Lookout Cay

On Tuesday, May 12th, we stopped at Disney's new island, Lookout Cay.  We had never been, so we were excited to explore it.  There is a natural reef there, so they had to build a dock that was pretty long, to avoid it.  They did have wagons to put Hudson and our stuff in, so that was nice. 

We made it to Lookout Cay!  After the walk, they have shuttles to take you over to the beaches.

Getting a few pictures once there.

We then found some chairs and went to enjoy the beach!

It was beautiful!

They also had a splash pad w/ water slides which was fun.

Playing w/ the water buckets and getting Diane wet.

Pretty flowers and vegetation on the island.

Then we went to have lunch.  Sizing up our hands and wrists during lunch.  Cool coconut trees.

Back to play in the water and sand after lunch.

The boys had fun digging a hole.

I took a walk along the beach all the way over to the other side to check out Serenity Bay, which is only for adults.  They just had a sign to indicate it is for adults, whereas at Castaway, it's in a completely different area.  There is also a sign that says you're no longer on Disney's area and enter at your own risk, which is interesting.

Beautiful beaches!

Lookout Cay Dancing.

Lots of birds coming down for food people brought over.  Taking the shuttle back.  

Beautiful waters.

We had this fun gift in our room when we got back (popcorn and a cute Mickey stuffed animal).  

We took that popcorn to the show that night.

It was pirate night, so we dressed up for dinner.  

They had another bottle of the sparkling apple juice again for us, which was awesome!

I tried the tofu, which was pretty good.  Our table number.  

Yummy desserts w/ cool pirate chocolates.

Our waiter Shane, showing some magic tricks to the boys.  Another dessert.  

Carter and I took the stairs, so we stopped to get a picture of a cool picture ;)

Picture up on deck.  Another kind gesture gift in our stateroom.

Pirate night towel animal (Captain Barbosa).  Fun backdrop.  

We went and watched the magic show.

Then a picture w/ Captain Hook and Smee.

Everyone was pretty tired after that, but Nyles wanted to go see the fireworks, so I went up w/ him on Deck 12 to watch for a few minutes.  Cool towel pirate riding an alligator, rrrrrhhh!!!

We had a wonderful day at Disney's Lookout Cay.  The weather was great and Pirate Night was fun!  It was a great day!  It was a busy day, though, so we were looking forward to a more relaxed day at sea the next day.

Nassau, Bahamas Day

On Monday, May 11th, we slept in a little since we had been to Nassau a couple of times and didn't have an excursion planned.  We then had breakfast and did a few things, then got off the ship.

Picture w/ the cool tile castle.    Awesome towel animal on our way to breakfast.  TV in our stateroom w/ our name.

We went to meet Goofy first thing.

We decided to just get off the ship for a bit to explore the shops and take a few pictures.  

In front of the beautiful Disney Fantasy ship.

Hudson was done after walking for a little bit, so I took him back to the ship.  

We changed in our swimsuits and played in the splash pad and played mini golf.

After a little bit, the others came and joined us.  

Nyles and Carter bought a hat in Nassau.  Swim time!

We then watched the matinee of Aladdin.  It was awesome!

Carter and Hudson playing a game while waiting in line to meet Mickey Mouse.

Meeting Mickey with our Mickey Mouse shirts (and Minnie).

Then playing Mid-Ship Detective, so fun!

On Sunday, going to our first dinner rotation, they had 2 doors going into the restaurant.  We went to one (by the stairs we came from and a shorter line) and was told we had to go to the other door to go into the restaurant.  So we went around the corner and there was a HUGE line.  On the first night there is always some confusion as people are trying to get to the right restaurant, so a little bit of a line was expected, but this line was HUGE!  I was pretty frustrated after we got sat down since our table was pretty close to the first door we started at!  I told the maitre d when he stopped by.  He apologized for the inconvenience, realizing that the cast member who was at the door didn't know all the table numbers and figured we were on the other side of the restaurant instead of close to that door we started at.  

Well, when we got to our table the next night, in a different restaurant, we saw these special glasses on the table.  We had told them the night before none of us drink alcohol, so it was perplexing as to what it was for.  Our waiter then came over with some blue sparkling apple juice that was for the group!  The maitre d then stopped by and said they appreciated our patience and understanding with the mix-up the night before and wanted to show their appreciation.  We of course gladly accepted their apology and enjoyed the tasty juice.   They told us that you can't get this juice anywhere else but on the Disney Cruise ships.  I looked it up, it says, "The famous blue sparkling cider on Disney Cruise Line is Cloudem Blue, a non-alcoholic, shimmering apple juice that swirls like pixie dust when poured." So fun!

Tasty blue sparkling apple juice!  Having dinner in the Enchanted Garden.

Cool flowers open up during dinner and change colors.  Yummy dinner.  

Fun activities for the kids on their kids' menus.

Singing Happy Birthday to the boys!

Diane and I outside of the Enchanted Garden Restaurant.  

Getting dessert- Carter w/ his Mickey bar.

Quick picture out on deck.  Steve and I being silly :)

Earlier, Steve gave a compliment to one of the cast members, and his boss happened to overhear.  He then asked for our room number.  He ended up being the Hotel Director, so for the rest of the cruise, we got surprises in our room, which was so fun!  

The first night we got chocolate covered strawberries, yum.

Fun towel animal monkey.  The boys also got character sheets on their beds.  

Nyles found a 3D Mickey Duck too!

We had a fun day again, a little on land, and little at sea.  We were excited for the next day going to Lookout Cay for the first time!

Boarding the Ship Day

On Sunday, May 10th, it was finally time to board the ship!  We ate breakfast at our hotel, then caught our shuttle to head to the port.

On the shuttle going over to Port Canaveral (about 1 hour ride).  Hudson took a little nap :)

We made it!  As soon as we got there, we were able to go right through security and check in.  We then waited for our group to be called to board the ship.  Carter did some coloring while we waited.

We got some fun pictures while we waited.

Boarding the Fantasy!

Once we boarded the Disney Fantasy ship we got some lunch at Cabana's.  We went on the Fantasy 2 years ago, May of 2024.  The boys wanted ice cream of course.

Our rooms were then ready, so we went down to unpack and get settled in.

They gave us some cool new swag :)

Our door magnets.  We had connecting rooms again, which works awesome!

We then checked out the kid's clubs.  We look at the Teen/Tweens Clubs first.  

Nyles was pretty excited since he could access both clubs this time.

Playing a little shuffleboard on the 4th deck.

Then checking out the kid's club for Carter and Hudson.  

Really awesome details!  Marvel and Tinkerbell.

Cool Star Wars spaceships to drive.

Fun coloring/tracing place.  Carter really looks forward to it.

Cute kid's bathrooms w/ automatic hand washing stations (same as when you come into the club).  Fun bubble popping on the mat.

Cool Toy Story room.

Taking a break out on deck 4.  Fun picture of Stitch.  The boys relaxing before we head to dinner.

On our first dinner rotation, we were at Animator's Palate, so fun!

Yummy desserts.  One dessert just for the women as it was Mother's Day.

Silly Steve putting the boys heads in his shirt while we wait to meet Donald.

Meeting Donald Duck!

Cool towel animals on our beds.  

Since it was Mother's Day, we got special Mother's Day chocolates.

We had a great first day on the ship!  It's always a fun, busy, yet fast day.  We were excited for the next 4 days on the ship!