Cruise that Never Ended - double C Cay [with pictures]

[warrenite]

Hello All,

Thought I would post a few pictures from the “Never Ending Cruise”.

For those of you that have never noticed here is a link to a satellite picture of Castaway Cay, you will notice that the dredged out channel is very narrow.

HTTP://maps.yahoo.com/#***=s&lat=26.080989&lon=-77.53792&zoom=18

Here is a pic taken first thing in the morning, looks like a beautiful day:

Another pic showing how the wind picked up, believe me it was uncomfortably cold:

When we attempted to leave as scheduled on Friday the wind and waves were from a SE direction perpendicular to the ship blowing us directly towards the breakwater away from the pier.

Here are a few pics showing how far we drifted towards the rocks. Notice the amount of sand stirred up and the amount of water being pushed in an attempt to halt the ship’s movement. I’ve heard the rumour that we actually dropped and dragged the anchor.

Overnight the cold front, with thunder storms blew through Castaway Cay with 50+knot winds you could actually feel the ship tilting. It is likely a very good thing the wind changed direction, now blowing us more towards the dock. The side thrusters were going full blast all night to hold us against the dock.

Overnight we broke mooring lines, two pictures here one of a couple of snapped lines, the other to show perspective.
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The third time was the charm! On Saturday after two unsuccessful attempts around 3pm we finally departed at 5pm. The Capt moved as far from the pier as possible before he started to back out past the breakwater.

Here is a shot of Wonder on the horizon.

ENJOY

 

[Sccrmnky2005]

Thank you! Great pictures!

 

[Pattiwig]

Great pics, but the one of the Wonder almost looks spooky!

 

[disneydawgs4]

Greeat pictures and explanations! Thanks! Glad y'all all got home safely.

 

[Davids-Coco]

Glad you stayed safe! I agree about the wonder picture: eerie, but absolutely beautiful too!

 

[warrenite]

Glad you stayed safe! I agree about the wonder picture: eerie, but absolutely beautiful too!

Thank You so much,

Was a tough shot to get, max zoom (x10) on my little camera, still lots of wind, the ship was a-rocking.

At least in our cabin there was some black humour. [Dinsey Chime] "We've hit the rocks and are sinking. OK - we've finished sinking, please exit the ship by the forward gangway"

End of the day, there are much worse places to be stranded than a floating 5-star hotel.

 

[Davids-Coco]

Thank You so much,

Was a tough shot to get, max zoom (x10) on my little camera, still lots of wind, the ship was a-rocking.

At least in our cabin there was some black humour. [Dinsey Chime] "We've hit the rocks and are sinking. OK - we've finished sinking, please exit the ship by the forward gangway"

End of the day, there are much worse places to be stranded than a floating 5-star hotel.

That would be us too... we are always saying inappropriate things (contained between DH and I mostly).

 

[warrenite]

That would be us too... we are always saying inappropriate things (contained between DH and I mostly).

- I did check that the life jackets were still on the top shelf before I turned out the lights - the rocks were close! And wind so strong you couldn't open the patio door

 

[wink13]

I was on the Wonder that day and it was kind of spooky. Not really but disappointing not to get to Castaway Cay or course wouldn't have been much fun that day anyway.

Great pics, but the one of the Wonder almost looks spooky!

 

[llkoolj40]

Great pictures! especially the aerial view of the channel!!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Dyerneeds]

amazing!! thats for sharing the adventure.

 

[mamakdjco]

At least in our cabin there was some black humour. [Dinsey Chime] "We've hit the rocks and are sinking. OK - we've finished sinking, please exit the ship by the forward gangway"

On Monday after our return my kids spent all morning playing Disney cruise. I lost it when I heard my DD say "Captain, we've hit the rocks and we're sinking! Everyone, get to the rescue boats! Mickey on first! Oh no... we don't have a life jacket big enough for Mickey!" DS replies "We'll have to hold on tight to him!"

Also, DD kept a journal for her Kindergarten homework for the week. Part of her Day 8 entry reads: "Oh no! We're stuck in Castaway Cay! But, there's lots to do and I got Tiana's autograph." Her teacher asked me today if this was reality or DD's imagination. I then spent a while retelling the story. Definitely won't forget this vacation for a while and it clearly made an impact on the kids, too!

 

[tweety38]

I was on the Wonder, sad about CC. The Wonder was rocking and rolling too. Good thing I wore the patch. Guess a redo is in order, just not in Feb. E

 

[nikkistevej]

Wow- looks pretty scary. Glad everyone was safe!! Thanks for the pics.

 

[love2driveinct]

Nice pictures, John. Thanks for posting!

 

[DisneyDaddio]

Fantastic pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[happypooh]

We were on the wonder too and sad not to be able to dock at CC. I was abit upset that I did not know the Magic was at the dock and not able to get off the island...we were just told that there was bad weather and we couldn't dock. I didn't find out about what happened to the Magic til we checked into Saratoga Springs on the 14th and were told that we could not dock at CC because there was only one dock at the island and the Magic couldn't get off it! Did you get reimbursed for flights missed etc? I did get travel insurance but am pretty sure we can't get anything for not docking at an island....shame we didn't get offered a better discount on a future cruise by Disney as I probably would have booked one (not for feb for sure! It was freezing!) Thanks for the photos! Looks like it would have been too cold to be at CC anyway!

 

[mmmears]

Thank you for sharing your photos!

 

[warrenite]

We were on the wonder too and sad not to be able to dock at CC. I was abit upset that I did not know the Magic was at the dock and not able to get off the island...we were just told that there was bad weather and we couldn't dock. I didn't find out about what happened to the Magic til we checked into Saratoga Springs on the 14th and were told that we could not dock at CC because there was only one dock at the island and the Magic couldn't get off it! Did you get reimbursed for flights missed etc? I did get travel insurance but am pretty sure we can't get anything for not docking at an island....shame we didn't get offered a better discount on a future cruise by Disney as I probably would have booked one (not for feb for sure! It was freezing!) Thanks for the photos! Looks like it would have been too cold to be at CC anyway!

Hi - We had travel insurance but didn't need it, we flew Southwest they changed the flights without charging us anything extra. Other than changing from a rental car to Disney ground transfers to the airport we had no extra costs. From every account I've heard SW is a great airline, I will not hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

Thanks for the pics! Love that Wonder pic, very cool!