Happy Thanksgiving and Bon Voyage!

[DisneyJen]

Just wanted to take a minute before it gets too crazy with turkey day preparations to say Happy Thanksgiving to all the American SeaDreamers:p

 

Bon Voyage to:

 

Travelchik

Skips dad

Dewla

Loving life

Love to jump

Overstr

 

Please try to post if you can as well all enjoy hearing about the current SeaDreamers' adventures!

[dewla]

We are in FL enjoying Thanksgiving with my mom. Heading to St Thomas on Sat! We will post from the SD I and give an update!!

 

Dewla

[Verystormy]

Not something that is celerbrated this side of the pond unfortunatly - wish we did as seem fun, but happy thanks giving to you all on the other side

[Champagne Lady]

I have been keeping up with your daily updates, especially during your recent trip. Hubby and I getting very anxious and excited about our departure. Can you tell me where the best shopping is for jewlery? Also, did any of the islands have casinos?

 

Did you survive furniture Mart?

 

Maybe next trip we can meet one another.

[DisneyJen]

Sorry for the delay in responding byt the holiday got in the way of my posting time:D

 

We survived Furniture Market by spending that week on the West Coast . Next year I think I want to spend it on SeaDream:p

 

Shopping on St. Thomas and St. Martin is very good. FT and zqvol have given a pretty comprehensive round up in another thread!

 

I am sure you will have an INCREDIBLE time!

 

Be sure to post!

[Skip's Dad]

DisneyJen...

 

Thanks so much for the Bon Voyage wishes. From my perspecitve we certainly did have a great trip. Currently in my stateroom and thinking about packing. Have not been on e-mail for a few days or on this site since before leaving home a week ago.

 

SD was great. The service was TOP NOTCH and the people on the cruise were among the best I have ever sailed with. We met all of the other "Cool Cruisers" and had time to talk, joke and even share a cocktail or two with them.....

 

Again...thanks for the well wishes.....I (and perhaps a few others) may try to post more once we get home and settled.....

[dewla]

Hello "Skip's Dad" and the rest of you "cruise critics" and all you lurkers from the SD I!! Great to meet you all!

 

I do not know where to start. But I will say this was the best vacation my hubbie and I have ever had. We prefer staying at places like Four Seasons, etc, and I am usually very picky. Only other ship in the same category is the Paul Gaugain in Tahiti.

Loved The Captain. Fabian and Martin were fabulous. The waiters were great all the way from b-fast to dinner. (and we never missed a meal! LOL!) And the dealers in the casino were a lot of fun too. Even as they took our money.

 

I had no complaints about the SD I. The staff was amazing and "no" did not seem to be in their vocabulary.

 

Can we see the bridge? Of course.

Can we get a table for 18 on the back deck? Of course.

Can we get food for six at 3am? Of course.

Can we please have foie gras one night for dinner? Of course.

Can you repeat one of the desserts on the last night for us? Of course.

Etc!!

 

There was an amazing group of fun people on this particular sailing. Aside from a few people who seemed to want to tell everyone their occupation, I must say I left the ship not knowing what the heck most people did when NOT on the SD. LOL! Very nice to see pretentions were left at the dock. Just a bunch of fun loving people.

 

And it certainly looked as if everyone (well, almost everyone) was having a wonderful time. We did.

 

We booked a guaranty cabin, and although many others with a guaranty got a complimentary upgrade to the 3rd floor, we remained on the 2nd. Having never NOT had a balcony, we were nervous, but it was fine. We could see out the large port holes, and truthfully spent VERY LITLE time in our cabins. Preferring to be out and about, lounging on the Balinese beds, working out in the gym (ok, not too many times, but we did go there a few days), lounging down by the pool, and exploring whatever island we were on. And eating and drinking. A lot.

 

I am sure we would have had a great time even if the other passengers had been less fun, but I must say the wonderful personalities of so many other passengers made the trip that much better!

 

Thank you so much to all of you that made our week!

 

Cannot wait to get back on one of the SD yachts!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Etc!!

[DisneyJen]

Glad to hear that you had such an outstanding time dewla!

 

I knew that Martijn, Fabian and the crew would take excellent care of you!!

 

Skip's Dad .... please do post!!

[carlylecat]

Come on Skip's Dad and Dewla, any interesting tidbits on your ports of call you can share to help make our future sd trips a bit more fun? Lunch, special shops, fun adventures???

[travelchik]

we got home late last night from our cruise. just wanted to say we had a great week and it was fun to meet all the fellow cruise critic members.

 

like dewla, we stayed in a guaranty room and we did not get upgraded to floor 3. our room was fine, and we were hardly in it except to sleep at night. food was good, no one got sick, and it was basically a week of relaxing, eating, drinking, and sunning on the balinese sun beds. we got off the boat in all the ports with the exception of saba, but did not do any "organized" excursions. there were mixed reviews of saba. some said it was a don't miss, while others complained it was a complete waste of time.

 

with the exception of a few passengers, it seemed that everyone had a great time. martin, paul, kris, jervie and stefan took great care of us, and our dear cabin stewardess was unbelievable.

 

if there are any specific questions, please feel free to ask.

[dewla]

our room was fine, and we were hardly in it except to sleep at night.

 

 

Ohhhh!!! THAT is what we were supposed to be doing at night! Ha!

 

In answer to carlylecat:

 

We had a foot massage one day on one of the Balinese Beds. And she did my back too. That was decadent. (Massages in the spa were fabulous as well)

 

St John's: We did the snorkel trip to Trunk's Bay. The seas were a little choppy so the snorkelling was v mediocre. Beach was pretty. And since we got there early, there were v few people there. Nice.

 

Virgin Gorda: DEFINITELY do the Baths! Loved it. And the little bar at the entrance to the Baths made a GREAT Pina Colda. After we got back to ship we did water sports. Very pleased to be able to still get up on a single water ski. Water too rough though. Fun on kayaks and banana boat. No jet skis that day.

 

Jost Van Dyke: Fabulous "painkillers" all day with a champagne and caviar fest in the middle of the day. Must go over to Soggy Dollar (was that the name of it??) where they invented "Painkillers". Cute T-shirts/Tank Tops.

 

 

Saba: Was supposed to scuba dive. Waaaaay too hungover that day, so stayed on ship and had great day.

 

St. Barth: Went out that night and found great bar. Band/Live Music. Danced all night. And some people even danced on the tables! Got an extra 1/2 hour hall pass too.

 

St. Barth: Next day, shopped ALL DAY. Missed water sports that afternoon. Although dh snuck off of the shopping spree and played on all water sports stuff.

 

Anguilla: Took taxi with a bunch of my favorite friends and hung at Shoal Bay. Beautiful sand/water. Even did some shopping from a guy that was carrying around necklaces. We said no at first then decided we liked some of it.

 

St Maarten: Got off ship LAST. FLight not till 4pm. Went to Sonesta and had a few bottles of champagne before getting on flight.

 

I think that covered all our OFF THE SHIP stuff.