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Sorry @longislandcruisersWe're not looking go to to Atlantis because it's too expensive on top of the cruise cost. Open to all other suggestions. 

Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas July 2023 Nassau Excursions 

Hi all, my sister is planning a 7 day cruise (for me (40s), herself (30s) and her 8yr old daughter - we're all in average shape, average swimmers, with no mobility issues).

My picky sister doesn't seem to like the excursion choices offered by the ship while docked in Nassau. She doesn't want to do the beach, snorkeling, swimming with dolphins/stingrays or water sports, doesn't want to do a glass bottom boat, she doesn't want to do shopping or any historical walking tour/museum. 

As you can see, my sister doesn't seem to like anything so I'm at the end of my rope with suggestions and that's why I'm turning to you!

Has anyone had great time in Nassau doing an excursions you found yourself, separate from what that ship offers? I guess she's just looking for more options. 

We're not looking go to to Atlantis because it's too expensive on top of the cruise cost. Open to all other suggestions. I'll float them by my sister and see if she likes any of your ideas!

One of the days we are going to Coco Cay but we are not going more than 1 day. 

Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas July 2023 Florida Excursions 

Hi all, my sister is planning a cruise (for me (40s), herself (30s) and her 8yr old daughter - we're all in average shape, average swimmers, with no mobility issues).

My picky sister doesn't seem to like the excursion choices offered by the ship while docked in Florida. She doesn't want to do the beach or water sports, she doesn't want to do the nature everglades stuff, doesn't want to do exploration tower, doesn't want to do manatee stuff, she doesn't want to do shopping or any historical walking tour. 

Personally I'd like to see the Kennedy Space museum but my sister doesn't think her 8 yr old daughter would enjoy it. She really isn't interested in any museum...

As you can see, my sister doesn't seem to like anything so I'm at the end of my rope with suggestions and that's why I'm turning to you!

Has anyone had great time in Florida doing an excursions you found yourself, separate from what that ship offers? I guess she's just looking for more options. 

We're not looking go to to Disney because it's too expensive on top of the cruise and probably not enough time to really enjoy Disney. Open to all other suggestions. I'll float them by my sister and see if she likes any of your ideas!

I finished my vaca series.

It's long and I imagine only my family is interested but I'm posting it here anyway.

Here's all 9 days on my cruise in a playlist.

Watch "Anthem Anniversary Vaca" on YouTube

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I was just on the Anthem (our room was midship) and me and hubby were only booted off the internet once. It happened at the same time for us. We went to the VOOM desk, got a new code, and were back on very easily.

Have some compassion, folks. You live in a first-world country where, even if you grew up poor, you received an education. You have options for the workforce, and you have multiple safety nets in place.

These vendors live in a very different world, and they have to take advantage of the few opportunities available to them. If you'd been born into their world instead of ours, what would you not do to sell your goods /feed your children?

If you don't want to buy, walk through at a brisk pace with your hands in your pockets. If you have children, instruct them to do the same. If they speak to you and offer you something, shake your head and keep walking. They aren't going to pursue you; if they get a clear "no" from you, they're going to immediately move to the next person, who might be a buyer.

If you're just walking back to the ship, you're probably talking about less than 10 minutes that you're "in their world". It's not a big deal.

Compassion is part of what brought us to the Artisan Village in the first place and we definitely are aware of the difference in countries between us and them. All the more reason to visit the village. We wanted to give back. We wanted to appreciate their art.

And we understand why the aggressive sales tactics are used. For certain they are fighting to get your $ before the next stall does. I'm sure the desperation of their situation plays into that. They know we are tourists with cash to burn and they are hungry for it. I don't know the conversion rate but the $40 I spent there in no way negatively hurt my bank account but I'm sure could very positively improve their situation in ways I'm lucky enough not to understand simply because of where I was born.

They point is, they could have gotten even more out of me if they didn't intimidate and overwhelm me. They are shooting themselves in the foot with their hard sale tactics and I wish they could see that. I wish Royal Caribbean would step in and teach them how tourists prefer to be interacted with.

I just want to state, again, that the back stone path from Nellie's beach leads you somewhat behind the actually village. There is no main road there - just rows of stalls. And my clear "no" did not stop them from trying to coerce a purchase out of me and my husband. There was no "next person" to move on to in that area and we didn't know the way to leave. But as we were being passed from stall to stall we saw the road of the main market and hightailed it out of there without looking back.

