Hi Guys!
FYI below I just received this info from "mousesavers" re:
DCL and
Castaway Cay! - sounds like a great time we'll have on our cruise!
Melissa
Disney Cruise Line Celebrates Magical Holidays
Disney Cruise Line guests can enjoy a festive holiday celebration sprinkled with pixie dust on December sailings. It all starts at Disney's private cruise terminal at Port Canaveral, where festive holiday décor and Disney characters dressed in their season's best await all who board a Magical Holidays sailing. On board the Disney Magic or Disney Wonder, guests find the ships decked with boughs of holly and filled with holiday-themed entertainment and activities for the entire family.
Magical Holidays highlights include:
A three-deck-tall tree-lighting ceremony in the atrium lobby, where "snow" magically falls.
A Christmas Day visit from Santa Goofy, with surprises for all the kids.
Special family time, when families join together to design and decorate their own gingerbread houses.
A Disney Cruise Line rendition of T'was the Night Before Christmas with a reading by Mrs. Claus and caroling by the main stage performers.
Traditional holiday feasts in Disney's three themed dining rooms.
Multiple faith and inter-denominational holiday services.
A ship-wide party to ring in 2005 and a New Year's Day tailgate party.
Disney's Castaway Cay Becomes a Magical Wonderland
"It's a balmy 73 degrees with snow flurries continuing to fall throughout the day," announced the ship's cruise director as the Disney Magic docked at Castaway Cay in the Bahamas.
Just in time for the holiday season, Disney Cruise Line guests are finding themselves literally "walking in a winter wonderland" -- or shall we say Magical Wonderland, a new themed decor package that has transformed Disney's sandy private island into a "snowy" holiday hideaway.
In addition to "snow" flurries, guests enjoy seeing Christmas trees, Mr. and Mrs. Snowman (with shell noses and tropical shirts), carolers and a sleigh full of presents in the middle of the Bahamas. Disney characters, dressed in holiday island styles, sign autographs and pose for photos to the beat of holiday tunes. Even the island's tram that transports guests across the 1,000-acre island has been decorated to resemble a reindeer, complete with antlers and tail. At the beach, families learn the art of sand sculpting. Guests may even catch a glimpse of Goofy on a jet ski as he tries his hand at water sports in the lagoon.
Whether lounging on a sun-drenched beach, participating in a variety of water sports or indulging in the ultimate island barbecue, Castaway Cay offers an authentic tropical experience -- now with a touch of the holidays -- that every member of the family can enjoy.
