We woke up early to watch the ship pull into St. Maarten! Photos from our verandah...
As we left breakfast, we walked to the midship elevators to go ashore. There's no one on the ship!!! We definitely have to hurry up and get back to enjoy the empty ship :)
We went down the elevator to deck 1 and went ashore. Walked down the whole side of the ship and looked up!
The ship is just massive! We walked along the pier to the welcome area and found the booth to pay for the round-trip boat shuttle to the shopping district.
It was a little hard at first to walk past the many taxi drivers, all wanting your business to take you somewhere on the island. A simple 'no thank you' (100+ times) and a smile were enough to ward them off. A quick right turn and we were on the main street filled with little shops. Mostly jewelry, watches, island souvenirs... But I had my heart set on finding the Guavaberry store! The street was quiet, hardly anyone made it down to this area yet.
So, we found Guavaberry and tried a sample and decided on a bottle of their most traditional rum sold. Pretty bottle!
Also wanted to tour the Yoda museum, but it looked very small and a little scary...
Stopped in a few shops on the way back, but it was very hot and we just wanted to get back to the empty ship! So, we headed to the boat launch area and had to wait a little while for the next shuttle.
I took some video of us on the boat launch back to the ship, our ship looked fantastic sitting at the pier!
While in any port, the crew was busy all the time making sure the ship was in... ship shape!
Made our way back to the Fantasy and Disney had hand sanitizer for you to use before boarding. After a hot, sticky walk, it was much appreciated. You had to show your Key to the World card and put your bags through a scanner to re-board. We headed back to the room for some room-service lunch and to change into our swimsuits. Went up to the adults only area and found an empty hot tub. Stayed in the adult only areas for a while until it was time to get cleaned up for dinner. And PIRATE Night! We went up to deck 12 to watch the kids show before dinner.
Dinner tonight was in Animators Palate again. It was a great place to have Pirate Night! The screens either showed stills from the various Disney pirate movies or fiery battles. And tonight was the night we got to draw a character and participate in the animated show. Steve had been planning his character all week, I had no idea what to draw. We did pretty well, everyone at the table spotted their drawing at some point in the show. It was very cute!
After dinner, it was time to go stake out a place for the fireworks show. Muppet's Treasure Island was just about to wrap up on the big outdoor screen and I wanted to snap a special photo... My late cousin Mark worked for Jim Henson and the Muppets. That made it pretty special!
Steve and Tracy, our friends from dinner, found us up on deck 12 and we enjoyed the pre-show and fireworks with them. Great show out in the middle of the ocean, if I might say so! Completely forgot about the Pirate buffet, we were stuffed every night after dinner. Then I believe we went to the Tube again. This time, to watch people make complete fools out of themselves singing Karaoke. Then it was nighty night time, once again!
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