I have since read that if you stay on the main road of Artisan Village, they cannot pursue you. You can go in and out of the stalls as you please. That was not the case in the secluded area of the village that we ended up in. I'm not saying don't spend in Haiti, but I am saying - don't take that back path. Stay on the main, wide, concrete road that is populated with tourists, trams, and RCI employees.

The smoking area (bus stop) IS on Deck 5. Mid ships starboard. Someone, I think, is hypersensitive. :o

Name call me as "hypersenstitive" if you want but the smoke was so noticeable that in the beginning of my cruise I thought that someone was smoking out on their balcony around my floor. Later I discovered that glass box directly underneath my room, although 7 floors down, was the outside smokers lounge. I smelled it everyday - more in the early morning (like 7am) than any other time. Smokers getting their first of the morning fix I assume.

All I said is I wouldn't recommend that particular room because I could smell the smoke. If you don't think you'll mind it - then by all means, take room 12678.

Also, I definitely think anyone traveling with children would avoid a room where your family could breath in second hand smoke.

Oh I forgot to tell everyone:

I was room 12678 and I wouldn't recommend it simply because you're directly above the outdoor smokers lounge.

The room is I think 7 floors above the lounge but i could still smell it from the balcony.

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Hope this works.

This vlog was made for family members that couldn't go on our trip, not a vlog for likes.

I'm gonna try and put together a video for each day of the cruise.

Watch "2018 Anthem of The Seas Anniversary Vaca Day 1" on YouTube

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I'll try to organize to criticisms. I don't have any serious ones really..

FOOD

Overall the food was great. Even the windjammer; I really liked the stir fry station and the Indian choices.

*But my husband feels the orange juice was watered down. Not a big complaint unless you really like OJ like my hubby does. We only have Norwegian to compare to and they didn't water down their OJ.

THE ROOM

Loved the room: comfy and lots of storage esp. for 2.

*For the life of me I couldn't get the water temp in the shower right! I felt like as soon as I got a good temp I felt like it would change and I hadn't touched the knobs.

*Also there's only 1 shelf inside the shower and for some reason my travel size doodads would keep falling through the slats and that got annoying quick.

*Hubby thought the bathroom would benefit from a clothes line for wet clothes like Norwegian has. We dried alot of stuff on the balcony but I was nervous because I forgot those strong clips to keep the clothes from flying away. My soaked ATV sneakers took a week to dry completely - partly due to humidity.

*Later in the cruise, about day 8, I felt like the bathroom drain slowed down a bit and a very slight smell to the bathroom. Nothing overwhelming enough to get serviced.

*We had one moment right we were pulling into Bermuda where the TV starting acting up but turning it off and on did the trick. We did hear other people having TV issues too but not exactly as we did. The TV channels are awful anyway. Seventh Heaven and 80s music videos....

*No coffee machine in room. There is 24 hour (weak) coffee access in Cafe Promenade but it's nice to wake up, make coffee in your pj's, and sit out on the balcony without ever leaving your room, catching the elevator, interacting with people, etc.

*Also felt Norwegian gave more, and More creative, towel animals.

THE PEOPLE

*I swear one couple tried to get it on in front of us and multiple other couples in the solarium pool. It was gross and uncomfortable. They tried it in 2 different pools before leaving. Just ugh.

*Also, just people rude to the staff. ESPECIALLY in the wind jammer. For some of the guests, the staff couldn't work fast enough to fill their plates and the obvious groans and eye rolls were really sad to watch, esp. during a busy time where you could see on the servers face that they were trying their best .

I saw nothing but hard working crew members during my vaca and it really hurts my heart to see these entitled people looking their nose down at the crew. This happened in the terminal while leaving as well. Taking snotty to the employees cause you're annoyed you have to wait on the same line We All Do.

We're really blessed to be able to go on such a luxurious vacation and some people seemed so ungrateful. Or that they couldn't get out of their negative headspace, even on vacation.

DRESS CODE

*I think they're pretty loose with the code but we did see a guy with a sleeveless tank top in the MDR be asked to change into a regular shirt. This wasn't even a formal night.

*We did dress for formal because we wanted to. I couldn't care less what others wore. Everyone should be comfortable on their vacation.

GUEST SERVICES

They sent us a note that changed the date of the All Access Tour. The date they changed it to caused a scheduling conflict for us so we went to guest services and they said they fixed it. The day of I noticed by checking on the TV that it was still incorrect. We almost didn't get that tour.

*Double check their work.

It was a GREAT tour by the way.

*And they canceled the Galley Brunch with no notice to us. That was disappointing but we did see the galley in the All Access tour. Plus they did refund us for that.

