Disney cruise ship rescues passenger that fell off of Royal Caribbean ship

Have any of you guys sailed to the Bahamas? If you'd want to go on a cruise, I'd choose here. The beaches are very nice, and in my experience I went to one of those dolphin encounters an excursion away from Nassau. Disney Magic, 8 night Bahama cruise out of NYC. Pretty well worth it.

I honestly don't care much about Nassau in terms of the 3 and 4-night itineraries. I'm all about the ship and Castaway Cay (for Disney cruises). I really want to do some European sailings, and perhaps some river cruises. Alaska too.

Yea I also did Castaway Cay. Except only bad part was a Tropical Storm came in our direction. You know what happens next.

Although the first 5 hours was a torrential downpour, it actually miraculously happened to clear up. Therefore, everyone made their way to the amazing beach. This and Clearwater are probably the two best beaches I've ever been on. They even have their own waterslide, Pelicans Plunge, which slides you right down into the 8 feet deep saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean. They do have Serenity Bay, a beach to escape the kids.

Good place to eat on the island is Cookies BBQ. Really nice buffet for lunch, but also can get crowded. Tram is provided so you won't need to walk from the ship to the beach. The water is completely turquoise, and here and there you might catch a costume character somewhere on the island. We happened to see Chip and Dale on the tram.

So yea, Castaway Cay is a really good stop for Disney cruises, as they own the island themselves.

You're also interested in Alaska? Disney doesn't do Alaska anytime after August. Neither Europe.

However, RCI is doing Europe in late November. I found one departing on November 21 sailing out of Venice on a 7 night Greek Isles and Turkey Cruise.

On Splendour of the Seas,

Room with balcony for 2 adults 1 kid on deck 7 is $3,594.

Click on the link for more details.

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/booking/setCategory.do?stateroomCateg...692~~false

I'm aware of the seasonality of cruise itineraries. We're not looking at the non-local stuff in the next two years.

Ok.

I know I'm getting (further) off topic here, but we've done Alaska twice, Carribean (St. John, St. Thomas, etc.) once, and the Mediterranean once and I am a total sucker for cruises. They allow you to see a whole lot of places in a fairly short amount of time and have great accommodations in between. It can get "boring" after a couple days at sea, but pack a good book or a good board game and the time flies.