On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:38:21 -0400, Wayne B wrote:

Just about everone who boats has a favorite island or two. How about
everone listing some of theirs, along with some high points?

I'll start:

Northeast: Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. Both are convenient
to Long Island Sound and the NY/CT metro areas. Both have great
scenery and well protected harbors. Both have good fishing and
supplies.

Caribbean: St Martin's, Antigua and Martinique - all for slightly
different reasons but all have good harbors, scenery, beaches and
ambience.


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

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

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.

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 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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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. * :-)

That would be a bummer!

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.

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.

"certain amount" is relative. reminds me of the congressman who's
bitching about being taxed too much since, after expenses, all he can
save is around 400K a year.

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 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 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/