Terminal 18 is a beautiful terminal that also really sped up the embarkation process. getting to the pier was smooth, check-in was smooth, and sail-away was also very smooth. Not really much else to say here.

Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)

We have been to Tortola twice, both times on the MS Noordam of the Holland America Line. Both times, we only had the afternoon and not the full day, so being there a whole day was a first for us. This was probably our least favorite port, as it was boring and there really wasn't much to see, just like how it was the first two times we were there.

Tortola

Basseterre (Port Zante) was a new port for us this cruise, so we didn't know what to expect. We stepped off of the ship and we were amazed by how beautiful the terminal area was. It was really nice, with ample shopping, taxis, and tour offerings. It sort of resembled what St. Maarten looks like, if not nicer. We went on a half-day island tour/half-day beach tour with a driver that found us almost immediately after we stepped out of the terminal. We went to the Botanical Gardens and saw that part of the island before going back in the taxi to the other side of the island to Frigate Beach. Our driver actually took us to the wrong beach, as we had wanted to go to FRIAR'S BEACH, not FRIGATE beach. But either way about 30 minutes after we got there, it started to pour and we left to go back to the ship then. Overall, it was a very nice island.

St. Kitts (Port Zante)

We have been to St. John's once, on the MSC Orchestra back in 2009. Antigua may have had the best in-port shopping of every island. The area around the port was also very nice, one of the nicest I had ever seen. In Antigua, we took a taxi to Jolly Beach, which was beautiful. The water may have been the nicest color blue we have ever seen. It was even nicer than in Bermuda. Overall, this island may have been the prettiest island of the five we visited this cruise.

Antigua

St. Maarten has always been our favorite port, and this was my sixth time there (and we will be there again next February on the Independence of the Seas). This was the first time in three years that we didn't go to the Westin Hotel on Dawn Beach, but instead going to Maho Beach. Maho Beach is about a 1/2 mile away from the famed Airport Beach, so we saw the planes just off to the side of us. We left the beach early and went down to Front Street, where we went shopping. I hadn't been there since my first time on the island. The port area in Phillipsburg was actually under renovation, so by the time we dock there next February, we may be talking about a completely different Phillipsburg, St. Maarten.

St. Maarten

We pre-booked an excursion, which is something we NEVER do, unless it was to the Beach at Cayo Levantado, Samana, DR. This tour was to go to Hibiscus Falls and see the waterfall for awhile before going on an hour and half long river tubing expedition down a 1.5 mile track. We only did the excursion knowing how poor the island is, and there really isn't much else to do on the island (we have been here twice before, also on the Noordam.) The excursion was great, and Dominica remains high up there on my list of favorite islands, despite the extremely poor conditions on the island.

Our cabin was rather inconveniently located towards the aft of the ship. We chose to be near the aft elevators thinking that the ship main amenities (Windjammer, pool deck, etc.) would be centered around the aft like most ships. But the Windjammer was all the way in the front, so that became a bit of a nuisance. The cabin itself was rather small (in fact, our ocean view on this ship is smaller than our inside on the Independence next year.) It was also very loud in our cabin, being with an older ship, there was a lot of creaking late at night, and we were all right under the Centrum.

We had a huge problem with the teen staff on the ship, and it started on Day 1 when a friend who travelled with us needed to ask the staff member, an American named Jessica, a question about the program for her teen (the girl aforementioned.We chose to take the Luggage Valet service, where upon leaving our luggage outside our cabin on the last night, it would be taken straight from the ship to Miami International Airport where it would be valeted straight onto our plane.

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