{"id":14681,"date":"2011-11-04T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=14681"},"modified":"2011-11-04T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:45:54","slug":"disney-cruises-gem-on-castaway-cay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/11\/disney-cruises-gem-on-castaway-cay","title":{"rendered":"Disney Cruise&#8217;s Gem On Castaway Cay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14682\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14682\" title=\"disney-castaway\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/disney-castaway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/disney-castaway.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/disney-castaway-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the Family Beach at Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line&#39;s private island in the Bahamas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like warm breezes, swaying palm trees and gentle waves lapping onto the shoreline, a kindly gentleman named Cecil has been a fixture on Castaway Cay since Disney Cruise Line introduced its private Bahamian island getaway way back in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, he\u2019s the face of the idyllic retreat, greeting the day\u2019s guests with a big smile and his gracious, friendly demeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Cecil is Bahamian by birth with a recognizable accent, and he\u2019s tall in stature, with large hands that seem to swallow up your own hand as you shake and wish him good morning.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a perfect representative of both Disney and the Bahamas. Cecil\u2019s duties on Castaway Cay are simple, but they go a long way in ensuring that guests have an enjoyable day.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the morning after either the Disney Magic or the Disney Dream is secured to the dock, you can find Cecil \u2014 dressed in a colorful flowered short and white ball cap \u2014 at the island\u2019s first tram stop, Kargo Handling Tram Stop, greeting literally thousands of guests after they\u2019ve disembarked from their ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like warm breezes, swaying palm trees and gentle waves lapping onto the shoreline, a kindly gentleman named Cecil has been a fixture on Castaway Cay since Disney Cruise Line introduced its private Bahamian island getaway way back in 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,33,73],"class_list":["post-14681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-cruise","tag-tourism","tag-travel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}