Year 4, Day 204, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 11/20/2024. The Wellington – Day 7 of 17-night PA, NJ, and Caribbean cruise – Day 4 of 7-night Bahamas cruise on Odyssey of the Seas. – Perfect Day at CocoCay, Bahamas. CocoCay is Royal Caribbean’s private island located in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. What a change from the busy industrial Port Canaveral yesterday. It is the world’s second busiest homeport. Today is like a little bit of heaven in the Bahamas.
The view from our balcony is Norwegian’s private island, Great Stirrup Cay. Great Stirrup Cay is a 268-acre island. The island is empty today. They do not have a dock, and it appears that only one ship at a time visits that island. Way way far in the distance I can zoom my camera in on some ships.
CocoCay is about one mile long and 1/3 of a mile wide. This year (2024) Celebrity cruise ships started stopping here along with Royal Caribbean. Two ships can dock here at the same time. Today there is us on the Odyssey of the Sea and also the Allure of the Sea docked. Looking at the calendar it appears that most days of the week there are two ships here. Allure looks twice the size of us. It is much wider and also taller.
A quick breakfast and a look at the tips to know and off we go to the beach.
I am not a beach person, so this is a forced beach day for me. Love to cruise, love the water, but am not the beach relaxing type of person. There was a nice cool breeze while sitting near the water. Maybe just dozing under an umbrella for a few hours is nice. The water was cold with lots of two-inch fish swimming around you. The beach was fairly crowded and there was a constant buzz of conversation surrounding me and mostly in different languages. Lots of children were running, laughing, screaming, and a few even throwing tantrums. This is not one of my favorite places, but people love love love it here in CocoCay. I am definitely not a Thalassophile. I lived on an island for a few years. I did enjoy sitting on the beach by myself for an hour every day. This beach has a vibrant setting and is ideal for people who are traveling with company. I did find the longer I laid on my chair the more relaxed and calm I felt. So maybe it was a good day after all. They say that sea air is full of healthy negative ions. These charged particles improve our ability to absorb oxygen. They do this by neutralizing damaging free radicals. These negative ions in the ocean air increase the oxygen flow to our brains. This flow creates more mental energy. It also increases serotonin. I have heard that our brain is hardwired to react positively to water. Being near it can calm us and connect us. Water can also increase innovation and insight. It might even heal what’s broken. Hmm maybe there is something to it.
Here are links to some other of our days at CocoCay. Coco Cay
12/07/2023 – https://deestimes.com/…/living-the-dream-year-3-day…/
01/23/2023 – https://deestimes.com/…/living-the-dream-year-2-day…/
12/01/2022 – https://deestimes.com/…/living-the-dream-year-2-day-217/
05/04/2022 – https://deestimes.com/…/06/living-the-dream-year-2-day-4/
11/2019 – http://deestimes.com/…/family-bonding-with-a…/
We sat and ate lunch and watched this huge iguana sit in the tree above us.
After the water, sand, sun, and food it was time to head back to the ship. Our room was so cozy and clean. We have a great Stateroom attendant.
As we head into Chops Grille, we see Schooner Bar is busy. It is always a great place to sit and there is a lot of Trivia that takes place there. We had dinner at Chops Grille and then sat outside. Another beautiful night in the Bahamas. So relaxing looking out over the ocean and enjoying the sights sounds and smells of nighttime at sea.
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Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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