TIP

*Don't go to the artisans village in Labadee unless you can handle a hard sale. And if you do go, bring change for a 20 caused they don't have it.

Or even to give a tip to the umbrella chair guys.

*The homeless in PR are bold about approaching you, even putting their arm around your shoulder and asking for money.

*The underside of the ship railings are sticky but we were told its their thick strong cleaner. Still feels gross.

VOOM

The internet was great, better than Norwegian.

*But we did have a period where we were kicked off. We visited the voom desk. They couldn't explain why but got us back on quickly.

***Overall I do think Norwegian had more to fill up a day. We found ourselves bored alot of afternoon's. But Royal has way more pools, which is a def bonus.***

The end!

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Well I'm not on the Anthem anymore

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We felt the rumble of the ship slowly pulling into port around 7.

The elevators to go down were paaaaaaaaaacked. And when you finally get one it stops on Every Floor due to everyone trying to go down.

I read of some people complaining about the elevators on Anthem before I went on my cruise. This is the only time on this ship we've had any elevator issues.

Had our first and last breakfast at the Grande around 745. There was a line and they were sitting people together in tables of 6. Your wait was longer if you requested a table alone.

Our waiting area was 270, which was also packed but found seating upstairs. Our time to be called was 845 but we didn't leave 270 till 920 due to "terminal congestion" and ship refueling.

We were lead to customs (loooooong lines filled with grumpy people) where we declared our liquor verbally (no form to fill out) and they checked our passports. Then we were lead to find our bags. Half our bags were the wrong place but nearby and we found them. We were out with our bags by 10.

We loved our cruise but I'll write later with some criticisms.

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Thank you

Perhaps they should experiment with a less aggressive approach. It's great that they're able to set up their shops there, and I would LOVE to slowly browse through their shops, but their tactics keep me away. They would sell more that way, I'm sure.

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Absolutely not. Most of the stories here are of people who went into the market looking to buy and were put off by a beyond hard sale tactic where they're practically trying to trick you into buying something (Ex. Asking your name just to carve it into an item you had no interest in to force you to buy it).

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We spent alot of today packing.

We were supposed to go to the galley brunch but they canceled it and didn't let us know. Luckily I called this morning to check the time and that's how I found out.

We had breakfast in the buffet and basically walked the ship soaking in the last day. Watching the flow rider, ifly, and circus in the sea plex.

Sales all over the place. We did some last day souvenir shopping. You always forget about that one friend at work, etc.

One last dip in the pool/jacuzzi. It wasn't as crowded as you might think. I forgot to mention but the outside pool screen shows something like "fail army" alot of the time. Kinda like America's Funniest Home Videos but worse LOL. I find it a weird choice.

We had Johnny Rockets for lunch. Can't get enough of those onion rings.

We watched a symphony concert in 270. You may think you're not a fan but then they play the star wars theme or the Jurassic park theme and you realize you are.

We're had dinner at the MDR at 845. That's late for them. We were almost the last ones out but they didn't rush us. I had the ghost cheese tart and Indian option and it was delicious and spicy! I like spicy. Hubby had coconut shrimp (so so) and surf and turf (excellent ). I had the apple pie which was great besides the raisins.

A scary thing happened at dinner. Hubby saw a very old woman slumped over and someone from crew administering a shot. I'm glad I couldn't watch but hubby did. Eventually the woman came around but just barely and they wheeled her out.

I imagine it was an allergic reaction but they're good about asking you your allergies/food restrictions and taking note of it so I'm not sure how she would have eaten something she shouldn't have.

We got our usb of pictures and watched the karaoke competition in 270. Right after that was their virtual firework show. Very cool for kids cause it's not super loud like the real ones.

We received the liquor we bought and put our bags outside.*We never got declaration forms*This is the first time were not carrying off ourselves. I hope it's not a mess.

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I just left labadee (first visit there) and Me and hubby will never go back to that market. I do have Haitian friends, I know a bit about what the island has been through and I was happy to go and spend.

We were at Nellies beach and there's a back stone path to the market.

It's a secluded part of the market. I did come with a smile and cash looking to buy souvenirs but the pushiness and harassment of all the stalls close together all calling for their turn to sell me something became overwhelming very fast.

One guy did slip a bracelet on my wrist and asked for money. Of course I didn't because I didn't even ask for it.

