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Roseau highlights for 3 hours, 5 stops - $40 p/p in air conditioned minivan for up to 10, ready to leave shortly with 8 Passed by St. Lucia last night after 10 pm, port side ... still not clear reasons for skipping the island. Read somewhere that political instability & safety being the main reasons for the change, unconfirmed & not facts checked, just rumors & strictly speculations. Weather is absolutely not a consideration, calm seas & fair weather, low 80's , mainly sunny & some clouds.

Going ashore now, checking out the tourism info ... independent 3 hours tour of the area, taxi dispatch right off the pier, museum across the street. Google Fi 4G LTE data coverage, included in my data plan

@trbarton Dine with Officers is an "earned" perk for Platinum members that reached Sapphire & higher status, not for others. Once signed up for, they arranged dining time & date for different evenings, as there are quite a few on this sailing.

Good morning, Day 7 - docked at 7:30 am at Roseau, Dominicia A very short walk from the pier to the waterfront

Tonight's Featured Complimentary Entertainment are Levity Comedy & Syf Norman's Tribute to Rumours. Plus, Dune at 7:30 pm in the GA Theater, PG-13 Movie 😳 Broadway Unplugged, 7 pm at the Illusionarium, reservations required ... Splash Academy opened until 11 pm, with late night fun zone from 11 pm to 1 am. Garden Cafe promptly closed up @ 9:30 pm & entrances roped off while I got there just in time to get some fruits Today is the $29 Laundry Special. Doing our free bag tomorrow instead, on Day 7, midpoint of this cruise. Found a perfect fit & use for one of the photo studio bag, as a sturdy liner or insert for the thin & flimsy paper bag - rolled tightly & stuffed the bag full, about $100 worth itemized with the downsized bag. We'll do a 2nd bag later but for 12 nights cruise, only get 1 bag free each - same as a 7 nighter. The bag isn't all that big as you can probably see 🙈 That's all from Day 6, Roseau, Dominicia in the morning ... cruising just under 19 knots, small waves at 4.9 ft. & strong tail wind, 100 nm to go, should reach the port around 7 am, on time to be there from 8 am to 6 pm.

Everyone accounted for, no Pier runners late in returning and we are on the move at 7:25 pm, thrusters sideways & leaving Bridgetown, Barbados. Tomorrow is the unplanned, last minute change stop from St. Lucia to Dominicia. Photos by Google Pixel 7 Pro

2 oversized lamb shank ( entire leg ) for the table to share ...

Haha, menu w pictures. Food nicely presented but temperature would fail NYC Dept of Health inspection & safety standard, cold food cold & hot food served (not) hot, lukewarm only ... although they are supposed to be kept under heat lamps in the gallery (not easy to do, still)

Scheduled 12 noon to 8 pm, all abroad 7 pm for off-duty crew & passengers at 7:30 pm to sail at 8. Just took them 35+ minutes to get cleared & everything ready. Terminal building with duty-free shops air conditioned and good WiFi with crews off the ship phoning home & even GM super Mario was in the shops area. Tonight's MDR menu, folks slowly making their way back to the ship & Tropicana starting to get busy ... ordered & waiting for our starters, soup & salad.

Last batch from our tour - plenty of taxi drivers outside the gated area, to the right - marked as taxi stand, with prices clearly marked ($2 BDD currency = $1 USD) as we head back for a very late lunch / early dinner onboard. There is a 1 hour quickie tour for $10 p/p, taxi fare to 2 nearby beach are $7 p/p. Walk to downtown is 20 to 30 minutes a little over a mile away. ... some of these images are ideal as wallpapers for PC & smartphone, etc.

3rd batch of Barbados photos

2nd batch from Bridgetown, Barbados going around the scenic island, villas & resorts Oldest Anglo Church here, since 1600's Monkey troops roaming free

Doing a taxi-van tour of Barbados highlights around the island, 2.5 hours at $30 p/p Google Fi partner here using Digicel 4G LTE signal

12 noon, the rush started as ship has been cleared. Deck 4 Fwd gangway used to go ashore, photo ID and ship key card only plus cash / credit cards.

OSH has now a simple & very short breakfast menu, the English Breakfast was called the Grand Slam before. Everything served hot and fairly quick, unlike the MDR but fewer choices. Service with a smile & we're promptly seated, in and out & done - 1 hour. BTW, still not ready for going ashore ... waiting for clearance & go ahead, lots of shorex offered by NCL at this stop.

Hi, Ellie ... Sharon got this info & said to me, please put out an alert to our friends on CC. Sorry, just the "messenger" for the news. Let's just wish you a smooth & good sailing next week, and housekeeping twice a day, etc. Make the best out of it all. We got spoiled last year on the GA with only 1,700 or 1,800 and even the Joy in the Fall with around 3,000 - visualize 800 more souls onboard next week. Good Lord 🫣 Henry

Welcome to Barbados ... just docked @ 11:15 am & gangways getting setup. OSH breakfast finished, stuffed full & ready to head out in a little while, sunny in low 80's with wind, breezy. Downtown is about 1 mile away, here's a Google Map view of our spot at the busy cruise - cargo terminal.

The other news, GA isn't changing to once a day housekeeping on Feb 6, instead - they will be doing it on Feb 26 or later in the month, info coming from head of housekeeping, thanks to another CC'er that asked about it. The buffet, however closed up at 9:30 pm while some finished their meal with the entrances roped off. OSH or The Local is the option late night. Ordered the wings, didn't like the new battery/coating ... soggy. Burgers were fine, juicy & served hot.

Dine with Officers for us, hosted by Executive Housekeeper and a younger staff from Spa Services last night in the Tropicana MDR - plenty of wine to go around, or distilled and sparkling water. Had a wonderful dinner conversation for & met fellow cruisers. News to share: next week's GA sailing is very, very full with 4,700 passengers expected - not a typo, going to be nearly maximum life boat capacity, double occupancy is just under 4,000. This sailing "only" has 3,900 pax and many of us already find it crowded & seeing long lines. Embarking as we disembark, be prepared.

It depends on the way she's docking at each, we are port side Fwd on Deck 12 and that's been good so far, 5 stops ahead, however.

Last batch from our bus pickup truck tour, came back at 3:15 pm

Batch #4 - Black Rock, a scenic sto

Batch #3

Batch #2 from our bus tour,

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