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Ok Guys! I am leaving in two days. For my first 3 night Disney wonder cruise.
We booked almost 2 months ago and so I have been reading TONS and I want to thank all of you for the wonderful help! I hope when I get back I can be helpful. I will be an experenced Disney cruiser!
What would you do if you had time? Eat at the nice bf or go to the buffet in the morning? We want to do the bf in bed. But they do not offer that much to eat
Plus if it rains. I do not like weather men nowHas any one been on when it would NOT stop raining on nassau day or CC day. If it rained on Nassau day. I would not be that up set. But we are really looking forward to CC day
DISNEY IF YOU ARE LISTENING! WE WILL GIVE UP NASSAU DAY AND GO TO CASTAWAY CAY
iF YOU CAN THINK OF ANY TIPS OR ADVICE FEEL FREE TO GIVE IT!
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For BF it depends on your mood, perhaps. I suggest that you not pass up having breakfast at Triton's, it's yummy!
Mestitch has a report on a rainy Castaway Cay day in her TR...
Don't worry about rain while you’re at sea too much because the ship will actually use its radar to find clear skies in the direction you are going. We have even sailed while skirting a hurricane the only thing we could tell was by how the ship was listing other than that we didn't get any rain even then. While you’re at port it is another thing; we've got poured on before in port. The funniest thing I saw was when we were at Cast Away Cay. There was no lightening at all but it started to rain steady and everybody in the water jumped out and ran for the ship, because they didn't want to get wet My family and a few other just looked at each other and kept playing in the water.
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There was no lightning at all but it started to rain steady and everybody in the water jumped out and ran for the ship, because they didn't want to get wet My family and a few other just looked at each other and kept playing in the water.
Brad
Now that would be funny. My kids might get out of the water but if there is no lightning then I wouldn't run either.
One question though, if it is raining while on board the ship do they shut down the pools? Since you are wet anyways what is the purpose of that? I can understand shutting them down if there is lightning but just plain rain should be fine right?
We always ate at the sitdown breakfast (Triton's) when we did the 4-day. We had a good dose of pouring rain when we were in Nassau. Most of the afternoon. We were doing to aquarium at the Atlantis, but that meant that everyone at the Atlantis also headed to the aquarium since they couldn't go to the beach. At least we got free Mickey ponchos out of the deal!!
At CC, we had some rain in the afternoon, just after we had gotten back on the ship (about 4 PM)!
Now that would be funny. My kids might get out of the water but if there is no lightning then I wouldn't run either.
One question though, if it is raining while on board the ship do they shut down the pools? Since you are wet anyways what is the purpose of that? I can understand shutting them down if there is lightning but just plain rain should be fine right?
The only time they would close down the pool would be for lightning or if they had a special event going on at the family pool because the deck extends over top of the pool; the events would be the sail away party, Pirates of the Carib. night, or things like that.
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The only time they would close down the pool would be for lightning or if they had a special event going on at the family pool because the deck extends over top of the pool; the events would be the sail away party, Pirates of the Carib. night, or things like that.
Brad
They'll close down the pool for rough weather too. Our last cruise experienced this, and the waves in the pool were throwing kids up and down, and when one kid was literally tossed out onto the deck (into a standing position!) they shut it down for a while. It was opened the next morning when the waves were much calmer.
Plus if it rains. I do not like weather men nowHas any one been on when it would NOT stop raining on nassau day or CC day. If it rained on Nassau day. I would not be that up set. But we are really looking forward to CC day
DISNEY IF YOU ARE LISTENING! WE WILL GIVE UP NASSAU DAY AND GO TO CASTAWAY CAY
iF YOU CAN THINK OF ANY TIPS OR ADVICE FEEL FREE TO GIVE IT!
I have been on 4 cruises, ...and it has rained at Castaway Cay each and every time! It doesn't seem to last long, and usually clears right up. There was only one time the rain was heavy and it didn't start until later in the afternoon.
2 weeks ago when we where in Castaway Cay, it was a glorious 86 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!!! But the water was a little chilly for me.
We did breakfast at Topsiders and had plenty to eat and sitting out on the deck every morning in the warm sun was wonderful. It was really nice on the mornings that we were pulling into the ports.
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and I want to thank all of you for the wonderful help! I hope when I get back I can be helpful. I will be an experenced
Disney cruiser!
We want to do the bf in bed. But they do not offer that much to eat
Has any one been on when it would NOT stop raining on nassau day or CC day. If it rained on Nassau day. I would not be that up set. But we are really looking forward to CC day
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