Shadowmeboy's "Bliss"ful Eastern Caribbean Pictorial Cruise Review

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8 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

How were you able to piggyback with Trace and Maria and utilize their priority disembarkation through the Haven in Tortola since you were not staying in the Haven?  It was very nice of Jovo to hook you up with a Haven dinner.  I met him previously on the Escape back in 2016.

 

Trace Specifically asked if we could join them getting off early, due to the fact we had a joint shared charter, and I had the directions to get there. Adrian was very accommodating and had no issue with it. 

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Day 5 - Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

 

 

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We were in Road Town Harbor at 5:45 am.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Sunrise this morning.

 

 

The boat was spinning in the turning basin, so it could back into the dock.

 

 

 

 

We were going to be on the right side of the dock.

 

 

 

 

 

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We headed out of our room and headed towards Trace's room.

 

 

Down to deck 8, where we gave them a call letting them know we were on our way.

 

 

Shops

 

 

photo gallery

 

 

 

Heading forward on 8

 

 

We passed Kelly, the Butler for the Haven, on deck 11, on our way down the forward hallway to Trace's room. As we passed, He asked are you Mr. Trace's friends? I said "yes, and you must be Kelly." He said "Yes." I said, "Nice to meet you!"

 

Arriving at Trace's room, he had ordered a spread for the 4 of us.

 

 

Maria's boiled eggs. French toast.

 

 

English Muffins

 

 

Bacon and Hash browns

 

 

Steak and Eggs

 

 

Scrambled Eggs and Bacon

 

 

more Steak and Eggs

 

 

Maria also had the treats brought to them the night before! 

 

Trace did well. He even had Coffee and Orange Juice! We did not go hungry that morning. Not that you really could go hungry on a cruise ship.

 

 

All of us get down to eating, so we could head out once the all clear was given. Maria on the couch, Trace at the desk, Susan on the Balcony, and I am at the table.

 

 

 

 

 

The Disney Magic arriving into Tortola.

 

 

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The all clear is given and we all head up to the Concierges desk in the Haven. 

 

 

The 4 of us go down the elevator to deck 4 to disembark the Bliss.

 

 

 

Port photos!

 

 

 

So when we were looking at this photo in the photo gallery, Susan was looking at it upside down. She was like, I really like this shot, but their is this weird creepy guy standing over my shoulder, so its a No. I look at the picture and just start laughing. Susan is looking at me funny. I ask her to look at the creepy guy in the picture again. She realizes at that point it is Trace photobombing our port photo. I told Trace later that day, "you act like you don't want your photo taken, but for somebody making that claim, you were very photogenetic on the pier today." He was all confused, and then we told him about the creeper in the corner, and then had to show him the picture. We all got a good laugh, and he was the creeper in the corner the rest of the cruise.

 

 

Walking down the pier towards the Tortola Pier Park.

 

 

 

 

I told Trace his dinner was still running around.

 

 

 

We walked down to the Village Bay Marina to catch our shared Charter to Norman Island and the Indians through Aristocrat Charters.

 

 

We are the second group to arrive, so we sit and wait.

 

 

Applying Sunscreen

 

 

At a few minutes to 8, the crew meets us, and all the passengers are there, so we head to the catamaran.

 

 

 

We all climb aboard and get settled.

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Captain Jorn gave us a quick safety briefing before shoving off.

 

 

 

Kendel, the female crew member, had brought her puppy onboard. She was a hit.

 

 

 

heading out of the harbor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see my stateroom!

 

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drinks and lunch came with the tour. They had ginger beer, sprite, diet coke, Heineken, Amstel Light, Carib, water, and Rum Punch. 

 

 

 

raising the sails

 

 

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http://www.AristocratCharters.com is their website.

 

 

zoom lens time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Indians

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I see Susan and Maria are hitting it really hard there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had 24 people on the shared charter - 8 were from the Bliss and 16 from the Disney Magic.

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We finally arrived at our first Snorkel spot. I quickly got my stuff on and got in the water.

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I apologize now, but I took a lot of pictures snorkeling.

 

 

 

 

 

A Moon jellyfish

 

 

 

 

 

Our catamaran for the day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Underwater picture of the waves crashing into the rocks

 

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a cave entrance

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a view from the catamaran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We detached from the buoy and moved on to the second snorkel area. 

 

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I will pick this up tomorrow.

[itseaya]

10 hours ago, shadowmeboy said:

We detached from the buoy and moved on to the second snorkel area

This is the same excursion we are signed up for in February.  Love all of the pictures

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Nice pictures. That looks like a great excursion!

Heather

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13 hours ago, itseaya said:

This is the same excursion we are signed up for in February.  Love all of the pictures

 

Thank you. It was so much fun and relaxing.

 

7 hours ago, SenatorsFan said:

Nice pictures. That looks like a great excursion!

Heather

 

Thank you, it was!

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We arrived at the second snorkel spot and Lunch was served!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch, it was time to get back in the water.

 

 

 

 

 

This spot was shallower and had a lot more coral.

 

 

 

 

 

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I was just in awe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meanwhile up on top, Trace took a few pictures.

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile I was swimming along and enjoying the beauty!

 

 

 

Everybody starts getting on and getting settled to leave. They start counting heads, and Susan starts to panic. I am not back on the boat. Trace and Suan start scanning the water looking for me. Eventually, Trace sees me a long way off. I had snorkeled along the rocks enjoying myself. They start waving at me and I finally see them. The picture below is me swimming back to the boat. I started the swim on the far edge of the picture near that rock that juts out towards the water.

 

 

 

Just keep swimming. just keep swimming!

 

I get back to the boat and I am tired. Plus I needed some water and a Sprite. the Sprite to counteract the salt water I drank on the swim.

 

We pulled buoy and headed to the final spot at the Indians.

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Of course I had to go in, duh. I did take a noodle with me this time, because I was tired still.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I gets shallow in spots, as you can see here.

 

 

 

breathtaking is the only way to describe it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could barely pull myself out of the water at the end of this snorkel.

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We start heading back to the pier.

 

 

Maria gets some puppy time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan took some pictures down in the pontoon of the catamaran.

 

 

The onboard Rest Room