six ships = CROWDS!

[moonmom]

Hoping for some of your expert advice....we will be the last of 6 ships arriving in st thomas on NCL Spirit on 11/1...we'll be there from 11am-6pm, most of the others arrive earlier (7-9am) and we all leave around the same time.....

 

Can you help me find a beautiful sandy beach (no snorkeling necessary) with maybe a beachy bar and some food that will possibly be a little less crowded than the usually popular spots? I was thinking Lindberg/Emerald?

 

No tours or shopping for us this time...just a little slice of paradise ;)

 

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

thanks!

jane

[richtersl]

Cruise ship excursions will most likely be heading to Magen's, Coki, and Trunk Bay (St. John). Those beaches will be the most crowded.

 

;) In that case, you can consider:

 

On St. Thomas:

• Lindberg/Emerald (which you already mentioned)
  
• Secret Harbour
  
• Morningstar

On St. John:

I don't think any of these have the beachy bar you're looking for but I know that there's a restaurant at Cinnamon.

• Cinnamon Bay
  
• Honeymoon Bay
  
• Hawksnest

There's also Water Island, which is very close to Crown Bay. You need to take a ferry over there and if the schedule pans out, then you're in business.

 

More information on beaches can be found on http://www.*****

 

And I have photos of some of these places at: http://lrichters.smugmug.com/Travel/162954

[moonmom]

thanks for your advice linda....you are always so helpful on this board...i always read your posts and look at your pictures ... often:)

 

can you tell me anything about water island? sounds good especially if we are to dock in CB...still don't know for sure i did a search and came up with the ferry schedule and that's about it...

 

thanks again for your help!

jane

[richtersl]

Hi Jane!

 

Islander or Ms411 would be the best sources for specific information on Water Island.

 

I gotta tell you, after looking at some of the beach photos on ***** (http://www.*****/waterisland/ ) and reading up on it as well, I'm tempted to check it out the next time I'm on St. Thomas! We've stayed on St. Thomas and that's one place we've yet to check out.

 

Linda

[Debby2725]

How can you find out how many ships will be in the same port that you are in on a certain day?

[moonmom]

hi debbie,

 

i use cruisecal...http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn/....

 

Linda....yes it looks beautiful and unspoiled! i will report back here if i am able to go...IF we do dock at CB and IF i am able to make the 12pm ferry.....we're supposed to arrive at 11am...first port after leaving NY....any idea how long until we would be able to get off the ship? I never even paid attention and i was just there in july :o ....

 

otherwise, if time does not allow we'll probably head over to Lindberg for a few hours...

 

thanks for your thoughts!

 

jane

[awoltoday]

It looks like you will be at Crown Bay - http://www.*****/general_usvi/cruiseship/cruise_2006/STT-Nov.php

 

We'll be docked at WICO the same day.

[moonmom]

It looks like you will be at Crown Bay - http://www.*****/general_usvi/cruiseship/cruise_2006/STT-Nov.php

 

We'll be docked at WICO the same day.

 

thanks for the heads up awoltoday....they must have updated the schedule since the last time i looked....that makes the planning a little easier ;)

Hey, have a great cruise yourself!

 

jane

[muzzy 10]

Thank you, thank you for the info about cruisecal and that usvi site. How would we all cope without each other onCC? We will be on the crown princess docking on Dec. 10 at Crown Bay Could someone tell me where that is locted on St. Thomas. I am used to docking at Havensight. Thanks, Muzzy

[The Islander]

Hello Muzzy,

 

Crown Bay is about an 8 minute drive west from downtown Charlotte Amalie.

 

Havensight is about a 6 minute drive east from Charlotte Amalie.

 

So basically, the two docks are on opposite ends of town.

 

--Islander

http://www.*****

[richtersl]

It's located near the airport on the opposite end of Charlotte Amalie from Havensight:

 

http://www.virgin-islands-hotels.com/images/tommystarfish4.jpg

[muzzy 10]

Thanks, guys. So... it looks like it is a longer ride to Red Hook.