Our last full day of our cruise was spent at Castaway Cay, Disney’s privately owned island in the Bahamas. From our verandah we were able to watch the ship dock and the crew members get off the boat. Everything for the day at the Castaway Cay must be unloaded from the ship before the guests can disembark. We watched as all the towels, food and supplies were quickly and efficiently taken off the ship and sent to their proper places. It was an impressively choreographed with each person seeming to know exactly where to put everything.
Once we were allowed to disembark, we headed straight over to Serenity Bay, the adult only beach as the end of the island. On
the soft sand beach were pairs of lounges and umbrellas set up as far as the eye could see. The swimming area as expansive with clear blue water. At noon Pete and I wandered over to the lunch station set up near the beach. We had checked ahead of time with the staff and found that most of the items would be gluten free. I had a hamburger (no bun) and Pete had rotisserie chicken and a steak. We both had salad and fruit.
Around two in the afternoon we left the beach and made our way over to the bike rental station. We picked up our bikes and took a little spin around, stopping at the look out tower for a good view of the island. The bikes
were “old school” with no gears or handbrakes. It took me a while to remember to pedal backwards to stop. The trails were nice, flat and wide with water station every so often.
We headed back onto the boat around 3:30 and sat on our verandah watching everyone else slowly stream back into the boat. As happy as we were to sit and relax, we were beginning to feel a little sad the our trip was just about over. Some packing to do before dinner and our bags would need to be out in the hallway for pickup before 11 pm.
We headed down for our final dinner with our table mates and servers - appropriately named “Until We Meet Again”.
Our Head Server Simone from Italy
Our dear table mates who put up
with all of our food pictures
Our servers were Angelina from Columbia and Non from Thailand. As a final treat their brought us a special anniversary dessert made with white chocolate mousse - all gluten free of course!
