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$12 a day parking, IIRC. BBQ is included. Other than Palo, all of the food is included.
Thank you for the info. I wasn't sure, given I know most cruises include all the food, but suvaniers and alcohol are separate. Parking isn't that bad. That does help us know how much to budget for parking when we save up and having it figured out.
You treat Castaway Cay like the ship - so meals and such are included, alcoholic drinks and purchases are not (they are charged to your room). In other ports, such as Nassau, anything purchased off the ship (including food) is out of pocket. If you stay on the ship, then it's included, but unless food/drink is listed as part of an excursion, only Castaway Cay is included.
Heather, thank you. I wasn't sure or not if Castaway Cay was treated like being on the ship, and that does make a lot of sense. I wasn't sure if for Castaway Cay if I needed to budget an extra days worth of spending money, like we will for Nassau (which I knew was a given). I did see Palo's was a $15 pp upgrade which we are debating if we're going to do or not (still time to think about it).
Especially if you are taking Skyler, I would definitely recommend doing Palo, as that will give you some romantic adult time that you won't normally be getting. We did it on our Nassau night and we plan to go again on this next cruise. We're trying to convince my in-laws to go to Palo on her birthday (Castaway Cay day) but she keeps on insisting that she'd rather be with the grandkids...
So, maybe we'll do 1 night with the 4 of us (on their stateroom) and 1 night with just me and DH....hmmm, now the wheels are turning!
Especially if you are taking Skyler, I would definitely recommend doing Palo, as that will give you some romantic adult time that you won't normally be getting. We did it on our Nassau night and we plan to go again on this next cruise. We're trying to convince my in-laws to go to Palo on her birthday (Castaway Cay day) but she keeps on insisting that she'd rather be with the grandkids...
So, maybe we'll do 1 night with the 4 of us (on their stateroom) and 1 night with just me and DH....hmmm, now the wheels are turning!
Heather, thank you for the extremely wonderful suggestion of Palo's especially if Skyler does come with us. That was something I wanted to do and it's an extremely reasonable upgrade for an"Adult Only" restaurant on the ship and just a nice little get away from him. I think he'd have fun doing the Kids Activities that night while we're at Dinner and he can make some friends of his own. I told DH that there is extremely reasonably priced babysitting or Kids Programs on the Ship that Skyler can do without us for a little while every night, or even just one night.
I even remember my parents having my sister and I doing childrens activities on our Cruise when I was 7 and we made great friends while they had adult time each evening. My parents even did that when we went on our last cruise as my cousins, sister, & I all headed off and had our own fun and our brother (then 4) went off to Kids Activities and they got their alone time. I that was another thing I was prepared to put in our budget for the cruise was money for Babysitting and Kids Activites for Skyler. We can still have fun, have some "Adult Time" and I can still have Skyler there and enjoy his company as well. By then he'll be 5 so he'll have fun.
Heather, I hope you're able to get your in-laws to go to Palo's. Everything on their menu sounds delicious. It looks like something not to pass up! Good luck convincing them to enjoy dinner there. You have me convinced
Keep in mind that for children 3 and older (and potty trained) the kids clubs are free of charge. They only charge for Flounder's, which is for the younger kids and/or babies.
Keep in mind that for children 3 and older (and potty trained) the kids clubs are free of charge. They only charge for Flounder's, which is for the younger kids and/or babies.
Thank you for the great tip about the Kids Clubs. He'd be 5 by then and keep my fingers crossed we can get him potty trained by then (my brother was a slow poke with that one, but every kid is different). Thank you for letting me know the kids clubs are free. I know some cruise lines do charge for Kids Activities. Even for Flounder's babysitting there is reasonably priced and that's going by what I used to babysit in high school and college.
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