Indy B2B ~ Sept. 20th & 27th ~ My Diary

[John F]

Many thanks Jane!!! :) John & Priscilla

[cruiselife4me]

Always glad to see another review of yours Jane. The story about "Bob" is hilarious. Looking forward to more,

Mary

[maxs mom]

Always glad to see another review of yours Jane. The story about "Bob" is hilarious. Looking forward to more,

Mary

 

LOL!! Yes.....I'm sure we'll be calling John..."Bob" ...for some time to come!!

[CRUISEMAMI]

LOL!! Yes.....I'm sure we'll be calling John..."Bob" ...for some time to come!!

 

 

Yes, we love our Bob...

[CAT GIRL]

Jane- Thanks for doing your reviews. I really feel like I'm there with you while I'm reading it. I don't believe Raj can take a bad picture.

 

Anita

[SherriZ366]

I love the little dining areas that they have here.

 

 

 

After lunch I stopped by the beach bar and got GP to make a Bushwhacker for me for dessert. Yummy!!

 

 

After a few drinks.....this was the best toe shot I could manage!!

 

 

 

Great beach day today!

 

Loved the slanted toe picture!!!!

[rogicoco]

Leaving this Friday for San Juan and the Jewel! Can you come??!! :D

 

Check out my signature and book one of those!! Would love to see you guys!!

 

Wish we could. Jewel is one of our favorite ships. I don't think my boss would love the idea lol. I am a slave to my job.

[maxs mom]

We were pretty beat from the heat of the day, but we made it to the CL for a short time and then on to dinner. We called it a night pretty early tonight.

 

 

Thursday ~ October1, 2015 ~ St. Kitts

 

After breakfast, we got ready to go out for the day. We always get a day pass at the Marriott. ($35 pp) We've been to all the beaches here and none even come close to spending the day at the Marriott!

 

We docked very early today....7 AM.....and it was HOT!!!

 

When we got there, the place was deserted. We logged into the wonderfully fast wifi and headed down to the beach where we had our pick of cabanas.

 

 

The beach was nice, but HOT! There was a slight breeze, so it was comfortable. The water was a little rough today, though.

 

We spent all morning on the beach:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2015 by max'smom

[maxs mom]

Around 12:30-!:00 we moseyed up to the pool area and got the last two chairs that I could find with an umbrella! We must have shade. More people were out and about now, but it still wasn't crowded. The chairs have covers on them, too......so we made sort of a little shade fort!! Ha!

 

 

We got some lunch in the poolside restaurant. The food is really good here and quite plentiful. You can easily split an entrée and that's what we usually do.

 

The pool area is huge and so pretty. The only problem today was that the water was a little warm! We spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stayed here until around 3. I always hate to leave here. We easily got an nice air conditioned taxi back to the ship. Once again the heat zapped us today.

[maxs mom]

The port area in St. Kitts is nice with lots of stores and restaurants. We just walk through the area, though. We don't shop any more. Watch out here for guys that will put a monkey on your back and then expect you to pay them.

 

 

Back on the ship.....we got frozen yogurt and naps!!

 

The heat really did a number on us today, so we cut the CL time short tonight and went to dinner early. We nearly fell asleep in our dinner plates, so we went back to the cabin right after dinner and were in bed by 9:15!! Such party animals!

 

 

[bubba83]

There is a really nice pool area at Margaritaville. Not a bad place to spend a few hours. And it's so convenient.

 

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Nice little outing.

 

 

 

So there were kiddos in the pool? And is the pool free. Our kiddos will be 3 and 5.5 when we sail here and I really don't like the idea of paying for a beach/all inclusive excursion....so we could possibly go to Margaretville and have some adult beverages and swim with the kiddos a bit as a nice option...

[maxs mom]

So there were kiddos in the pool? And is the pool free. Our kiddos will be 3 and 5.5 when we sail here and I really don't like the idea of paying for a beach/all inclusive excursion....so we could possibly go to Margaretville and have some adult beverages and swim with the kiddos a bit as a nice option...

