St. Martin

The island itself is quite beautiful and has a lot of character. I would certainly not mind going there and spending more time there to explore.

St. Lucia

We booked this trip through a web site called shoretrips.com. Finding the operator at the port was a bit of a problem and took inquiring of about six people before we were steered to the proper people. 
The excursion was called Sea Turtle Snorkel Plus Lunch.
We were escorted to the snorkel sites by Catamaran and the trip itself was well worth the expense. The crew was wonderful and the beverages, including beer and rum punch was included. The crew would even stop and as you if you wanted a refill when they noticed that your cup was empty.
The first stop was at a site that had plenty of sea turtles that would come right up to you and let you touch them. What a great experience.
The second stop was at a shipwreck site. The one wreck that I went to was clearly visible and I was able to take plenty of photos. One of the snorkelers ever dove down and swam through the wreck.

Transportation to and from the river was fine, the only exception being the last mile or so down a very rough road. But, I didn't book this for the bus ride. The tubing was outstanding. The guides were very knowledgeable about the area and quite entertaining. The tubing consisted of coasting down the river including many parts that had moderate rapids with several stops to make sure that everyone was together. The guides indicated that they have had guest as young as 2 years and as old as 90.

The Rhino Rider is an outboard powered inflatable watercraft. It can reach speeds of up to 40mph. These are two person crafts and if you are sharing it one person can pilot on the way to the beach and the other upon the return trip. The guides were very professional and safety conscious as can be expected but still allowed you to open these craft up for a good deal of the time. We went to a bathing suit option beach and spent about 30 minutes there before returning. It was quite the rush. The only reason I could not give this 5plus stars was that the return shuttle was 45 minutes late because another ship arrived in port late and the driver was told to wait. I don't that we should have had to wait because another ship was not on time, let those who are late wait.

I have played this course before and have always been put off by the price. Including clubs it is about $290. The only reason I continue to pay is that it is the only golf on the cruises I have taken. The course itself if nice but not $290 nice. If you are an avid golfer just bite the bullet and pay; otherwise take a pass.

We had balcony cabin #0001 on deck 10. It was the furthest forward cabin we could find that had the features that we wanted - highest deck with cabins above and below. The cabin was very quiet and being all of the way forward we didn't have to have our time out on the balcony ruined by a smoker upwind. The only down side was that the shower was the smallest in my experience.

We did find that the Pizza was pretty good but found it a bit irritable that the free pizza was only available a two hours a day and if you wanted it at any other time you had to have it delivered to wherever you were on the ship for a charge of $5.During the time that pizza was available for free I found that most of the time you had to wait because they never seemed to make enough to keep the line going.

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