On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food!

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg

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I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time.
Disney is very good at what they do. What bothers me is that a
company like Disney buys an island, takes it private, changes the
name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and
everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World,
and calls it the Bahamas. It's not even close to being the Bahamas
except for some of the scenery.

They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:08:56 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:07:15 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote:

Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your
islands, Wayne.

Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is.

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This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a
certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some
reason, you are in the wrong place.

What bothered me was the tone of your "I can afford a better place
than that Disney pap" response to John. Why belittle his experience
with that island? You started the thread, then take people to task for
making their offering.

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You need to read my response again because something seems to have
been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people
have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is
purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in
the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food!

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg

===

I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time.
Disney is very good at what they do. What bothers me is that a
company like Disney buys an island, takes it private, changes the
name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and
everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World,
and calls it the Bahamas. It's not even close to being the Bahamas
except for some of the scenery.

They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco.

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That's a good thing. Bahamians need all the employment opportunities
that they can get. Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. :-)

On Sep 21, 5:45*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H
wrote:









On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food!

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg

===

I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time.
Disney is very good at what they do. * What bothers me is that a
company like Disney buys an island, takes it *private, changes the
name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and
everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World,
and calls it the Bahamas. * It's not even close to being the Bahamas
except for some of the scenery.

They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco.

=======

That's a good thing. * Bahamians need all the employment opportunities
that they can get. *Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. * :-)

That would be a bummer!

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:40:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 21, 5:45*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:38:21 -0400, John H
wrote:









On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:29 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:57:22 -0400, John H
wrote:

Castaway Cay...great harbor, scenery, beaches, ambience, and super food!

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com...tos/ccay-1.jpg

===

I have no doubt that people go to Castaway Cay and have a great time.
Disney is very good at what they do. * What bothers me is that a
company like Disney buys an island, takes it *private, changes the
name to something cutesy and American, excludes the natives and
everyone other than a Disney customer, builds a minature Disney World,
and calls it the Bahamas. * It's not even close to being the Bahamas
except for some of the scenery.

They do provide employment for a bunch of folks from Abaco.

=======

That's a good thing. * Bahamians need all the employment opportunities
that they can get. *Otherwise they'd have to go fishing all day. * :-)

That would be a bummer!

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Yes. If you ever wan't to see an example of happy people who don't
have very much, just go to the Bahamas.

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:41:23 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:08:56 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:07:15 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:49:24 -0400, wrote:

Sounds like class warfare to me. Not everybody can afford your
islands, Wayne.

Not trying to be a political ass, but it is what it is.

========

This is a news group about boats and boating. Boating requires a
certain amount of disposable income. If that bothers you for some
reason, you are in the wrong place.

What bothered me was the tone of your "I can afford a better place
than that Disney pap" response to John. Why belittle his experience
with that island? You started the thread, then take people to task for
making their offering.

============

You need to read my response again because something seems to have
been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people
have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is
purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in
the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience.

I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the
Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other
islands in the Bahamas.

Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most
miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas.

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:17:42 -0400, John H
wrote:

I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the
Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other
islands in the Bahamas.


Yes to both of those, although Castaway Cay certainly is in the
Bahamas and I'd be willing to bet that Disney bills it that way.


Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most
miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas.

Heh. That is just about the end of the world although nearby Royal
Island, Spanish Wells and Eluthera are nice enough. How did you
happen to draw the short straw on that assignment? We've been near
there a few times but have never stopped. Is it actually inhabited?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:23:41 -0400, wrote:


You need to read my response again because something seems to have
been lost in translation. John had a great time there, other people
have a great time there, but any resemblance to the real Bahamas is
purely coincidental. It is probably possible to go other places in
the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience.

A better response would be for you to enumerate those "other places in
the Bahamas for less money but without the sanitized Disney ambience."

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Here's a good article on cruising the Bahamas if you're interested:

http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2011/october/bahamas.asp

For a real bargain however, hop the daily mail boat out of Ft
Lauderdale or find a cut rate gambling junket to Nassau/Paradise
Island.

http://www.my-bahamas-travel.com/bahamastravel.html

http://www.onedaycruise.com/

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:10:44 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:17:42 -0400, John H
wrote:

I don't think you limited your question to 'favorite Bahama islands'. Having been on many of the
Bahama Islands, I can say that Castaway Cay has *very little* resemblance to any of the other
islands in the Bahamas.


Yes to both of those, although Castaway Cay certainly is in the
Bahamas and I'd be willing to bet that Disney bills it that way.


Having spent three weeks thereon, I can also say that Great Egg Island is probably the most
miserable friggin' island in the Bahamas.

Heh. That is just about the end of the world although nearby Royal
Island, Spanish Wells and Eluthera are nice enough. How did you
happen to draw the short straw on that assignment? We've been near
there a few times but have never stopped. Is it actually inhabited?

No, it wasn't inhabited when we were there. We built two 126' steel towers on the island and used a
geodimeter to measure the distance to similar towers on Hole-in-the-Wall, Abaco and other places. I
was working for the US Coast and Geodetic Survey out of Cape Canaveral at the time. It later melded
in to NOAA. We'd live on the island during the week, but come back to the Auxilliary Air Force Base
on Eleuthera for the weekend.