Spring Break Disney-venture: Day 4

Thursday we spent the day at famous Castaway Cay  (pronounced "key," as I learned, and which makes no sense to me since other Caribbean islands are actually called "Keys," but I didn't make the rules). We had a pretty leisurely pace in the morning since we'd booked a glass-bottom boat tour at 9:45. It was fun to stop and take pictures with characters and the ship and stuff.

The glass-bottom boat tour was fun - we saw tons of fish, and got a kick out of feeding them oats.

It only took one day on the island to figure out that we'd done it all wrong. We had an easy morning, went on the boat ride as our first activity, then stopped in the little commercial spot to use the bathroom, look at the souvenir shop, and get overpriced smoothies in ridiculous character cups. By the time we headed to the beach, everything was super crowded. We were lucky to find two deck chairs on which to pile all the stuff we had for 9 people. Then we looked out at the water... and there were tons of people sitting on the shore, and tons of people floating and playing in the water. We had some water time anyway, and a few of us grabbed some snorkel gear. We checked out all the cool underwater Disney items that just happened to have sunk in a small area off right off the beach of Castaway Cay.

We had a yummy barbecue lunch with soft serve for dessert. Then as the rest of the crew hung out on the beach, Ben and I got some bikes and checked out the biking/running trail that led to a few points of interest. It was really nice to explore a bit and get a little exercise. And the cast member at the bike kiosk gave us Castaway Cay 5K medals, even though we were biking and not running.

Liza decided to get a hair wrap at the last minute.
It's lasted about 6 weeks already!

Our restaurant that night was Arendelle, which had paintings taken straight from the movie lining the entryway walls and characters making rounds. Musicians performed songs in the center of the restaurant throughout dinner, but unfortunately our table was positioned so that it was very difficult to see the stage. This was our least favorite dinner, haha. But at least it ended with Mickey Bars for the kids (as all the other meals had).

Since this was our last day of the cruise, I'll share a few bonus pics from inside the ship.

This is what our stateroom looked like during the day, after
housekeeping arranged everything in the morning.

While we were at dinner every night, housekeeping did the
turndown service and set up all of the kids' beds.

In the evenings, housekeeping also left us a
towel sculpture on the bed, and chocolate.

This was our towel sculpture on pirate night.
I think it's Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean.

This is the main hall of the ship, quiet and empty
late at night (unlike the rest of the day).