How obsessively do you guard your stuff on Castaway Cay?

[hypnotoad]

We'll be bringing our own sand toys and snorkels and other water toys to Castaway Cay. None of it is worth anything. Do we need to "assign" one person in the party to be with the stuff at all times, or can we be fairly confidant that our entire party can go do our thing and our plastic doodads will remain where we left it?

 

[lklgoodman]

Been there 5 times, never had anyone take anything when we've left it on a chair by itself. We don't take anything expensive that we'd be upset about if it got taken. Put everything in a beach bag/backpack and leave it on a chair, no problem.

 

[dvcdisney]

I think it depends on how comfortable you are leaving your things. CC may be Disney, but it's still a beach with lots of people. I don't recall any reports of theft, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Anyway, we don't usually bring anything but sunscreen, snorkel gear and towels in a bag at CC. We try to find chairs close to where we want to be, and would go back and forth occasionally to check on our stuff. But most of the time, I can see it from the water. When my husband wants to take some photos, he would bring the camera, take the photos and when he's ready to go into the water, he brings the camera back to our stateroom. I know it's a bit of a hassle, but he doesn't seem to mind.

The only time we needed to stay with our stuff was when, as part of our excursion, we had a little bit of time at the beach in Cozumel. We brought our camera and I did stay with our stuff while the rest of my family went snorkelling. No issue since I don't like snorkelling anyways.

 

[lbatesetc]

We'll be bringing our own sand toys and snorkels and other water toys to Castaway Cay. None of it is worth anything. Do we need to "assign" one person in the party to be with the stuff at all times, or can we be fairly confidant that our entire party can go do our thing and our plastic doodads will remain where we left it?

We use a Kyss Bag. It locks shut and locks onto beach chair. Wouldn’t put in sand toys, but use it for anything you want to keep safe. Use it on ship s lounge chair and holding Cabanas table while we get our food. Love it

 

[DIS_MIKE]

I still hide my valuables in my shoe....because nobody is going to look there, right?

No beach is truly safe and the same goes for Disney so you need to be aware of your surroundings. Take only what you need and leave the rest back in your stateroom.

 

[Ladybugx87]

For things like sand toys, as long as they are at your chair I think they’ll be okay. If they’re left on the beach alone, others may think it’s okay to play with them. I’ve never seen anything taken but have seen things ‘moved’ or used if left on the beach.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

We lock our phones, sunglasses, and lanyards in an Aquavault (love that thing) but leave coverups, shoes, snorkel gear, cups etc out.

 

[cedricandsophie]

We leave phones, personal snorkel gear, etc on the CC beach all the time. We have been there probably 15 t8mes and have never had a problem. It just never occurred to me to guard everything. I might do the same on other public beaches.

 

[FigmentSpark]

We lock our phones, sunglasses, and lanyards in an Aquavault (love that thing) but leave coverups, shoes, snorkel gear, cups etc out.

I've thought about getting an Aquavault. Which one do you have, the hard side or the softside?

 

[KashasMom]

We use a Kyss Bag. It locks shut and locks onto beach chair. Wouldn’t put in sand toys, but use it for anything you want to keep safe. Use it on ship s lounge chair and holding Cabanas table while we get our food. Love it

LOVE my Kyss bag!!

 

[bcwife76]

Another KYSS bag user here, love it!

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

I've thought about getting an Aquavault. Which one do you have, the hard side or the softside?

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I have the little white hard side one that clips to the back of a chair. It is perfect for us as just 2 adults. Honestly, we could probably fit one or two more phones in there as well.

 

[hypnotoad]

I never even knew there were things like kyss bags and aquavalts! I'll look into them - but it looks like for sand toys and play things we can just leave them out. Even at playgrounds we leave our sand toys outs and never have any problems collecting them when we leave, even if they do wander. Thanks everyone!

 

[MichelleCanada]

We just bought this safe for our cruise in two weeks. We think we will use it more for our excursions to public beaches. When we were at CC in January 2017 we just left everything in our beach bag and felt very safe with it in there. I had a waterproof case for my phone so we brought that for pictures and left everything else.

 

[Carol Greenblatt]

We have been to Castaway Cay multiple times - usually leave our stuff on the chairs with no problem!! Don't usually leave anything of value though! Never had a problem!


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[Spiffy MacSpiff]

We don't take much to CC that's really valuable, but I do carry a good camera pretty much everywhere I go. For that, our IDs and KTTW cards we use a KYSS bag. Love it!

 

[luv2cruisedisney]

Not at all If someone can afford a Disney cruise I doubt they are there to steal my $200 underwater camera. Now, I don't advertise by leaving stuff in the open but after almost 20 trips to CC I have never had anything even moved.

 

[Trera]

We hope for a cabana which includes a safe for valuble belongings.

When not in a cabana, we just keep our beach bag close by just in case.

 

[DCLDVC1]

We always get a cabana so we don't have to worry about it.

 

[mernin]

What size of Kyss bags does everyone use? I’ve looked at these a few times and they are almost always sold out.