Castaway or Lookout Private Fishing Charter

[spankswife]

We are a party of 8 and have found private excursions, or excursions booked outside of Disney, are more cost effective.

In Castaway or Lookout is there an option for a private fishing charter or a charter outside of Disney for 8 people? I know the islands are “private” but I wasn’t sure if there’s a marina with locals offering excursions as well.

Open to any and all recs! Thanks!

 

[dcassetta]

We are a party of 8 and have found private excursions, or excursions booked outside of Disney, are more cost effective.

In Castaway or Lookout is there an option for a private fishing charter or a charter outside of Disney for 8 people? I know the islands are “private” but I wasn’t sure if there’s a marina with locals offering excursions as well.

Open to any and all recs! Thanks!

Not at Castaway, as there is no other marina.

Eleuthera does have fishing charters, but I am not sure how that would work in relation to a DCL cruise. I don't think Disney would let a charter tie up at their marina. So, you would need to have transport to pick up the charter boat.

 

[spankswife]

Thanks, makes sense. Does Disney offer private charters for groups of 8?

 

[auntlynne]

If you are interested in a private charter from outside vendor, you might find one that would provide transport and boat trip. This one will pick up Princess guests; the Princess beach compound is 9 minutes north of Lighthouse Point.

They are local and well-reviewed on TripAdvisor. I have no experience with them. But Princess Cruises has an established presence in Eleuthera, so you might find info related to that.

https://eleutheratours.com/tours/

 

[ngl]

We did the Castaway fishing charter in November and it was great. We are a family of 4 and for the boat we were on, I do not see how 8 could fit. If I recall, they only book 2 fishing charters each day (one morning and one afternoon). If you are Concierge you have a good shot of booking it if you request when your concierge requests start. Of course, there may be cancellations. Have fun!

 

[auntlynne]

@ngl - Do you think this was the one you did? They do limit it to 4 guests. I had wondered how many 4-person boats they offered. Sounds like it may be one boat at a time.

 

[ngl]

Yes that is the excursion we did. (and sorry that was for our cruise this past March, not November!) There was one boat in the morning for 4 people and one in the afternoon for 4. So very limited offerings. Not sure how much interest they get but sounds like both book early all the time.