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Day four brought us the Grand Cayman which is a port that you tender into since their is not a pier that can accommodate the cruise ships due to shallow water or a reef that prevents the ships from getting to the island. Disney partners with a local company that provides the tendering service which has dedicated tender boats specifically for Disney guests and not the other ships also. There are boats that take a few or several hundred people at a time ashore. There were some windy conditions that caused our ship to arrive about an hour or more later than scheduled with an already mid to late morning scheduled time. This resulted in everyone trying to exit the ship at the same time and wait times of up to an hour. This impacted our plans for the day. Earlier in the morning we had a scheduled and reserved princess meet and greet with Cinderella, Belle Ariel and Tiana. Between my wife’s headache and the late arrival time we canceled our planned outing. We had not booked an excursion but planned on getting a taxi and going to the Turtle farm attraction. So, instead I took the kids ashore and we wandered around a little and found some souvenirs. We made it back in time for a late lunch being careful to not eat too much because my wife and I had a reservation at Remy which is the premier specialty dining option.

Dinner was at the third restaurant in our rotation, Enchanted Garden. I liked the theming the best in this restaurant as it had a great garden feel including a fountain in the center of the dining room and Lightbulb flowers that opened up after sunset which was during our main seating time. There were some cool looking booths for small parties. I thought the menu was a little more mainstream in this venue compared to the Royal court which was more French gourmet. Apparently there is Pirate themed menus but because we had a Star Wars Day at sea we had a themed dinner that night instead. Pirate’s Night encourages you to explore the Pirates life. Pirate bandannas were provided to each guest and you were encouraged to wear pirate themed clothing or full pirate costumes that evening around the ship including to dinner. There was an evening show up on the pool deck after both dinner seatings. They are able to cover the pools providing more deck space to gather for the festivities. There are some pirate songs and Captain Jack Sparrow makes an appearance. Fireworks complete the pirate themed activities. We skipped the evening entertainment which was an illusionist with some comedy. I had a chance to see a preview of his show on the first night during the evening entertainment. He was good but we took time to get photos in our costumes instead.