Day 3 of our cruise and Im up and at it at 6:45. The sun is just starting to come up, and I experienced an awesome sensation. The sunrise was nice, but the feeling of sitting out on the verandah in nothing but my underwear as we chugged along towards
Castaway Cay is something Ill never forget. Im sure Im painting a beautiful picture for everyone to see right now.
Skipping away from my boxers, we move on to Castaway Cay. I think everyone must have just been taking their time getting on the island, because we were a few minutes late heading over, and NOONE was on the island yet. We walked all the way to where the bike rental shop is, and hardly saw a soul. Rented our bikes and went out for a ride. Got to the observation tower, and the only person we could see anywhere from there was someone parasailing back on the other side of the boat. We discovered the identity of that secret beach we found last time, although this time it was roped off and said cast members only, and then turned around to head back.
Some guy and gal had gotten married on Castaway Cay that day. Dont know who they possibly could have been, but rumor has it hes a DISer.
One point to make. If you rent bikes, they dont care how long you have them. We brought ours back within about an hour, and learned that they dont really check the bikes back in. Had we known that, we wouldve kept them all day.
So, its time to head for Serenity (and Im not talking about the spaceship in the TV show Firefly). We start to walk to the tram
and walk
and walk
and walk
and realize that we walked right past the tram spot when we get to the landing strip. Weve done this every single time we head to Serenity Bay. That little spot the tram is in is very easy to miss. Weve now gone to Serenity Bay 4 times, and missed the tram every time. Next time, Im gonna drink first so I dont feel so stupid when we miss it.
Heres where the mans man shows up again. My wife had purchased a $1.99 float from Target before we left. When we got to Serenity Bay, she decided that we should just purchase a float for the day. No I say. We bought this float and were going to use it. It took me nearly an hour to blow that stupid little thing up. My face was red and I probably about passed out 3 times. But I blew it up all nice, shiny, and blue. And then discovered it was too tiny for an adult other than my 35 pound wife to float in. So whatd I do after all that
.went and bought the $6 float. Maybe Im not a mans man after all.
Soon, we head back to the boat to get our snorkeling gear and I wonder why everyones headed back so early. Its only 1:30 after all. Whys everyone leaving Castaway Cay now? A few hours later, I would learn the wet way.