{"id":1604,"date":"2011-05-19T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_travel_adventures\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2022-05-05T00:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:26:01","slug":"day-2-on-transatlantic-cruise-disney-magic-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/day-2-on-transatlantic-cruise-disney-magic-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 on Transatlantic Cruise Disney Magic May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transatlantic Cruise on the Disney Magic May 2011 \u2013 Day 2 (Castaway Cay!)<\/p>\n

Cast of characters:<\/p>\n

Mic from The Magic for Less Travel<\/p>\n

Missy, from The Mouse for Less list and of Minnesota mom\u2019s runaway to WDW fame , one of Mic\u2019s BFF\u2019s<\/p>\n

Ross, Missy\u2019s darling husband (aka DH)<\/p>\n

Ross is taking the blog today \u2013 the DH has a perspective too!\u00a0 Up bright and early (well, early anyway, Mic and Missy are not early-birds) for Castaway Cay!<\/p>\n

Foregoing the tram to the beach area in favor of a nice long morning walk in the early Bahamas\u2019 sun, we quickly reached our first goal \u2013 hammocks!<\/em> We had no trouble securing 3 hammocks, a couple of supplementary lounges and our fun equipment:\u00a0\u00a0 snorkels and floaties.\u00a0 While Mic pulled out the Kindle and settled in, Missy and I headed for the beach with our gear.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0After getting used to the cool morning water we flopped around on the beach getting our flippers on (who invented these things?) and swam out to explore.\u00a0 We quickly got the hang of things and were soon exploring the undersea world of the Cay.<\/p>\n

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A quick note on the beaches:\u00a0 we stopped at the first area near the snorkeling lagoon, it was not very crowded at all and stayed pretty light throughout the day.\u00a0 Later explorations showed that the beaches around Pelican Plunge and Serenity Bay (adults only) were much busier \u2013 though still not over crowded.<\/p>\n

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We swam around a while, found sunken Mickey, Minnie and some fishy friends.\u00a0\u00a0 It was really cool and though it didn\u2019t seem like we were out long, my red legs and arms definitely told a different story (strong sun in the Caribbean).<\/p>\n

After all that work, a nap in the hammocks was in order.\u00a0 Lying on a Caribbean beach, listening to the wind through the palm trees is a wonderful way to drift off!\u00a0 Waking up refreshed, Missy and I explored the island a bit, leaving Mic to the floaties, her book and the hammocks.\u00a0 The island is wonderful, we explored the different areas, however we did not make it to the adult area, Serenity Bay\u2026too far by foot (a whole 15 minute walk\u2026ok, we were being lazy) and we did not want to wait for the Tram, the areas we did explore were not very crowded.\u00a0 We think it was because of the lower number of children present for the Trans-Atlantic crossing.<\/p>\n

After finding Mic again we got lunch at Cookies BBQ, ribs, chicken and assorted BBQ food \u2013 very good (cookies were especially nice).\u00a0 However, a warning:\u00a0 don\u2019t leave your trays alone.\u00a0 The local birds are very stealthy and watch for trays that have been abandoned for a few minutes and swarm.\u00a0 Given the level of cooperation they showed it is a well rehearsed maneuver.<\/p>\n

After showering and a general recovery we explored the ship a bit more and headed to the Walt Disney Theatre for the early showing (ours will always be the early showing \u2013 we have 8:30 dinner seating) of Ricky Kalmon \u2013 Comedian and Hypnotist!\u00a0 It was both very funny and interesting.\u00a0 He ended up putting a couple of the volunteers into pretty deep suggestive states \u2013 one presenting his shoe to the audience as Simba ala the Lion King\u2019s coming of age scene and another believing he was different Disney characters each time his hand was shaken.\u00a0 Missy is sure they were audience plants, but it seemed pretty real to me!<\/p>\n

Afterwards we wandered into Diversions where they were holding a Family-Feud style trivia game.\u00a0 We did ok, won free ice cream on deck 9 for the entire trip!\u00a0 Ok\u2026everyone gets that anyway\u2026then it was on to Parrot Cay for a Taste of the Caribbean!\u00a0 Awesome service, awesome food, and more new friends at the table!\u00a0 This is definitely something that Disney does right!\u00a0 We ended up chatting at the table well past 10:00 so Missy, Mic and I decided we would check out Match Your Mate in the Rockin\u2019 Bar D!<\/p>\n

Match Your Mate turned out to be a Newlywed-style game show.\u00a0 When they asked for volunteers Missy and I jumped up and ran to the stage!\u00a0 (Mic here, it did take a little tiny push) There were four couples vying for the last seat.\u00a0 We had to \u201cprove our love\u201d with a stand-up make out session.\u00a0 After the first round of public \u201clove\u201d we were down to two couples.\u00a0 We started a more aggressive (!) standing-make out session (this time with wandering hands on my part) \u2013 Missy broke off at the last minute and went after the other woman\u2019s man\u2026that secured our spot, apparently proving we had what it took.<\/p>\n

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Long story short, we didn\u2019t win…I made the assumption it should be \u201cDisney Clean\u201d, boy was I wrong.\u00a0 By the end of the night the audience knew more about us than my friends do.\u00a0 However, in true Disney style all the couples won a Rainforest Room Spa day \u2013 the winners got a very nice bottle of Champaign.<\/p>\n

After that we were all wiped out \u2013 so back to our cabins, bed and our first of six days at sea (with NO LAND IN SITE)!<\/p>\n

Mic\u00a0 here popping in, Ross did forget a couple of things, like the 5K we ran on Castaway Cay as well as the leisurely ride on the bikes around the island.\u00a0 I finally got to that lighthouse!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (and yes I have some oceanfront property in Arizona for sale if you are believing that).\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously though, Missy and I DID do some dancing with some of the ladies from that Bahamas, a crew member and some fellow guests, in preparation for an upcoming project I am working on to raise awareness for Metastatic (stage 4) Breast Cancer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Details are still forthcoming, actually we haven\u2019t put it all together yet, it still in the Imagineering stage.<\/p>\n

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