Jamaica, the assistant server Crystal from Dominican Republic, and the Maitre d Rittesh from India.

Another kind gift in our stateroom.  Playing a little shuffleboard.

Beautiful sunset on our last night. 

We went to the final play "Believe" then went up on deck for one more late night snack and movie.

Our last towel animal.

We made the most of our day at Castaway, though definitely NOT what we had planned/envisioned.  That was our 7th time at Castaway, and the first time we couldn't get in the water due to a shark.  We'll certainly remember this trip to Castaway, though.  It's always hard the last day knowing you have to get off the ship the next day.  Overall though, it was a great day!