Day 4 Castaway Cay

So our next stop was Disney's own island Castaway Cay. We arrived there early Tuesday morning. Austin and I headed out and ate breakfast then got off the boat. Our first stop was the Stingray feeding adventure. This was really cool. We put on snorkling gear and then a guide led us to a shallow part in the water where they feed the stingrays. It was really awesome there were stingrays just swimming all around our feet. It wasn't scary kinda freaky but not scary. All of the stingrays had their barbs removed so you couldn't get stung. After they ate you had the option to wade and swim with them. We stayed in the water about 10-15 minutes just watching and hanging out with them. Afterwards we headed out to the adult beach and serenity bay. I am so glad Disney created a beach just for 18 and over. The family beach was very crowded and tons of kids running around. I obviously wouldn't have minded the chaos if we would have had Colby but since the purpose of this trip was relaxation we were glad to have a quieter place to retreat to. The beach wasn't crowded at all...we were able to find some great chairs and had a wonderful view. We layed out and listened to music then we got in the water. Austin enjoyed snorkeling in the water also. This wasn't really my thing. I prefered to just wade in the water and watch the fish swim by from above. After a nice relaxing morning on the beach we went to the little bbq place. Wow the food was awesome. Probably partly since we had been swimming and in the sun all day but it was great! They had all sorts of bbq, sides, fresh fruit, and desserts. I am telling you Disney does it right. So after we ate we decided to head back to the boat. It was getting hot by this point and we were both getting a little tired. So we boarded back on the ship and headed up to our room to rest. Once we rested we walked around the boat. Dinner this night was Pirate themed. We ate in the restaurant Triton's but it was a new "pirate" themed menu. The food was ok but this definitely was my least favorite meal I think. After dinner instead of a show they were doing the pirate party on deck 9 later that evening. So we went and walked and hung out in our room until it was time for that. We got up there early which was a good thing we were able to reserve spots and get seats too. The party was really fun and entertaining! There was fireworks after too which was really cool! Well after the deck party we headed back to our room. The nice thing about the Disney boat too was we did have a tv that had select chanels so we could watch a little tv and keep up with the world somewhat.