Perki Posted January 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Help!!! We always went to Morningstar Beach when we stopped in St. Thomas as we loved that it was relatively close to port. But with it closed now we have no idea where to go. We are nervous about traveling far, and will be on Symphony so docking at Crown port I believe. Please any help with beach bar with loungers and umbrellas would be a great help thanks! Edited January 10, 2019 by Perki Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted January 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Also looking for something like that. Currently we have Magen’s Bay booked... Edited January 10, 2019 by vacationlover_mn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms411 Posted January 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Emerald Beach is the closest beach to Crown Bay and has all the amenities since it's on a small resort property of same name. Nicer than Morningstar, imo, because water usually calmer. Taxi should be $4 per person each way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pammesue Posted January 10, 2019 #4 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Im curious about this also. I literally just read somewhere where Magens has NO loungers and one tiny food place with horrible lines. I will be needing a chair and full drink service LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted January 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, pammesue said: Im curious about this also. I literally just read somewhere where Magens has NO loungers and one tiny food place with horrible lines. I will be needing a chair and full drink service LOL. Hmm, if this is true, I may cancel Magen’s and do Emerald Beach on our own... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted January 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted January 10, 2019 How does sapphire beach compare to emerald beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pammesue Posted January 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted January 10, 2019 i read this on trip advisor just now also... took a cab here when our cruise stopped in St. Thomas. It is about a 20 minute drive ($10 per person each way) plus an entrance fee. The beach is beautiful and there are beach chairs to rent and food to purchase. However, the area close to the food and chair rentals was pretty crowded so we went to the far end of the beach. You rent your chairs in the shop and then you had to carry them to wherever you want to be, which for us was a hike. Apparently, you can tip the guys and they will carry them for you but they did not want to carry ours all the way to the end of the beach (don't blame them - neither did we!). You also have to pay an additional $5 per chair deposit in cash that will be refunded if you return the chairs. Once we got over the initial surprise at having to carry the chairs and get ourselves organized, we were able to enjoy the day. Nice beach and we all really enjoyed the day. The food is pretty good but quite overpriced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perki Posted January 11, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I think we will try Emerald Beach... thank you all for the conversation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvaughn11 Posted January 31, 2019 #9 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I stumbled across this beach comparison on another website... Location on Map BEACH NAME (click on name to go to detailed description) Island Location Snorkeling Beach Chair Rentals Watersports & Toys Food & Drink Bathrooms Hotel Beach Parking Entrance Fee 1 Bolongo Bay Beach S • • • • • • 2 Brewer’s Bay W • • • 3 Coki Bay E • • • • • • 4 Hull Bay N • • • 5 Lindberg Bay S • • • • • • • 6 Lindquist Beach E • • • • 7 Magen’s Bay Beach N • • • • • • 8 Morningstar Beach S • 9 Sapphire Beach E • • • • • • • 10 Secret Harbour Beach E • • • • • • 11 Limetree Beach S • • • • • • • 12 Vessup Beach E • • • 13 Dorothea Beach N • • Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WisCruiser2 Posted January 31, 2019 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) We've enjoyed Secret Harbour and plan on being there next week! You can rent chairs from the Dive Center on the beach -- aadivers.com . Edited January 31, 2019 by WisCruiser2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O2B@Cagain Posted January 31, 2019 #11 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Currently Morningstar and Limetree are not open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisegal40 Posted February 1, 2019 #12 Share Posted February 1, 2019 We've done Emerald. Nice beach. Mind you, this was prior to the last hurricane. We also liked Water Island, but there is some traveling for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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