A great beach, bike trails, snorkeling, and plenty to eat! We had a very memorable time with lots of time to rest in the sand. Even the kids snorkeled for hours in the clear water -- be sure to hang in there to find Mickey on the ocean floor!
castaway cay虽然是巴哈马领土,但却被迪斯尼购下,作为邮轮观光的私属岛屿。迪斯尼dream号邮轮在这里停靠一天。岸上提供自助餐,非常丰盛,沙滩分儿童区和成人区。游乐设施虽不免费却并不很贵,都可以用游轮上的门卡结账。最关键的是,这个岛上只有本艘油轮上的游客,一切资源都非常充足。
Amazing. Perfect. Stunning. Wonderful. All words describe the absolutely perfect Castaway Cay. We spent the day on the beach.. part of the day down where the little water park was.. which was not overly crowded and a lot of fun, had the barbeque lunch and spent the rest of the day on the other part of the beach swimming and enjoying the sun. What a beautiful place! Captain Jack Sparrow was super friendly and worth the wait (go early).. Stitch was even better!
On our short Disney cruise, Castaway Cay made it all worth it to escape the winter weather for a day filled with turquoise blue waters and gentle breezes. My husband did the Backcountry Fishing excursion and was not disappointed. The food at the pavilion was typical BBQ fare. The transportation to the various locations was ideal for travelers. I would loved to have spent two days there~
Castaway Cay was amazing. We got up extra early (545) to do the final leg of our 3 race trip (Castaway Cay 5k). We then came back to the ship and grabbed breakfast. At 830, they finally let you off the ship. We went straight to the main watercraft area because we had our eye on some Hobie catamaran mini sailboats. They were relative cheap for disney ($19 for 30min) and a lot of fun. We then ventured to the other side making a pit stop at the sting ray adventure. Quite pricey so we backed out (~$45 per person). Would highly recommend grabbing some snorkeling gear, you get it for the whole day (can't remember the price but not bad). We then made it to the adult only beach (Serenity beach). There were plenty of beach loungers and hammocks available when we got there. Water was quite cold but not too bad. If you got the snorkeling gear, now's the time to use it. There are a ton of starfish, conch shells, and sand dollars everywhere. Supposedly there is even a real ship wreck a little past the middle orange bouys. The lunch wasn't bad (burgers, fish, steak,etc.). We went on an excursion in the afternoon, the reef snorkeling rum excursion (adults only). We had a lot of fun and saw a ton of fish and sea life including 3 barracudas (pretty ominous looking). After all of this, it was time to leave. Only regret is we didn't have more time.
The island is beautiful..we just had a lazy day on the beach..the food was served picnic--buffet style on the island, and was very delish. We rented aqua trikes on the beach..what a workout! I wouldn't go in February again..the water was kinda chilly..but definately in the spring or fall!
Everything on the Disney Cruise was amazing however their private island trumps all vacations spots! We did the jet ski excursion, worth every penny! Took us to a sand bar in the middle of the ocean to see a star fish, conch and even a shark! There is a lot to do and see on the island and the adults only side of the island is perfect for a couple of 20 somethings! Food was great, steak fish and chicken on the grill as well as many side and desert options.All of it at no charge, alcoholic drinks were delicious and reasonable priced. We laid in the hammocks, sipped on fruity drinks and lounged in the beautiful water. Best day ever! So we will being repeating this experience every year from now on!
my first time and amazing unfortunately only there for a day. My favourite just because I didn't have to bring lots of thing. towels offered at exit, also free drinks and lunch included. There are many chairs no need to be in a hurry. I loved renting the bikes and exploring the island no matter how small. For me the water was clod but the kids do not mind....i love the other activities volleyball, ping pong, etc...Enjoy it
This was our second trip to Castaway Cay and it was better than the first. The swimming area is surrounded by a breaker wall so the water is smooth and clear. There are plenty of chairs and umbrellas for the entire ship. Lots of things to do beach, bike trails, water slides, water playground. You can rent snorkel gear at a very resonable price if you don't want to bring your own. They also have tubes and float mats available for rent. The beach is very large and super clean.. like everything disney does they go above and beyond.. The crowds are also very family friendly and well behaved the disney price level elimated the rif raf that comes will the lower priced cruise lines. We are allready planning our trip back next year. See ya real soon....
We had never been on a cruise before, ever so we decided to go with Disney of course, just a quick 4 night cruise to Castaway Cay and Nassau over our kids' winter break holiday. First things first, We absolutely love Disney, from the films, parks, characters etc... it's a young fan of five, me, my wife, our son age 9, daughter age 7 and youngest daughter age 4. As you can imagine kiddos were over the moon about cruising for the first time ever on the Dream which I believe is one of the newer DCL ships. Start with what we liked: service (wait staff at dinner each night, cabin attendant, room service) excellent, food was just fine, able to bring our own fave wine bottles on board ($20 corkage fee at dinner), the kids club was fantastic, from the high tech hand wash station each kid did at check in and check out of the club, beacon bands each kid wears at all times in ship to tell staff where each kid is in the club, security for parents as to pick up to the fun activities our kids enjoyed it there. So, as a novice cruiser, really had no idea it is very common a ship cannot dock at all ports so we were unable to spend any time at Castaway Cay, it looked really lovely from a distance (all dependent upon parking the ship safely, which the captain could not do there), we had skipped Nassau the first port and stayed on the ship the first port day, (DCL was able to park it there and that was a great day because many families were off the ship and the upper deck was enjoyable). Because there were 2 days at sea and no day at Castaway Cay though, the rest of the time on board was just far too crowded. This is quite frankly why we likely will not be cruising again. There was no space. Kids and parents packed like sardines in the 2 tiny pools , there are only 2 small pools in the family area of the entire ship, it was really awful. That as well as the fact that there were no deck chairs available each day on upper deck by the tiny pools was challenging.Not a good experience. We would have liked to enjoy the upper deck and get some sun but it was far too crowded. Perhaps DCL should consider limiting the number of cabins/families each day allowed on the upper deck so that those that are there can enjoy. It was really no good. Over capacity. We love Disney but the sheer volume of people in and around the pools made us avoid the upper deck altogether. Even our kids did not want to go back to the pools area because they could barely move in the pools, now that s telling. The Aqua Duck water slide was fun but the lines were so long to ride so we didn't do that but twice, we found ourselves avoiding he pools area since it was chaos there and watching a movie or going to a live show which was just fine. So that's it, I hope this review is helpful for those considering a cruise with kids, there is a lot expense and travel time just getting to Port Canaveral, hotel night before and night after as well as flights to and from FL. I wish I had the full scoop before, but it was just OK. Maybe it would have been much different if the captain had been able to park it at Castaway Cay that day, not sure but we will never know.