Fantasy Cruise Part 3: Star Wars and Castaway Cay

On Thursday we had another day at sea as we made our way north. The theme for the day was Star Wars. We wore Star Wars outfits for the day and attended Star Wars activities. The Star Wars at Lightspeed show was really funny. The kids enjoyed meeting the Star Wars characters, although due to Covid we had to keep six feet away. At night there was a Star Wars show on the top deck, and fireworks.

 

Friday, our final full day, was spent at Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas. We enjoyed snorkeling, floating in the water, and the barbecue lunch. The highlight of the day was renting bikes and riding around the island.

Yesterday morning we arrived back at Port Canaveral. After a farewell breakfast we debarked and headed home.

Fantasy Cruise Part 2: Virgin Islands

Tuesday morning we arrived at Tortola, British Virgin Islands, our first port. We looked around the shops at the port then wandered into town. It was pretty run down and we really didn’t see anything interesting, so wouldn’t recommend it as a plan.

We had lunch at a rooftop restaurant, then made our way back to the port, and sampled some rum cocktails at one of the shops there.

 

On Wednesday we visited our second port, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. We again wandered through the shops near port then walked to downtown Charlotte Amalie, which was definitely nicer and had more stuff for tourists than Tortola. 

After looking at some shops downtown and grabbing lunch in a cafe, we took a taxi cab back to the ship.

Fantasy Cruise Part 1: At Sea

We just finished a seven night Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy. We got a great rate as cast members, and invited some friends with us. While similar to the Wonder, which we cruised on in 2017, the Fantasy is a little bigger.

We booked four veranda rooms and were assigned midship deck 7. We were able to have the veranda partitions removed, and enjoyed sitting on our huge veranda as the ship left ports. Besides our embarkation and debarkation days, we had three days at Sea and three in ports.

Our first two full days, Sunday and Monday, were at sea, and we spent our time relaxing on the top deck, enjoying the ship’s activities, and eating. We took an mixology class that was fun, and watched “Frozen” and "Aladdin" in the theater.

We had to wear masks indoors except when at our dining table. On Disney cruises passengers generally rotate between three main dining rooms. On the Fantasy they are Royal Court, Enchanted Garden, and Animator’s Palate, and the latter was different than the one on the Wonder. We really enjoyed the dining rooms, the food, and our servers. The wait staff rotate with the guests through the dining rooms so start anticipating their preferences. Ours were soon joking with us.