Day 2 – A Day at Sea
We slept in, had a late breakfast and a late lunch. We sat on our balcony for a long time enjoying the sights and sounds of the beautiful sea. After a little more exploring of the ship we booked our next cruise. When it was time for Football, The Reader and I headed to O’Gill’s Pub where she met other fans of her favorite team. They didn’t win but she found great pleasure in not being the only fan yelling at her team. The cruise line had complimentary wings, ribs, little sandwiches available for us as watched the game. After the game we went to the Walt Disney Theatre to see the stage production of Aladdin. It was really well done, not to be missed. Dinner was in Royal Court on this night. Again, the food was wonderful. All in all, a verery relaxing day!
Day 3 – Grand Cayman
We arrived in Grand Cayman at 11:30 am so we were able to sleep in again. Because of the coral reef around the island, we had to tender into the pier. This was and probably will be the longest wait we’ll experience on this cruise. It’s a process and it’s for our safety so we patiently waited. Plus Disney provides lots of activities to distract you from the fact that you’re waiting 30 minutes. Once we arrived on the island, we found a taxi and headed for Cemetery Beach. Yes, There’s a beach along 7 mile Beach where you literally walk alongside a cemetery to access the beach. We found this beach on TripAdvisor. There are no facilities but the snorkeling was great and the beach was not crowded at all. For the snorkeling, you have to swim about 200 ft off shore to reach the reef. You start seeing fish shortly after entering the water so by the time you reach the reef, you hardly feel like you’ve swam very far. We saw the typical caribbean reef fish (I’ll talk more about the fish in a separate post). After we finished snorkeling, we collected our gear and walked back to the road. Conveniently, there’s a bus stop right there. Cayman Islands were once a British colony so the hardest part of catching the bus is remembering which side of the road we need to be on. The taxi out to Cemetery Beach cost $6.00 USD per person and the return on the bus cost only $2.50 USD per person.
Back onboard, we rinsed our snorkel gear and took a long nap. We skipped the main show (a magician/illusionist). We weren’t very hungry when we woke up so we thought we’d head up to Cabana’s and grab a couple items off the buffet. Ah, but we discovered they don’t have a buffet at dinner, they have table service dining instead. We also learned that on the last night, Cabana’s is completely closed. From now on we’ll stick with our rotational dining.
We did manage to stay up long enough to see Ronn Lucas, the Ventriloquist/comedian perform. He was hilarious.