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Shipps on a Ship Part 2: Two Stops in the Bahamas

Day 2: Nassau, Bahamas
        By the time we woke up on Tuesday morning, the ship was docked in the Bahamas. At breakfast, Matthew speculated that the island was just going to be a tourist trap and that we'd be back on the ship within an hour. We all called him a cynic, but it turned out he was exactly right. We went into this incredibly overcrowded market where I almost got all 21 of us signed up for a bus tour of the island (oops) and then walked down the streets and saw everything there was to see without dropping any money in about 30 minutes. So, just as Matthew predicted we got back on the ship, changed into our swimsuits, and headed up to the Cabanas for lunch and quality tanning time.

Glamour shots on the spiral staircase while we waited for everyone to come downstairs.

At the port with our ship in the background! It's the one with the blue base!
Couldn't resist the ultimate tourist picture. 
My personal favorite moment of Tuesday was after we went to see the nightly show on the ship. It was called "Villains Tonight" and featured many of Disney's Villains. We deemed it an hour of our lives we will never get back. As we were leaving the theater laughing about how terrible it was, my cousin Chris saw a shiny button and naturally decided to press it. It turned out it was a fire door that slid shut in front of the theater's exit. The door started slowly shutting on everyone leaving the theater. Most of us made it out, laughing so hard we were crying. No one knew that someone in our family was responsible for sure! :) We relived it many times during our nightly gathering on Deck 11 for late night snacks! 


Day 3: Castaway Cay AKA Disney's Private Island:
         Castaway Cay being Disney's exclusive PRIVATE ISLAND became the butt of many jokes throughout the day. Every time a bird would fly overhead, my Uncle Dave would comment that Disney had probably programmed that bird to fly over the ocean at that exact moment in a picturesque way. But, it was a pretty perfect day at the beach. We swam in the almost unbelievably blue ocean water, rented inner tubes which we tried to relax in until Chris and Jake took it upon themselves to flip us as many times as possible, rented bikes and biked around the island to an observation deck that we could climb up and overlook the entire island, enjoyed a delicious barbecue, and then biked the island again to work off all the food! The island was truly stunning and it was a gorgeous day! Disney's PRIVATE ISLAND definitely delivered!


The beautiful beach with our ship in the background!

We really could be on a Bahamas postcard

Top of the observation deck. 




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