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On the Fifth Day of Disney, Mickey gave to me, Castaway Cay (pronounce “key”, btw!)

Had room service for breakfast again and disembarked around 915. S and I had a 1000 excursion with Castaway Rays. We stopped for a photo by the snowmen (I was having trouble finding 9 more photos to buy!) and at the ship photo spot (and the fish). Caught the tram and I left M w/ instructions to drop off B (along with the do not page message) and started w/ S to the C Rays spot which was another 10 minute walk. Yikes. We hoofed it and arrived right up 1000. S got her snorkel (none for me, thanks) and we stepped into the icy cold waters of the Bahamas! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] It was just a bit cheeeeellly!!! This excursion, though, is a WOW. The rays just do their thing and you just hang out with them. I got to feed Big Mama (feels like a pool vacuum…a slimy pool vacuum!) and it was awesome. S went snorkeling and I was trying to take pictures. My pager went off up on the beach, so we had to cut it a little short. Trudged back to Scuttles Cove to pick up B (crying again, no Cms anywhere near her) and headed for the beach. It was “no fun” without tubes, and Dds were hungry, so we went for lunch and trudged all the way back down to rent tubes, then drag them all the way back to where our stuff was (are we having fun yet?). The next 2 hours were spent watching them play in the water with a million other people and get sand kicked on me by bratty kids whose parents were too sloshed to control them. I finally could take no more of this “relaxation”, so we dried off, stopped in a shop, and went back to the ship. Got everyone showered and dressed and to the clubs for the Disney Sea University graduation show. I had to stop at guest services as I’d had a few issues with our room…my tip receipts and shutters punch card were missing along with our souvenir cups from the sail away. They got it all sorted out for me, so I went to shutters and picked up the last of the 9 photos…the *ONLY* photos there were of us. If I’d wanted 20, I’d be in trouble, there just weren’t any. No candids of the teens or any shots at dinners other than the first night. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I went to the disembarkation talk (had nothing else to do…”When you decide who the head of the household is, this is what SHE needs to fill out on the form!” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]) and stayed for the graduation. It was really sweet…S showed up as “most popular” and “most relaxed” in Mickey’s Yearbook. B wasn’t in a single picture…she was never in the club long enough! After this, we got dressed for Triton’s and our final dinner. Gave out tip envelopes and took photos. The meals/servers were certainly the highlight of the trip. Wandered a bit and decided to go check out the Laila perfume in the duty free shop. They had an awesome gift set that was a large bottle of perfume, full size lotion and a dusting powder in a gorgeous handbag for “only” $89. I decided that was my Christmas present! Went to see Disney Dreams and enjoyed it, but not as much as the Golden Mickeys. After, we went back to pack and I walked in to find a Magical Moment certificate on my bed from the CM I’d talked w/ about sewing. It said, “Great job on the costumes!” What a nice surprise!!! We had a 615 wake up call for a 700 breakfast, so we went to bed early.