They also did try to engrave my husband's name on something without his consent and he put a stop to that too

I did buy a small painting I liked but once I bought that one thing it became kind of frenzied as everyone wanted a chance at my wallet. I barely got a chance to look. I could have bought more (and planned to) if I didn't feel so hounded. Plus was werent on the main path so it was really uncomfortable being surrounded like we were .

So far I've only been to Bahamas, Bermuda, PR, and St. Martin. I've never experienced anything that extreme in those places. This is my first and kast time at the labadee open market.

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Day 9 - last full day

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Day 8

We got the departure info. We're gonna leave the room at 845 on Saturday. We dunno if we want carry off or let the stewards take our bags the night before. We brought so much stuff with us and now we have souvenirs as well!

Also got the tip envelopes. Leon was so friendly and we got our laundry back today, less than 24 hours. He's a good guy.

This morning was the All Access Tour at 930. We didn't really get going till 10 because half the group, including us, didn't get the letter that said you have to sign a waiver, wear long pants, and closed toe shoes.

So many people kept coming in the wrong clothes or needed to fill the paper work first and the tour guide waited for everyone.* The letter was actually in our room when we came back after the tour but not before.

The tour was almost 2 hours long and very informative. I especially liked all the info about how eco friendly they try to be. They're getting rid of plastic straws soon. Also the kitchen tour was super cool and of course the bridge.*

We skipped breakfast this morning so when the tour ended we went to Grande for lunch. I guess the lunch menu doesn't change so I had my same salad and truffle leek grilled cheese (which is good) and I had the chocolate fondue! Yum!

Before we got on the cruise we read about the tables being close together and feeling like your dining with the table next to you. It's true, the tables Are so very close you can def hear and join in the convos next to you but we're usually at a window seat and keep to ourselves ... until today. The couple next to us were talkers. The husband talked so much (complaining) that he barely ate his food. I didn't find any of their issues serious enough to run a cruise. Everything was resolveable.

Later this afternoon I developed a sore throat. I purell'd and washywashy'd so much but I may be coming down with something.

I didn't have an appetite for dinner so we went to Brass and Bocks. Hubby had the soft pretzel sticks with mustard and the poutine. Both were good but there was very little gravy and cheese on the fries. He had the burger and really liked it, nothing like the flat windjammer patties.

My appetite came back for dessert and we shared the apple beignet that comes with ice cream and nutella. SO GOOD. That dessert is real competition to Jaime Oliver's brownie as best desert.

Tonight was the 2nd formal night but not as many people dressed up and there weren't as many photo op booths.

We went to the*We will rock you show and it was really good! Really good singers. I think this show had more risque outfits and language than the Cabaret show. Nothing a teen couldn't handle I guess but I don't have kids. You be the judge.

Then we went to Matt Yee's sing along. Very funny, not for kids. He warns parents and throws in quite a few sexual jokes. Thing is, he's in Schooners bar out in the open so if you pass by with your kids on the way to the theater they may hear a thing or two! We stayed there almost 2 hours!

We got more towel animals. I think we got 4 these 8 days. They all look like puppies or elephant?

Hubby finds the bed hard. I didn't the first half of the cruise but now I do. Not so bad that we cant sleep, cause we do. Just missing our own beds.

I know we could ask for a mattress topper but it's so late in the cruise I'm not even gonna bother.

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Day 8

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For us I think it was half and half. 3 hours lunch/beach, 3 hours jeep. But he was only going to give us 2 hours, at the beach and some protested for more time so we got 3. I guess the beach to jeep time is flexible depending on group.

Me and hubby were lucky to nab a jeep quickly to drive and get a couple in the back who didn't want to drive so we're in the front the whole time. If we didn't get to drive and were stuck in the back of another couples jeep we may not have been as satisfied.

I did like the sites and the tour guide. But the first stop at the flag hill was best shot of the island and the last stop at beach was a beautiful sunset. In between there wasn't much to see but hurricane damage, which plenty of people still took pictures of just to show everyone back home how damaged they still are.

Great recap. We are doing the Jeep tour in St Martin too. Were you satisfied with it? What’s the breakdown of beach time vs time seeing sites in the Jeep?

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Labadee day.

We had no excursions planned so no rush to get off ship. I think people were supposed to be off by 9 but will said he saw people off earlier.

We went to 270 cafe for breakfast. I got a cheese/tomato croissant and brown sugar oatmeal. I think will got 2 bacon, egg, cheese croissants.

We asked for Nellies beach. Maybe 10 min walk from ship. Lots of stuff to see, people playing music and dancing along the way.

We get greeted by someone who asked $20 for umbrella chairs but it's free for plain umbrellas sat in the shade. Plus tip for the guy who got the chairs. Bring change.

