Spring Break 2016

This year for Spring Break we went on a Disney cruise to the Western Caribbean on the Disney Fantasy. We had a great trip. We set sail Saturday, March 5th from Port Canaveral. Caleb knew several friends that were on the ship last year with us, so he immediately found them and we didn't see him much other than dinner time. Carley, Chris and I enjoyed the Sail Away party with lots of characters making an appearance. 

Our first dinner was in the Enchanted Garden restaurant where we met our servers for the week, Nery and Suzy. They were wonderful!

On a Disney cruise, you rotate between three restaurants but have the same servers. 

Day two was a day at sea. We hit the pool, found some characters, and did some activities onboard. 

Day three was in Cozumel. We didn't do a planned excursion but went off the ship to check out the port and shops and ended up taking a carriage ride around town. We made a few stops to check out a few local places. 

After we returned to the boat, we watched Zootopia in 3D. 

That evening for dinner was Pirate Night. Carley and I found Jack Sparrow for a photo shoot. 

There was also a pirate show on the ship. 

Day four was in Grand Cayman. We did an excursion called Snooba. We walked on the bottom of the ocean with a helmet on that had air pumped into it. It was great. We saw lots of fish and coral and even a barracuda. 

We returned to the ship and hung out after a little shopping. To get on and off the ship to shore, you had to take a smaller boat. 

Day five was a day at sea and was Star Wars day. People went all out dressing up as characters and Disney had characters around all day for pictures. 

All week they showed Star Wars movies and the new one. There were also several Star Wars shows that day. We had tickets to meet CP30 and R2D2. So neat!

We also had tickets to meet Chewbacca. Very cool!

The next day was another day at sea. We enjoyed great weather (just windy) and hung out at the pool and did other activities onboard. Chris and I had an adult lunch at the restaurant Palo. It was delicious. 

Our last day was at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. It was a beautiful sunny day. The water was COLD though!

We played in the ocean, rode bikes, had lunch, played ping pong, saw hermit crab races, and more. It was a fun day.

 

Carley had a bee land on her hand while riding the bike and jumped off the moving bike and scraped her toe pretty badly. We were with another family we made friends with during the week and thankfully they had band aids.

That evening, Carley and her friend rode the Aqua Duck and had the Mickey pool to themselves for a while. 

She also got stuck on the Aqua Duck and they had to go get her from near the start of the water slide. Quite an eventful day!

We ended our dining at Animator's Palette and all drew a character they made come to life on the big screen. 

We had a fabulous time!

Forgot to include that our ship rescued 10 men from a boat that had been at sea for four days near Cuba. It was quite exciting! They kept them onboard and the Coast Guard picked them up from Castaway Cay.