Happy 2015 Everyone! I was happier in the post I wrote 10 minutes ago that I lost... but alas.... it was not meant to be.. so you will have deal with a slightly more crabby Tinker326.
But Happy 2015 nonetheless. And here I am with TWO (yes, count them TWO) updates in one week. Miracles can happen. But don't expect much from this trend! I'll be back to non-updating soon.
2015 should be a great year filled with lots of great trips that maybe I'll start TR on and never finish.
But for now, let's get a little bit further on our last full day on the boat. Always bittersweet.. .as it's the last day but it's to the best place in the Caribbean. It's
Castaway Cay day.
Now, there are many reasons I love Castaway Cay.. but what is my favorite? Is it the serene beauty of the crystal clear waters? No. Is it that my lunch is free & I don't need to pay anything extra (included in cruise cost!). No. Is it the exciting and fast paced hermit crab races? No. It's because they place a net around the family beach to keep sharks out. No joke... they really do.
I can frolic and play to my hearts content without fear of being someone's lunch. Oh, and they also have alcohol.
So enough talk. Pictures.
We woke up at 7:30 and applied the sunscreen. And by 'we' I mean me. My husband was claiming to be on 'vacation'. Must be nice..this 'vacation' thing.
It was forecasted to be overcast but it was sunny! Disney gods were shining down on us today! We headed up for breakfast at Cabana's and watched as we pulled into Castaway.
We quickly ate & headed down to disembark. We decided to walk to the Family Beach instead of taking the tram. As I wanted 'photo ops' on the way there.
This proved to set the tone of the early morning as it was HOT! HOT! HOT! and this made hubby and Sarah CRANKY! CRANKY! CRANKY!
I can't get them to pose under normal conditions, so add in the above... hmm.. me thinks magical wonderful perfect family photos of our wonderful trip to Castaway were not happening..............
But we were here... and that's enough, right?
First unhappy photo op. Sarah will still be in it! Under threat of her life.
Second unhappy photo op. All three kids still in it. All three unhappy to be facing full sun. All three under threat to smile AND keep their eyes open for the picture.
Hubby is NOWHERE to be found because he was walking to a pace similar to what I normally run to get a spot on the beach. Sarah quickly joined him and I lost both of them for awhile while I still tried to force photo ops on the other two.
I mean here's Mickey. On Castaway. Family picture please?
Well, close enough? Who needs grumpy gusses anyways?
The little store on the island.
I mean, $hit.. it's not Disney without a gift store, right?
She's looking for the alcohol....
No fear lushy Gram, the little island boys will come right up to your beach chair and get you a drink!
Let's go find where our chairs are!
We meandered down the family beach..closer to the far end.... to find where Kurt and Sarah plopped themselves....
We were not too far from the first play area....
Kurt and the older girls quickly decided to head out to snorkel before the course got stirred up with sand....
He had the camera and recorded their adventure on film.
A FISH! A real live tropical fish!
Another fish. That's two whole fish.
The last cruise ship.
The point Rebecca freaked out and started screaming underwater. She prefers fish flying solo to schools of fish.
A Shark.
No? Ok. It was a fish butt. Bet you always wanted to know what a fish butt looked like.
A snorkeling butt.
The Loch Ness Monster.
An attempt at photobombing cut off by a poor photographer.
Strangest fish in the sea. The Tweenleg Fish. Only in Disney... only in Disney people.
Another boat. Probably a Small World Boat gone astray from the Happiest Voyage in the World. Probably sunk by Kill-Joys who can't stand that particular ship like my hubby.
Actually, upon further reflection, it looks a lot like the Jaws boat. Am I right?
More fine photography skills... Cap't Kill Joy & the Minnie Statue. And that rare, strange "Tweenleg" fish.
That thing is as scary as shark & was following us around like a shark.
Mickey got irritated at Minnie. Probably it was her voice. And sent her to sleep with the fish. Namely, the tweenleg fish.
Man, I just took this post dark. Sorry Walt.
Another fish.
He is grumpy looking.
You know what would make this picture better? If you saw Jaw lurking in the background. I mean, not because Jaws was eating my husband.. more because it would just have really been a cool picture.
Are you all tired from underwater pictures? Me too.
And I'm almost out of space for this post.
After their exciting snorkeling adventure which was rated as "AWESOME" by all involved.... it was time to enjoy the water!! Which several of us were already doing.......
Hehe. More pictures of my mom in a bathing suit. So glad she doesn't read this.
Notice how I only pose & post pictures of me where you can't see me in a bathing suit!
And that, my friends, is the end of this post as I can't post anymore pics. You will all have to wait for the rest. Probably sometime in Feb.
Happy New Year!