The water was COLD. Colder than stmartin. We got used to it and swam for hours. I brought bread and goggles so we fed fish. It wasn't a massive swarm like we've seen in Bermuda but fish did come.

Water was salty like St Martin so you float without much effort.

The beach had a bbq but the. Line was miles long so we skipped it.

There's a back stone path from nellies beach to the "artisan market" for shopping.

Don't go there.

At the end of the path a guy was waiting for us to show us his stall. A lot of stalls very tight together. He kept saying "no pressure" but was pressing us to buy something, anything. I did buy something I liked but only had 20s (i had come for souvenirs after all) and asked for change. He took the 20 and said he'd find some change from someone else . They guy in the next stall said "im jealous, come look at mine" so I bought something from him too. We haggled prices and in the end I said get the change from the guy who disappeared with my money to get change. I wasn't giving away another $ 20.

The woman next door said "you bought from 2 men, come to my stall and support women". I looked but passed. The next stall was like "me next". It was very pushy and overwhelming. Everyone calling out for us to come look at their stall. Pressing us to buy absolutely anything. There was no one else but me, hubby, and all the vendors.

The back stone path from Bellies put us in a secluded part of the market that I guess was really desperate. Some one said were their first customer and it was already12 pm. So they had been waiting 3 hours for customers. I can only imagine their situation but we were made uncomfortable, left very quickly, and regretted going.

There's an artisan market building that's a regular store. Same stuff but no pushiness. Just go there.

We rode the tram back. To the entrance of labadee and got on the boat.*

Showered and had lunch at the buffet. Much is closed on island days.

Then we played pool at the music hall .

Then we finally got these large double rocking chairs hubby's been eyeing forever but they were never empty. He napped. I got a coffee.

We caught most of the movie Peter Rabbit on the outdoor pool deck. It was windy and cold but I liked seeing the movie outside too much to leave. I didn't bring any sort of jacket.

We caught our room steward Leon in the hall and asked about laundry. I think 1 bag is $35. We've never done laundry on a ship before. We filled out the slip and filed the bag and left it with Leon.

We changed for Chops. Dim lighting, snooty atmosphere. I had talked to guest services about a veg option that afternoon and they got me the truffle cream pasta from Jaime Oliver's restaurant. Probably the best thing I had on the ship. I also had a fried goat cheese salad, Gruyere tots, super cheesey and a lavender vodka tonic which was very sweet and lavendary. Best drink on the ship.

We saw a comic after, he was good: Derrick Cameron. Lots of jokes about helicopter parents.

Then there was the Quest show after that but were decided to skip it. I know alot of people like it but it we were tired from labadee, full from dinner, and just wanted bed.

They may play it on the TV and well see what we missed then.

Tomorrow is another formal night.

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Day 7

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PR day!

We got there on time 7 am. Ate our stale donuts that we saved from desert last night for breakfast.

Off the theater to wait for our excursion to be called. They did it better this time with calling the excursions 1 by 1 so it wasn't so chaotic leaving.

We found the line for the Campo Rico Ranch ATVs. Got on the bus. They want to see your drivers license right away. 1 person accidentally brought their learners permit and they weren't gonna be allowed to go (it was almost a disaster) but miraculously they had a picture of their real driver's license and were able to go.

The guide on the bus talked alot about the site's to see in the town. He also talked about how Irma destroyed everything in his home and he and his family had to live on MREs for 4 months. He thanked everyone who donated to PR when the hurricane hit.

We got to the ranch. Signed waivers. Me and hubby got bandannas to cover our mouths. It rained that morning and we def needed it.

Got helmets, got ATVs. We took 2 practice laps in a small circle before we were off. This was my first time on an ATV and i was pretty jerkey. I thought the guide Jorge wouldn't let me go but everyone was advised to stay 3 atvs away from each other so it was no problem.

Very fun. One girl got stuck on a rock but Jorge helped her . I think the fastest me and hubby went was 30 on a straight stretch. I dunno if ATV. Speed is the same as car speed. I was also a slow poke. An experienced person could prob go faster but you gotta stay with group.

Plenty of bumps and puddles. I did get splashed in the face multiple times. Arms / legs full of mud. It's a ranch so we did get to stop and pet ponies.

After the atving we went to the ranch bar. They had apps, drinks, and a bathroom to change in. Maybe even a shower, i didn't see . Buggy... Spiders and dragon flies... Just FYI. Not over run like infested but, it's a ranch...

