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Everything posted by mking8288
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Not the reason either. According to our taxi driver-tour guide, simply b/c they rather not have a mega ship packed with 4,000 people tender ashore - logistics, safety, etc. Yes, line at Shorex Desk was 1/8 mile long ... they updated options for Roseau & refunded those for St. Lucia as noted in the letter to all guests. You are most likely correct, I am only the "messenger" to warn folks that the upcoming sailings are 110% to 120% double occupancies but within legal capacity based on # of berths & lifeboats. Upgrade bids will be much tougher to win.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.