Wednesday, March 19, 2025
We woke up around 7 so we could eat breakfast and get to our meeting place for our excursion at 8:30am. We ate breakfast at the windjammer. Erik left me and Gabe behind because we were too slow for him. It took me forever to find where everyone was sitting. Poor Gabe couldn’t find anyone at all, so he ate by himself.
Our excursion for the day at St Martin included swimming and lunch at Orient Beach. We took a bus from the ship to get there. They had fruit punch and beach chairs ready for us, but we have to pay five dollars for each umbrella. Somehow, they messed up and left our umbrella even though we didn’t pay. We spent a couple hours swimming at the beach. Then we had our complementary meal. Elisa, Ian, and I had the ribs, Gabe had the chicken, and Erik had the fish. They gave us complementary water bottles.
After we finished lunch, we swam some more at the beach. There is a nude beach down the way, so we unfortunately saw a few bare chests and way too many old dudes in speedos. Erik and I were diligent about putting sunscreen on the kids after every few hours, so no kid got sunburned this trip! When our beach time was up, we rode the bus back to port where we browsed some shops for a few minutes.
Oh Gabe. I really did try to get a nice picture of him swimming.
Playing in the sand
Look how pretty the water is!
A video of the beach
Almost Gabe, almost...we tried to get a good pic of you.
Getting most (definitely not all) the sand off before getting on the bus to go back to the cruise ship
Walking back to the ship
We all showered when we got back to our state room to get all that sand off of us. Erik did trivia while I stayed in the state room. Before we went to dinner, I went with Erik, Ian, and Elisa to get their zipline experience in. I had no desire to go on the zipline, and while I watched, my decision to not go was confirmed. I don't think they liked the zipline too much. It's just too short and jerky to be any fun.
Getting geared up
Erik went first!
Getting unclipped
Elisa went next
After the zipline, I took Elisa somewhere (don't remember) and Erik and Ian stayed behind to play mini golf.
We had dinner reservations at the Solarium, which was a buffet but nicer and way less crowded than the Windjammer. The selection was smaller but better. The Solarium requires reservations, but there's no extra charge. We all enjoyed our meal there.
After dinner, Erik took Ian and Elisa ice-skating. I sat on a chair and watched. Ian used the grandpa walker and didn't even try to ice skate properly before he walked off the ice. Elisa and Erik did a good job skating.
After skate time was up, the kids went back to the stateroom. Erik and I hung around the promenade and looked at some other fragrances for sale, and I bought a nice floral Boss perfume. We stopped at the Bionic bar for a drink. The drinks were semi-customizable. They were a bit expensive, but it was fun to watch the machine/robot make our drinks.
Next, we made our way to the theater to see the comedian juggler Scotty Cavanaugh. His act was so similar to the other comedian juggler on our last cruise, that we wondered if it was the same guy. Maybe it was. I was so tired that I could hardly keep my eyes open through this show, even though it was entertaining enough. After the show, we went to bed and made sure that we would sleep in the next day.
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