Great souvenirs tho. Got coffee and hot sauce.*

30 min bus ride back to San Juan port. Got back by 12. We stopped at Walgreens for supplies and walked around looking for a restaurant. We ended up in Mojitos, don't ask me where it is - not far from port. GREAT MOFUNGO and pine coladas.

We walked the souvenir strip right by the ship and got in ship before sale away at 2

Had dinner in the MDR Silk. I had a butternut squash risotto which was good. Will had surf and turf and really liked his steak. Chocolate and cheese cake for dessert .

Somebody in the restaurant staff noticed I'm a vegetarian and asked if I like it. Showed me the veg option for tomorrow and said I could ask for an Indian dish or an Asian stirfry if I didn't like the veg option. Very nice staff .

We saw spectra cabera show which you would think was some risque show but it was not.

Then we went to the silent party! Everyone wears headphones and dances. To anyone not wearing the headphones they cannot hear the music and we all look like idiots.

It doesn't matter your age or even if you can dance. Everyone was there having a great time.

labadee tomorrow at 9 am.

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Day 6

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Day 5

The ship was supposed to dock at StMartin at 1245 pm but our ticket said to meet at the theatre at 12. They said over the loud speaker don't do down to the gang way before your meeting times to get off early.

I don't know when you get off the ship if you don't have an excursion.

Before hand we went the buffet breakfast and packed a book bag for our jeep tour / beach day.

We gotp the theater at 12. About 1210 they gave info about towels and finding your excursion. We docked a little early.

I thought the theatre was gonna call each excursion to leave the theatre separately. Instead they called 4 at once and it was a HECTIC getting everyone out of the theatre. A real bottle neck at the doors. Then the down stairs which was piled with people who tried to get off early and were stopped. Then piles of people at the gangway exit who tried to get off early and we're stopped. Also people who had excursions but not at this time who were also sent to the side and not allowed to leave the boat. It was hectic...

We got off the boat at 1235 and found our way to the line to the van that took us to the beach first

Our drive to the beach was really nothing but wrecked buildings and piled up cars and boats. The tour guide "cheese" kept saying "this used to be a.... Hotel/school/restaurant/etc. But then Irma hit. And the government isn't helping the people". He really was a great guide, they're just not recovered yet and hurricane season is around the corner for them.

We started on the Dutch side.*I don't remember the name of the beach, we passed so many, but it was far into the Dutch side of St. Martin and close to the French side of Sint Marteen.

They took us to eat first. There's stand right in the parking lot of the beach. We got Johnny cakes (fried bread), ribs, beers, and sodas. I think it was all $15. Cheap for the amount you got and delicious. They had chicken and fish too.

Then we walked to the beach, got umbrella chairs ($ 15), and we're immediately approached to buy everything. Me and hubby both got our hair braided/beaded.

If you get your hair bead braided, tell then how many braids you want, like 10 maybe, not your whole head and get a price before hand. They said 5 minutes but 10 braids could be 20 mins and you may not want spend 20 minutes and $30 doing your hair when you only have 2 hours at the beach.

That being said, me and hubby did do it and it looks great.

The beautiful calm blue water with so much salt you float without effort. We still like Bermuda better tho.

There were bathrooms to change in (trailers) but only the Mens was available, one of the two stalls didn't lock and the place did smell like pee. Just a warning.

We changed and the tour guy had his jeeps show up at the beach. We thought everyone would get their own keep but he only had 6 jeeps and 20 guests.

Hubby did get to drive a jeep but we had a couple in the backseat. They were in their 50s and both had hip replacements, so they were happy to let will drive.

Many stops for beautiful views coupled with devastation. We did go to Maho beach and saw 2 planes come over the beach from the bar. Strong drinks. About $ 9 each.

We also went to some flag hill but the flag was gone. STEEP hill to walk but beautiful views.

Cheese tried to take us shopping but today happened to be a holiday so they closed shops/markets early. No shopping for us because what we bought on the beach.

We got back at the ship by 7, the boat left at 730.

We dropped our bags and went back to the buffet for island night. It was good but nothing like what we had at the beach stand.

There are things going on tonight but we're wiped and have an ATV excursion at 7 am so we brought back food for breakfast and went to bed ar like 930!

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They eventually left, they were not at all interested in the concert and it showed because they were watching TV on their phone instead of the band...

Following, enjoying your review! (Btw, you accidentally posted Day 3 Compass instead of Day 4 today lol. )

 

Ew, ew, ew, that’s gross, those people should put their shoes back on 🤮

 

 

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