Castaway Cay

As I said, after the boat ride, we went back to the ship for nap time.  Then, Mike and I did something the ship should never know about...we took our diapered children into the Mickey pool!!!!  We skipped the formal dinner again that night figuring that while everyone was eating, the pool wouldn't be crowded and more importantly, it wouldn't be watched.  We were right.  We had the entire pool to ourselves except for about 10 minutes when this one little boy showed up.  We only swam for about 1/2 hour, but boy did the girls LOVE it. 

Then, we got them cleaned up and into PJs and actually took them to that evening's show (Toy Story) in their PJs.  They lasted about 30 to 40 minutes.  They don't know Toy Story, so I think it didn't hold their attention as much as something else would have. 

Ok, so we wake up the next morning at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay.  We got off the boat and hit the beach.  It was magnificant.  I packed a beach blanket and a few other things that turned out to be completely unnecessary.  Who knew that their beach would have pool chair and umbrellas everywhere....PLENTY for everyone!  We didn't have to get sandy at all.  Yippie!  So, we swam and played in the surf and sand for a few hours.  This was the highlight of the trip.  No worrying about diapers...just having a blast in the water.  The girls LOVED it!  Photos to come later.

We decided it was lunch time, so we headed up to the covered 'picinic' area on the island.  They had a frozen yogurt machine too.  As I've mentioned, we were having a hard time getting the girls to eat, and this was no exception.  They basically ate potato chips for lunch and frozen yogurt for dessert.  After that, we went back to the ship and the girls napped.  They woke up just about the time we were pulling away from the port.  So, a barely awake Nicole is standing in our room and just pukes all over our bed and the floor.  Oh joy!  Now, you could say that she had just spent an entire afternoon in the hot Caribbean sun and ate junk and dairy products...add to that the sensation of the ship pulling away from port after having been motionless at the dock.  But...we knew better since Kaitlyn had been sick too.  Anti-naseau pill, here we come!

So, this was the evening of the Pirate party.  No one from our family had been to the dining room yet and it was the third night of the cruise.  So, I stayed in the room with a very cuddly and laid back Nicole and Kaitlyn who was fine, thank goodness.  Mike went to dinner and brought me something back.  The girls had room service.  How swanky!  After Mike got back, we thought about taking them up to the Pirate party figuring they'd perk up.  Didn't seem to be in the cards for Nicole, so I took Kaitlyn up and Mike stayed with Nicole.  She's a daddy's girl anyway.  Kaitlyn had a great time at the Pirate Party.  (Photos to come for that too...this is just a narrative post because I'm too lazy to upload the photos at 10:30 at night.)

This brings us to bedtime and to the last day on the cruise...a full day at sea.  Next post.