Castaway Cay Private Cabanas

[two-foxes]

It will be charged to your on-board account like all other shore excursions.

According to a post above, folks were able to split the cost between cabins.

Another option that we did....my parents just made a payment to our onboard account for their share of the cabana. It seemed like a better option for us as guest services wouldn't split the charge initially (I am pretty sure it was because my mom requested it at GS when I wasn't there...), so my mom just asked if she could make a payment to our account instead. Which they happily let her do...didn't make sense to me, but it worked out!

 

[CMOORE185]

I know this was only a recent change, but does anyone know if the cabana is charged right away when you book it online or will it still be charged to the onboard account?

Also, when booking it online, is it possible to split the cost over several cabins / passengers as well?

Sorry if this was addressed earlier in thread, but can any cabin book a cabana online or just conceirge cabins?

 

[Reto]

Sorry if this was addressed earlier in thread, but can any cabin book a cabana online or just conceirge cabins?

Anyone can book a cabana online now - this has changed just this week.

 

[GolfcartMinnie]

Do you think a cabana is needed on CC? It seems a little pricey, but I'm worried about the kids being in the sun all day. Sorry if this has been discussed, I'm new here!

 

[poohj80]

Do you think a cabana is needed on CC? It seems a little pricey, but I'm worried about the kids being in the sun all day. Sorry if this has been discussed, I'm new here!

Needed? No. Nice to have? Probably.

I am really hoping to find a family on our cruise to split it with us as I doubt I will keep it for just the 3 of us. That said, I am concerned how crowded the beaches will be with the added people on the Dream as compared to the Wonder.

 

[GolfcartMinnie]

Needed? No. Nice to have? Probably.

I am really hoping to find a family on our cruise to split it with us as I doubt I will keep it for just the 3 of us. That said, I am concerned how crowded the beaches will be with the added people on the Dream as compared to the Wonder.

Thanks! Do the cabanas have a separate beach area so it would be as crowded? The rental fee is less than the excursion the day before for 6 of us, but still...I'm thinking it may be worth it for 2 grandparents and 2 children with us!

 

[poohj80]

Thanks! Do the cabanas have a separate beach area so it would be as crowded?

Yes, the beach is roped off so only Cabana guests can use it. Last time we were on CC, we had kids stealing our daughter's sand toys and I had to go get them back. She was willing to share and play with the other kids, but then the other kids walked off with her toys and started packing them up.

 

[jetskigrl]

Thanks! Do the cabanas have a separate beach area so it would be as crowded? The rental fee is less than the excursion the day before for 6 of us, but still...I'm thinking it may be worth it for 2 grandparents and 2 children with us!

The cabanas have a private beach and water area (water is also roped off). I have pictures of my kids playing in the tubes with the ship in the background and not another person in sight. Yet just a little farther down the beach, the water was packed with people.

The private beach area has plenty of room for all the people in the cabanas so it is not nearly as crowded as the regular beach. I have pictures for comparison on my computer at home. I'll try to remember and post them tonight.

 

[mlemmons]

I booked Cabanas 11 and 12 for our upcoming Easter cruise on the Magic Our traveling party of 12 is going to split the cost. We are happy the volleyball courts are in front as we plan to play. I'm assuming Disney supplies volleyballs but does anyone know for sure? I'd hate to be there and not have a ball.

 

[KristiMc]

I booked Cabanas 11 and 12 for our upcoming Easter cruise on the Magic Our traveling party of 12 is going to split the cost. We are happy the volleyball courts are in front as we plan to play. I'm assuming Disney supplies volleyballs but does anyone know for sure? I'd hate to be there and not have a ball.

Yes, there are vollyballs on the beach. We were in cabana 10 a few weeks ago and my husband and boys played for a bit.

 

[jetskigrl]

Thanks! Do the cabanas have a separate beach area so it would be as crowded? The rental fee is less than the excursion the day before for 6 of us, but still...I'm thinking it may be worth it for 2 grandparents and 2 children with us!

Here is a comparison from when we rented the cabana:

This is the family beach right next to the private beach:

This is the private beach:

 

[disneyholic family]

Here is a comparison from when we rented the cabana:

This is the family beach right next to the private beach:

This is the private beach:

those two pictures pretty much sum it up....
(a picture is worth a thousand words and all that)..
thanks for posting!!

regarding kids taking beach toys, i remember when we were on the wonder the first time..
we went snorkeling and swimming....then left our stuff on our chairs and went to eat lunch....
when we came back, we found our stuff on the sand and the chairs gone...
though not all of our stuff was on the sand - someone had walked off with our sunscreen, one of our towels, and one toy....
nice..
on our next cruise, we decided to pass on the beach 'experience' and instead went for a bicycle ride, had lunch and then went back on the ship...

that private beach is reason enough to book a cabana..

 

[SoBelsMom]

It looks like all the cabanas on the family beach are booked for my 5/1/11 cruise Why is there no #13 or #16 showing on the list of cabanas when I tried to book one?

 

[ibouncetoo]

Cabin #13 doesn't exist...numbers go from 12 to 14.

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[ppiew]

From the pictures, it seems that at least 60% of the lounge chairs on the family beach are unoccupied and it doesn't look like that many in the water either, also the cabanas show no one in the lounge chairs, 3 in the water and 2 on the cabana porch. It was similar when we were there too - of all the cabanas only 1 had people on the porch a few playing volleyball and maybe a half dozen in the water. The tables and chairs and lounges were unoccupied.

I know I really had second thoughts about the $$$ spent. We spent such a small amount of time actually in the cabana and the one next door had people show up once for towels and sunscreen and then they left too.

 

[Deemarch]

Does anyone know how far away from Cookies cabana #6 is?

 

[ppiew]

we were in #6 a month ago, i would guess not more than 500 ft. probably less

 

[Deemarch]

 

[Tass]

It looks like all the cabanas on the family beach are booked for my 5/1/11 cruise Why is there no #13 or #16 showing on the list of cabanas when I tried to book one?

Same for our 5/8 cruise. I understand there is no Cabana #13, but what's up with #16?

 

[kritter]

What can anyone tell me about number nine??