shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #201 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Susan finally came out and found me. So off to breakfast we go! Fruit Salad and Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad Eggs Benedict Egg and Avocado Wrap Restaurant Manager Jay came into the MDR as we were there and we chatted with him. He asked us how the food was, and we said excellent. We mentioned how we like the pastries, especially the the chocolate croissant ones. He said, well I will have some special pastries delivered in the morning tomorrow and asked what time was good. We said 6 am as we had an early call into St. Thomas. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #202 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Finally at the dock in St. John's! Old Fort Port Photo! All ready for our beach day! Jason and the crew! We are in line to head out to our beach day! On the move! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #203 Share Posted April 14, 2023 In the van heading to the beach! The road was very bumpy. Sorry for the blurry pictures! We finally got to Runaway Beach and the Mystic Beach Bar & Restaurant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #204 Share Posted April 14, 2023 We spent five dollars for an umbrella. It was worth it. It was a little murky underwater The water was nice! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #205 Share Posted April 14, 2023 This was the included lunch! pano! Soon it was time to head back to the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #206 Share Posted April 14, 2023 So we headed back onto the ship to change out of our beach gear, and then we were going to look for something for our travel wall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #207 Share Posted April 14, 2023 So we bought a little steel drum. Its fun, and the vendor was great! Modeling in front of the ship Sunset Back on the ship to head to the good ole US of A, at least for a day! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 14, 2023 Author #208 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) Picture time! We got drinks and found this balloon animal. We took some photos with it, but none of them wowed us! Time for Dinner! Margherita Pizza Burrata Pappardelle Bolognese Tagliatelle Mushrooms Dessert menu Here are what all the desserts look like! Our server, Eddy, took this photo for me! Cheesecake Tiramisu After dinner, we headed to the theater. We settled in for Kinky Boots. This was the final performance of the cruise, and also the final performance on the Encore and likely NCL as well. The cast did an excellent job, and I am sure it was really tough for them! I enjoyed the show. We headed to bed, because we had an earlier arrival into St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands tomorrow. -- Note: I will try to work on this some over the weekend. We do have several commitments so I will try! Edited April 14, 2023 by shadowmeboy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare QuattroRomeo Posted April 15, 2023 #209 Share Posted April 15, 2023 My favourite of you two, so far! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #210 Share Posted April 17, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 10:37 PM, QuattroRomeo said: My favourite of you two, so far! Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #211 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Day 9 - Port #6 December 31st, 2022 Location: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands It was still dark as we backed the ship into the Havensight Pier. The sun was just starting to come up! So the reason I was up before light, was Susan said 6 am would be an excellent time to get the pastries delivered to the room. Remember how I mentioned that Jay had said that he would have pastries delivered to us yesterday? Well I was up to receive them. Susan the one who set the time, was still asleep. Coffee and Almond Pastries Susan finally got up, had her pastries and coffee, then we headed to breakfast. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #212 Share Posted April 17, 2023 She had more pastries at breakfast. Although she said these did not compare to the Almond Pastries. My pastry I got fruit salad and cottage cheese Yogurt Parfait for Susan The gentleman sitting on the jeep, is on stilts, so he sat there to rest, on top of the car! Eggs to order with ham and hashbrowns Waffle and bacon for Susan Paradise Point So, our excursion was a little later, but in order to get our port photo, we stepped off took the photo than came right back on! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #213 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We returned to the room and got ourselves ready for our excursion! Heading down the pier to meet the excursion Waiting in line for the excursion! Heading to the taxi! Chickens hanging out on the lawn It is so weird, being in a US Territory, and driving on the opposite side of the road. It did make for better pictures! Filming as we went along! Taking pictures of the ship! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #214 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Magen's Bay Enjoying the view Pano! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #215 Share Posted April 17, 2023 . We finally made it to the beach! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #216 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Out to enjoy the water! I decided to go snorkeling since the water was calm. Turtle! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #217 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We shared a Strawberry Daquiri 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #218 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We loaded back into the taxi to head to Paradise Point. Local island fare! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #219 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We got to Paradise Point and headed up the gondola! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #220 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We enjoyed our time up at Paradise Point, but we were ready to return to the ship! Darn, we have to wait for the next one! Once down, we walked back towards the ship. This group was playing the steel drums, and they were really good! Back onboard! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #221 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Time to depart St. Thomas! Away from the dock The Holland America ship left before us Goodbye St. Thomas! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #222 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Guess where we ended up! Last Mojito of 2022! We enjoyed our Mojito and then headed to Ocean Blue for dinner! I love the dinner bread! Jumbo Lump Crab Cake Black Tiger Shrimp Trio Roasted beets Wedge Salad with my normal changes Clam Chowder I think Susan got the Cod. I got the Halibut Sides! As you can tell, we didn't enjoy it one bit! Dessert menu Vanilla Cheesecake in a Jar - My favorite jarred dessert Key Lime Meringue Pie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmeboy Posted April 17, 2023 Author #223 Share Posted April 17, 2023 We did pictures after Dinner. Yes, I didn't drop anything on myself! We went down to watch the Perfect Couple Game Show! Get the stick in the toilet paper hole. The couple in the middle won. Afterwards it was time to ring in the New Year! We headed down to Q. There were 5 or 6 different spots with Music, you could hang out in leading up to Midnight. The Pool Area was were the biggest party was. Q was the quietest! We enjoyed the music of the Nellie Rich Band Counting down! We had a blast hanging with Jason and Gary! oh Jason! Happy New Year! We finally called it a night and headed out to bed. Happy New Year everyone! -- 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumming cruisers Posted April 18, 2023 #224 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Loving your review and all the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sweethearts Posted April 18, 2023 #225 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Gee, when we ordered a bottle of Veuve Cliquot Brut on Regent Cruises' Explorer, it was $69. Judging from the menu of bubbly here, the same champagne on the Norwegian Encore is $99. Didn't realize the mark up was quite that great between the two lines. Actually would have figured the pricing would be the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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