 

Yes.....kids are allowed and it's free. I would suggest getting out there early to get some chairs. It IS a nice option.

[maxs mom]

Friday ~ October 2, 2015 ~ At Sea

 

We wind up this cruise with two days at sea and I love it when that happens. So relaxing and not so hectic trying to get packed up in a hurry.

 

Had coffee with Eddie this morning!

 

 

Hurricane Joachin was stirring around in the Caribbean and the regular route would have gone right through the middle of it. The Captain explained with charts and graphs how he was going to take a longer, more southerly route to avoid it. It worked.....we were hardly disturbed at all. This was about as rough as it got out there. Could hardly feel much motion. But there was some.

 

 

Checked out the Solarium this morning. Apparently there was a towel animal demo somewhere because thee were towel animals all over the place. I've never seen so many!

 

 

Eddie was in his spot for the day!

 

 

It was very windy up on deck, so us girls went down to the Promenade to play another new card game. This is a favorite card game in Australia. Again complicated, but I hung in there and played. It was fun. It was called Five Alive.

 

 

I connected to the internet again today and it was working quite well

[maxs mom]

At 2:30....all D+ and Pinnacle folks were invited to an old fashioned Ice Cream Social with the Captain and the Officers. This was the first time they had done this and t was well attended and was really nice. We first started out with ice cream sodas. They had two different kinds that waiters brought around.

 

 

We sat at tables and waited our turn.

 

 

You could choose any container that you wanted to build your sundae.

 

 

I chose the martini glass!

 

 

The officers served the ice cream and there were plenty of choices.

 

 

[maxs mom]

This was my finished product!

 

 

Yum!!

 

 

Franca and "Bob"!

 

 

This was a very nice affair. I hope they keep this up. We gave them some very favorable feedback here and on the comment survey.

[kandj05]

Ice cream social is a GREAT idea! We might have to increase our cruises to become D+ quicker. Lol

[heatherb1958]

Hi Jane, what a fantastic idea for the ice cream social. I bet there wasn't much food waste;).

I recognise HD Johann in the middle of the 3 officers serving the ice cream.

[widallas]

Seriously, I want your life....at least your cruising life!!! :) Such a lovely group of ship "family" that you have carefully accumulated and cultivated. Wonderful review and love the photos!

[maxs mom]

Hi Jane, what a fantastic idea for the ice cream social. I bet there wasn't much food waste;).

I recognise HD Johann in the middle of the 3 officers serving the ice cream.

 

Yes.....that was a great idea. They need to keep coming up with things like this. It was fun.

[maxs mom]

Seriously, I want your life....at least your cruising life!!! :) Such a lovely group of ship "family" that you have carefully accumulated and cultivated. Wonderful review and love the photos!

 

Oh, you are so right! We have the best crusing family!! And yes.....they have been carefully accumulated and cultivated!! What a nice thing to say! THANKS!

[donnaman43]

So happy your back. Love your reviews. We love the Southern Caribbean also and have been to most of your special spots. Thanks for another great review!

[maxs mom]

Tonight is formal night. We actually had a real picture made.

 

 

Then a silly picture made:

 

 

Nice time visiting with friends:

 

 

 

Raj even gives massages!!!

 

 

Franca and Bill always came back to join us for a little bit after they had their dinner.

 

 

We went to dinner a tad early. We had prime rib tonight. It was good, although a bit thin.

 

Casino time after dinner. John won a little. We got raffle tickets for a special drawing for $500, but no luck in that.

 

Nice day!

[MamaTene]

Our turn FINALLY here! We depart Sunday Oct 25. Deal of a lifetime landed us in OWNERS SUITE 1648 directly across from CL. Have so very much enjoyed your review Jane and the gorgeous pictures! Looking forward to meeting Raj and getting one of his massages!

[LA Law]

I only just got here... Saw toes and knew I was in the right place!

You did a great review as usual.

 

Cruising family is the best!

Can't wait till our December reunion.

 

Sending hugs to you and "Bob" from the professor and me!!

[jamon]

Nice review...enjoying..keep it going