SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I’ve pretty well described Disney’s Cruise Line ship Wish for you, so I’ll move on to the things we did on the islands where we docked.
Our first port of call was Nassau, Bahamas. Fred and I have been to Nassau many times, and weren’t too thrilled to be back. However, the island has “cleaned up” quite a bit since the last hurricane that devastated the island. We decided to take an excursion, one we’ve done before but enjoy none-the-less. It was a type of “glass bottom boat” ride…actually a semi-submarine. There was the upper-deck, where the crew maintained the boat, and the passengers sat – on the way to the designated observation area, and also on the way back to the dock. After climbing down a short ladder, the passengers went to the “below” deck, where there were fold-down stool seats situated in front of each port-hole window. There we could look out and see everything under water. The level of the water’s floor, where they took us to see the underwater life, varied from about six feet to 30 feet. Lots of seaweed, fish and we saw two sharks who were “resting” or sleeping on the bottom of the sand. Wow!
Our second port of call was Disney’s island – Castaway Cay (pronounced key – don’t ask me why).
All Disney ships going to the Bahamas stop at Castaway Cay for a day. I have grown to love this island, even if we do nothing more than walk around, walk in the sand, sit or stretch out on lounge chairs in the sand and people-watch as they play in the water. Since neither of us are “water” people, we just enjoy watching people enjoying themselves as they play in the water.
Photo Credit Disney.com/Wherever I May Roam blog
We have walked the island many times – out to the lookout tower,
down the runway, and just around the activities Disney offers. We have rented bicycles and ridden around the island. I am not comfortable on a bicycle, so we don’t do that anymore.
However, we had planned to take advantage of some water bicycles and paddle out and around the protected area. Unfortunately, the wind was up that day, quite a bit, and so they were going to cancel that excursion. We did get a refund, but were disappointed that we didn’t get to do that. Perhaps next Disney cruise to Castaway Cay we can do it.
We took the tram down to Serenity Bay – the adults only beach. We walked along the water on the sand, sat in some lounge chairs in the shade, and just rested. There is a bbq eatery in Serenity Bay, and we had our lunch there…including some of their soft-serve ice cream! A really nice set-up. Some of the ship’s restaurant servers go to the island and work the eateries on the island, so perhaps one will see the servers from our tables on the ship. We didn’t, but it’s possible.
Fred in front of the food set-up
Back to the ship and prepare for our supper hour and the last night’s performance of Aladdin, which was excellent.
Then the overnight sail back to Port Canaveral and disembark. We always carry our own luggage, and so after a quick breakfast we just walk off the ship, through Customs, get into our car, and drive home.
Another Disney cruise under our belt! Now we need to book an 11th cruise, so we can take advantage of those extra perks!!
It was a great cruise!
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*All photos are credited to Judy Wills, with the exception noted.
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Old Things R New 
This post brought to mind so many good memories. The island is so beautiful. I have to confess, though, my favorite things on the island are the BBQ lunch, all kinds of fruit and lots of ice cream! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
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