We loved St. Thomas, but beware if you pull into the port on Sunday like we did the majority of the stores close at 1:00 pm. And with more the 250 jewelry stores alone to visit... If you do decide to buy good jewelry may I suggest that you stick with the stores that your ship guarantees are reputable! So we shopped all morning then went back to the ship for about noon. We took the only 'ship' excursion of the week which was a small tour of the island on the way to swim at Megan's Bay... after all you don't want to miss seeing what National Geographic calls one of the top 10 beaches in the world! It was $29 US/pp and we only had two hours at the beach. I think it would have been cheaper to take a taxi and have a longer afternoon at the beach... but would go back to St. Thomas any day. 


St. Thomas

This was my least favorite of all the ports. Maybe because were we docked in Frederiksted. There is nothing there... the small beach to the left of the dock is rocky and has sewage running into the water - the smell alone just about made me sick. Walked around for an hour before getting back on the ship for the day. 


St. Croix

We had booked a tour with Roosevelt Paradise Island tours (a.k.a. Texas). This was a great 4 1/2 hour tour of the island. We were six on the tour, in a very comfortable air conditioned mini bus, with lots of cold water and soda. Roosevelt loves botanical and plantation life and is very excited to stop and show us the many varieties growing on the island. He took us to Romney Manor the home of Thomas Jefferson's great great great grandfather, where they now do batik designs and wonderful gardens, then on to Brimstone Fort a UNESCO heritage sight which is simply amazing and breathtaking, then to the other side of the island to Timothy Hill overlooking where the Atlantic ocean almost meets the Caribbean Sea with St. Kitts sister island of Nevis in the background. He wanted to take us to one of the beaches for swimming, but I think we were all so tired we just wanted to go back to the ship. It was $45US each and we paid him at the end in cash. 
When we arrived back at the ship we stopped to do a little bit of shopping... As they kept telling us on the cruise if you see something you really like buy it... I didn't take that advise and have been kicking myself ever since, as I saw a beautiful gold and diamond bracelet which I just loved! (I have since found it online at Diamonds International, but the duty here in Canada will just kill me!) 


St. Kitts (Port Zante)

Most of my friends don't like Antigua, but we loved it. Got off the ship thinking of heading to Jolly Beach. The taxi driver wanted $32 US! But I had read on one of these boards of a young couple who caught the #22 bus (you need to walk to the bus terminal for the 'Westbound' traffic - just up the street and then turn right for a few blocks across the street from their big market) and only paid $1.50/pp. So that's what we did. My husband is a senior and we did get a couple of stares. I was nervous only because I had no idea where we were going... the buses are small but very comfortable with a TV and air conditioning. Once the locals realized we were a little lost, they all helped us get off at the right place. We arrived behind the Jolly Beach resort and again were met by very friendly staff of the resort who escorted us onto the beach - had we gone through their front entrance we would have been charged $60/pp to use the facilities. As it turned out we enjoyed the whole day for free! This beach was simply beauty at it's best... gorgeous white sand with beautiful aquamarine water. Everyone was very friendly. As we spent so a long day on the beach and didn't know the bus schedule we opted for a taxi ride back to the ship. The taxi driver charged us each $10, but it was worth it. 


Antigua

Again we took an excursion that we booked ourselves over the Internet with Cosol tours. What a day! They picked us up at 9:20 am and it was about 4:30 pm when we got back. We toured the island, visited the original capital of the town of Soufriere, some of the other small fishing villages, the drive in volcano with the most awful sulfur smell you can imagine, the waterfalls, to a beach were we jumped on a water taxi that took us to a resort to swim and snorkel between the 'Grand Piton' and the 'Petit Piton for an hour or so... we also stopped at a banana plantation, best banana's I have ever eaten, stopped at someones home for a huge home cooked buffet of all the local dishes (Johnnie cakes, coconut bread, banana bread, fruit, fish dishes, homemade candies, ect.), then stops for homemade french bread and cheese on the way back to the ship. Their goal is to ensure that everyone has a wonderful time and sees as much of their island possible in one day. The price was $65 US/pp and again we only paid them once we got off the bus back at the ship... 


St. Lucia

Cabin #2121 - we loved it.  170 square feet with very comfortable king size bed, great view from large six foot porthole window.  Very quiet, lots of closet and storage space. Very clean.  Close to elevators and stairways, but far enough not to hear any noise.  Would stay in the same cabin again!!!  The service we got in our cabin was also amazing.  Not only would the bed be made in the morning, if my husband took a 'siesta' before dinner, the bed would be remade again!  Now that's service!

About 3:00 pm my husband went back down to the room and sure enough our luggage was in the hall awaiting us.Although we frequently changed waiters, we often asked to be seated at Vinod's table as he took such good care of us and really knew what to recommend (my husband owned a beautiful French Cuisine restaurant here in Montreal and is sometimes hard to please, but never ever had one complaint!

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