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CASTAWAY CAY Disney's Private Island
Discovery Cay, now called "Castaway Cay" belongs to Disney's Cruise Line, and is a regular stop for their ships and allows for clients to get a feel of a small Bahamian Out Island. It is located off the southeastern shore of Great Abaco. There is an airstrip on the island, but it is no longer in regular use nor maintained. Castaway Cay has also been used for filming; the beach where Tom Hanks first encounters Daryl Hannah in Splash is on the island. Disney is said to have spent $25,000,000 to develop and outfit the island. Construction took 18 months and included dredging 50,000 truckloads of sand from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The pier and its approaches were constructed to allow the Disney ships to dock alongside, thus removing the need for tenders to get the passengers ashore. To create the mooring site for the ships, workers dredged sand from a 1,700-foot (520 m) channel about 35 feet (11 m) deep and ranging from 200 to 400 feet (120 m) wide. The island is still largely undeveloped: only 55 of the 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) are being used.[1]
"Pirates of the Caribbean" ship at Castaway Cay
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