Last Day of Cruise

The last day of our cruise was very bittersweet. Gorgeous Castaway Cay, sunny but on the cool side and Devin so sick he barely left bed until later in the day. Poor baby was so sick when we got up that we took him to the health center to get checked out. 103 temp, almost delirious. This kid hasn't been this sick in a LONG time. But the doctor on the ship promised they'd fix him up, and fix him they did! He was a million percent better in 24 hours time. Thanks Doc!!

We had booked a stingray encounter on the island and they let us split them so that Neil took Julia in the morning and then we switched off and I went back with her in the afternoon! It was great, because she was like my own little personal tour guide.

Julia was great with the sting rays. You get a little orientation and then get into the water to feed them. They've been trained to look for their food on a "dinner plate" that looks like Mickey's ears. So when they see that plate, they scoot on up for lunch. Julia was very at ease with petting them, a little hesitant about holding the food to feed them (understandable since they suck their food up like vacuums) but she did a great job - both times. I like that our kids are willing to try new things like this, even if they aren't 100% sure about them.

We did have to miss our couples cabana massage though (sigh). Oh well, good excuse to go back.

Castaway Cay is a GORGEOUS little island. I was talking to one of the marine biologists who lives there and I was sooooo jealous. Disney has a little gem here.

We got to see The Flying Dutchman ship that was featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies that is docked right there, and took a little tram to the end of the beach where the stingray hut was. We did a tiny little bit of shopping on the way (thank goodness, because everything closes up well before you have to be back on board). We did finally get Devin up onto one of the outer decks later in the day to at least see the FD with his own eyes, but that was about all he felt good enough for.

Everyone rallied around dinner time to make it down for our last dinner. We had a parade and took lots of pictures of Adi and Willy. Willy showed us one last magic trick. I miss the Mickey ketchup and the magic tricks!! And by well into the cruise they no longer had to ask that Julia wanted chocolate milk and Devin wanted plain, they'd just bring it. Not cooking for a week was heaven!!

After dinner we made it to the last show on the cruise. It was funny and entertaining and we still talk about "Freddie Fushion". He's a comedian/performer who does amazing things with giant balloons and toilet paper rolls. Hysterical. Still one of the highlights of Devin's week, fever or not!

We had to get up early the next day, and although we were sad to leave, we were looking forward to getting home.