Waking up and seeing Castaway Cay in front of you can either be the happiest or the most saddest feeling in the world. On one hand you are happy as you have a day in absolute paradise but you can also feel so sad as the majority of the time, the view of Castaway Cay means that it is the last day of your cruise and that you will soon be back in the real world. It was truly a sad feeling for me on this day as I was having simply the best time onboard the Disney Treasure and I definitely was not ready to disembark the ship the following morning. (more…)

On the final day of our Marvel Day at Sea cruise onboard the beautiful Disney Dream I woke up after a good night’s sleep and immediately walked out onto our verandah where I could already see Castaway Cay ahead in the distance. It was so strange to be back at Castaway Cay as I really was not expecting to visit at all this year but that is what happens when other cruise companies cancel your long-awaited trip and mess you around leaving you to find alternative (and as it turns out, much better) plans! (more…)

At the top of my list of things to do when I visited Castaway Cay on the beautiful Disney Wish earlier this year was to finish the Castaway Cay 5K. Castaway Cay is Disney Cruise Line’s private island located in the Bahamas and despite visiting Castaway Cay four times prior to this cruise, I never imagined that I would ever be able to complete the 5K. However on this trip, I really wanted to push myself and try something new and different, so I decided to walk (as I cannot run to save my life) the Castaway Cay 5K. (more…)

After the best and longest sleep of our entire trip so far, I woke up just after 7:00am ready for our last full day onboard the beautiful Disney Wish. There was an incredible sunrise at sea that morning and sitting on the verandah with a cup of tea in hand with the view of Castaway Cay ahead of us was a perfect way to start the day. (more…)

Waking up at 7:00am on the final full day of the first of our back to back cruises onboard the beautiful Disney Wish and seeing the incredible view of Castaway Cay from our verandah was an amazing sight and one that will always make you smile. (more…)

The title of this blog will immediately give away the answer of whether or not we made it to Castaway Cay in the Bahamas for the second time on our Halloween on the High Seas “Double Dip” cruise onboard the Disney Dream – but yes we did miss our stop on Disney’s private island that day as we were unable to dock due to Hurricane Ian which I had predicted earlier in the cruise. (more…)

On the first full day of our Disney Dream Halloween on the High Seas “Double Dip” cruise to Castaway Cay and Nassau I woke up just before 6:00am after sleeping solidly for over eight hours. As the air conditioning in our stateroom was working so well, the first thing I did as soon as I got out of bed was put all of our cameras and lenses onto the table outside on the verandah so they had plenty of time to acclimatise to the September heat and humidity before we reached Castaway Cay that morning – the last thing we wanted was for them to steam up when we wanted to take some photos. We sat out on our verandah chatting with a cup of tea as the sun came up and it really was a perfect way to start the day. (more…)

On our last day of our Eastern Caribbean cruise onboard the Disney Fantasy, I woke up early just after 6:00am all ready for our day at Castaway Cay. I checked the map on the television and we still had forty nautical miles to go and as I walked out onto our verandah, it started to rain heavily but it quickly passed and it was very soon a beautiful morning outside. (more…)

Castaway Cay (pronounced Key) is Disney Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas and is the highlight of the majority of Disney cruises. The only way you can visit Castaway Cay is to take a Disney Cruise and even if not a beach person like myself, you will find it a little piece of paradise. The palm trees, blue skies (most of the time), crystal clear water and beautiful white sand beaches make it a perfect place to relax. I have written this guide to Castaway Cay to tell you everything you need to know before your visit. (more…)

Once again on this trip, I woke up early just before 7:00am after not having a great night’s sleep. I’m not sure if I was overtired or just never had the chance to properly relax on this trip and indeed the whole cruise, but I was exhausted the entire time we were onboard. (more…)