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Wednesday 25 February – part one: this is going to be a scorcher!
I woke up a couple of times in the night, as I’d obviously drunk a bit too much water yesterday (but then again, better that than not enough ) and I needed to use the bathroom. The last time was 6:00am, and I did contemplate getting up, but decided against it, and went back to sleep for another hour. Yay, finally a decent hour to surface! That’s only taken five days…
I got some photos from the veranda and we started to get ready…
Taking an early morning stroll
Later on, we got some more photos of the 5k runners returning to the ship. I’m not surprised they were out so early. It was still before 8:00am, and it was baking hot out there, and with no wind. This is going to be a scorcher!
We also got some shots of Disney getting ready to welcome guests to the island…
We headed down to the Enchanted Garden to get breakfast just after 8:00am…
I love the theming of this place:
There were a lot of runners eating breakfast here, so I guess that’s why they had these out!
I hasten to add I did not indulge in them. Instead, I stuck with cheese, salmon, cream cheese and a pile of fresh fruit, just like yesterday.
I also got some shots of Castaway Cay from the windows here…
Castaway Cay looks beautiful! When we went, we did not get to enjoy it as it was very, very windy!. Our excursion got cancelled and even the beach lunch was windy. We both thought that it looked amazing, though, and vowed to return again! Hope you have a wonderful day here!!
So happy to hear your dinner at Palo was great! I so love it there, esp. their chocolate souffle - yum!
Ahh the CC 5k. Love that too! That was the special Castaway Cay Challenge they held after Princess weekend. This race was different from the regular one held in that they were adding characters, race bibs, and had a real medal instead of the plastic or rubber one. Looks like it started earlier too which is nice as it usually starts at 9:00 or 9:30. Both times I ran it it was a scorcher.
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I love the quiet mornings like that. And heck, that was a sleep in for you.
Yep, I run for donuts. And pie. And cheesecake.....
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Finally caught up!
Dinner looks good.
I am drooling over the donuts. One of my favorite breakfast items on DCL! LOL!
I love the Castaway Cay pictures. I could spend a day there right about now...especially since we had snow flurries yesterday!
The island looks lovely as always...our last cruise and this one we didn't get to go there. So I will just have to book another cruise...there is nothing else I can do!
Love the shots of Enchanted Garden...one of my favorites!
Finally caught up again. Your cruise sounds absolutely heavenly. I love all the photos you post, it makes me feel like I'm right there with you (if only! ).
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Castaway Cay looks beautiful! When we went, we did not get to enjoy it as it was very, very windy!. Our excursion got cancelled and even the beach lunch was windy.
Oh my goodness, that was how our stop at Castaway Cay was in December 2012 for my 40th birthday. We had a tropical storm sweep in (well, that's what it felt like to us anyway ). We had a cabana massage booked and they had to stop it, the rain was belting in so hard - we resumed back on the ship later on.
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We both thought that it looked amazing, though, and vowed to return again! Hope you have a wonderful day here!!
Am I reading this right - that you've only been to Castaway Cay once? If that's right, you will definitely have to go back again!
So happy to hear your dinner at Palo was great! I so love it there, esp. their chocolate souffle - yum!
Ahh the CC 5k. Love that too! That was the special Castaway Cay Challenge they held after Princess weekend. This race was different from the regular one held in that they were adding characters, race bibs, and had a real medal instead of the plastic or rubber one. Looks like it started earlier too which is nice as it usually starts at 9:00 or 9:30. Both times I ran it it was a scorcher.
Very beautiful pics of the Island!
I can imagine that this would have been a scorcher too if they'd started at the "normal" time as well. How cool that they had all those extras included in this 5k.
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. Our excursion got cancelled and even the beach lunch was windy. We both thought that it looked amazing, though, and vowed to return again! Hope you have a wonderful day here!!
That was the special Castaway Cay Challenge they held after Princess weekend. This race was different from the regular one held in that they were adding characters, race bibs, and had a real medal instead of the plastic or rubber one. Looks like it started earlier too which is nice as it usually starts at 9:00 or 9:30. Both times I ran it it was a scorcher. 
Great shots from CC so far and you're still on the ship! 
So I will just have to book another cruise...there is nothing else I can do! 
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). We had a cabana massage booked and they had to stop it, the rain was belting in so hard - we resumed back on the ship later on. 
If that's right, you will definitely have to go back again! 
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