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Castaway Cay
Castaway Cay is a private island in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port for the Disney Cruise Line ships ''Disney Wonder'', ''Disney Magic'', ''Disney Dream'', and ''Disney Fantasy''. It is located near Great Abaco Island and was formerly known as Gorda Cay. In 1997, The Walt Disney Company purchased a 99-year land lease for the cay from the Bahamian government, set to expire in 2096, giving the company substantial control over the guest experience on the island. A post office on the island has special Bahamian postage specific to Disney Cruise Line, and a "Castaway Cay" postmark.
==History and development==
Gorda Cay was once used as a stop for drug runners. There is an airstrip on the island, but it is no longer in regular use nor maintained. Gorda Cay had 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 US$25 million 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 and used explosives to blast coral, and form a channel about deep and ranging from 200 to wide. The island is still largely undeveloped: only 55 of the are being used.
Castaway Cay now has 90-140 permanent residents who keep the island running daily; the numbers fluctuate between the busy season and off season.
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