SINGLE-DIGIT DANCE? ...Tips for Conquest/St. Maarten/St. Kitts/San Juan?

[RecoveryDude]

FINALLY SINGLE DIGITS!!! 9 days till we get on the Conquest for the FIRST TIME! ...Experienced cruisers but never on Conquest....

 

Sailing to St. Maarten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Grand Turk.

 

Anyone got any tips for The Conquest or the places I'm visiting?

 

Thanks everyone ....

 

#EXCITED :D

[nicole2380]

Have fun on your cruise. I have 84 days to go☹️

 

 

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[tony_g51181]

St. Maarten-bernards tours was amazing!!

/St. Kitts-Beware once you get into the shopping area you will be attacked by people trying to get you to take a picture with a monkey and then tell you its 20.00 and some can get a bit pushy

/San Juan-Hopefully your not arriving early like we did at 7am nothing really opened until like 9:30 or so and we just walked around until then and hit the fort and then ate at a local spot which was awesome.

 

 

Conquest was amazing ship and had a blast guys burgers and blue iguana was the places to eat on the lido deck when open.

[bcberri]

We are only 38 days out for this exact same trip! If you wouldn't mind doing a review when you get back that would be awesome. Have a fantastic trip! From what I hear the new BBQ lunch is pretty tasty.

[evandbob]

FINALLY SINGLE DIGITS!!! 9 days till we get on the Conquest for the FIRST TIME! ...Experienced cruisers but never on Conquest....

 

Sailing to St. Maarten, St. Kitts, San Juan and Grand Turk.

 

Anyone got any tips for The Conquest or the places I'm visiting?

 

Thanks everyone ....

 

#EXCITED :D

 

St Maarten: Orient Beach w/ lunch excursion or take public water taxi outside port to Phillipsburg for beach, shopping or lunch.

 

St Kitts: either catamaran snorkel to Nevis or Carambola Beach Club - sightsee from hill overlooking both Atlantic and Caribbean Sea

 

Grand Turk - either just walk off the beach away from the crowds to the left to one of the local vendors or Jack's Shack for lounger, beach and jerk chicken

 

Conquest is very similar to Freedom, Glory, Valor and Liberty. To avoid photo crowds on deck 5 after dinner, walk through Deck 4 lounge outside of MDR. 1st staircase takes you up near the Taste Bar, 2nd staircase opens to casino.

 

Enjoy - Friends of Bill usually meet in the Library if you go that route, check fun times for hours.

[Mary Ellen1]

St. Maarten. Maho Beach.

[Florings]

Conquest is a great ship! Love the evening dive-in movies on the tiered Lido deck. Great watching!

 

Guy's and Blue Iguana very good. Great service and atmosphere on Conquest!

 

We went on Leo Christopher's tour on St. Kitts. Enjoyed the tour and Leo. Will book him again next year when we go again.

 

In San Juan, you can hop on and off the free trolley - takes you to the Forts. They are quite interesting. Then an easy stroll downhill back to the port area, through the old town where there are plenty of shops and restaurants to enjoy.

 

Have a wonderful cruise!!

[Capn12]

We're on the same cruise ourselves, OP! First time on the Conquest as well. Looking forward to the hidden-away BBQ shack, myself.

[Jenny in TX]

We are leaving on the exact same cruise on November 12th....can't wait!!

 

Grand Turk - we are renting golf carts and hanging out at a beach bar we loved last time we were there

San Juan - walking the city and touring one of the forts on our own

St. Kitts - Thenford Grey tour

St. Maarten - Joyce Prince tour

 

Have fun!!

[1midsun]

St. Maarten. Maho Beach.

 

Another vote for Maho Beach!!!

We went there and it was neat to watch the planes.

[lolavix]

St. Kitts - Thenford Grey tour

St. Maarten - Joyce Prince tour

 

Yes for both of these.

[RecoveryDude]

We're on the same cruise ourselves, OP! First time on the Conquest as well. Looking forward to the hidden-away BBQ shack, myself.

 

I'm quite an active FB group for this cruise ... Lots of (seemingly) fun folks and tons of activities planned you might want to join ... if you email me I can give you the details ... Vegasman777@Gmail.com

[RecoveryDude]

Friends of Bill usually meet in the Library if you go that route, check fun times for hours.

 

Yes ... I have seen this before in Fun Times ... and in ALL the cruises I've ever taken, I have NEVER successfully found any other "Friends of Bill W" besides who I was already with! ...I would love to make new "Friends" tho ... Thanks for the tip :D:)

[tonyweir]

We were on Conquest July 2015. Same itinerary

 

St Maarten -Maho beach is awesome if you are a airplane type. The planes fly right over your head on approach to the airport. It's a trek from the port so grab a cab and go early. Allow time to get back to the ship. We also did a bicycle tour of the downtown area.

 

St Kitts -Awesome zip line tour!

 

San Juan -Walk around the fort and the town. There's a free open air tram that goes various places.

[GaHawkeye]

Hey Jeff,

Just got off Conquest 9/25. We did southern route so can't help with ports. However, I do recommend the BBQ on deck 10, where Fish and Chips used to be located. It was open every day from 12ish to 2:30ish. I really enjoyed the beef and pork with the different sauces. They had KC style, honey and brown sugar and a sirracha SP? I tried them all and they were good. There is also the Seafood Corner, lido deck starboard aft, that was good as well. I had the lobster roll. There is an up charge for this place. My roll was $12. There is another thread on this, just search Seafood Corner. Hope this helps. I'm doing your itinerary next year on the Magic.

Hank

 

 

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