Celebration! / Live! / Solo! Dec-4-11-2022...

[sid_9169]

[sid_9169]

Good morning from St Maarten... We've only got a short day here, so I got to get moving. It's weird how eight hours at work seems to last FOREVER, but eight hours on vacation goes by LIKE THAT...

 

 

 

 

[bluetardis]

Enjoy all you can on St Maarten

[Moonglo]

Have a great day!

[sid_9169]

Today is the day of the towel sculpture invasion.

 

 

 

[crewsweeper]

11 hours ago, RenoNanaOz said:

On my Flight Sunday to Louisiana the lady in front of me was the same. She NEVER stopped talking, to the poor stranger next to her.

That's when I make a big production of taking off my cochlear implant processor🤐

[TNVolnteerCruiser]

I have to say, I’ve read lots of trip reports but none have made me say, “this ship is amazing and I need to sail on it.” The trip reports for Celebration have definitely made me think I need to book it.  Off to look at the sailings for Celebration.

[crewsweeper]

Take the water taxi to the boardwalk and look for Miguels!!! Beach , food and booze.  Can't miss and saves all the traffic headaches heading out .

[erikb923]

Karakter is a great place to have a drink and see the planes coming and going on Simpson beach. 

https://karakterstmaarten.com/

[MistyRo76]

11 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

Yeah I like coconut. In drinks at least. I don’t like coconut cake or anything. I don’t know if it’s the texture or what.

It's definitely the texture! 

[LindyWebb]

Loved the Old San Juan pics and tour.  I definitely would have taxi'd back after that walk!!  Impressive!!!

[Houst]

Your Utah fans are here and following along. We board the Celebration in February. It's great that you can be our instructor. Mr Saints fan did a great job too. 

[budgirl]

Crazy week so I am waaaaay behind but determined to catch up!  Cheers, Sid!

[BohJang]

Never been to St. Maarten - so show me that place Sid style!  Enjoy!

[RenoNanaOz]

3 minutes ago, BohJang said:

Never been to St. Maarten - so show me that place Sid style!  Enjoy!

Yes I agree,only been to St Thomas.

[coondog99]

20 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

 

 

 

 

 

"Despacito" (the song title that translates to "slowly") was also used to highlight and criticize the slow United States response to the destruction at La Perla caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, where the video was filmed. The National Park Service assisted the few residents of La Perla with tarps soon afterwards~wiki

[lazydayz]

Love St. Martin!  Enjoy your day. 

[BohJang]

Hopefully Sid is just enjoying his day in St. Maarten and will fill us in later.

[odie1024]

6 hours ago, TNVolnteerCruiser said:

I have to say, I’ve read lots of trip reports but none have made me say, “this ship is amazing and I need to sail on it.” The trip reports for Celebration have definitely made me think I need to book it.  Off to look at the sailings for Celebration.

That is exactly how I feel after reading @Saint Gregand now Sid's as I always said I would never sail Carnival. 

[Riles34]

Just now, BohJang said:

Hopefully Sid is just enjoying his day in St. Maarten and will fill us in later.

Should be getting back on board soon. I think the ship leaves at 3:30ET.

[sid_9169]

3 hours ago, Houst said:

Your Utah fans are here and following along. We board the Celebration in February. It's great that you can be our instructor. Mr Saints fan did a great job too. 

Glad to have you on board, Houst... You'll love the Celebration!

[icft]

3 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Glad to have you on board, Houst... You'll love the Celebration!

Thank God you are back. I was having withdrawal symptoms - posts were flashing before my eyes - I thought they were there, but then they were gone...

[sid_9169]

"Stranger in a strange land..."

 

Wow, what a whirlwind of a day in St Maarten... I packed up everything that I thought I'd need and headed out around 8:30 ship time. We had to be back by 3:30, so I couldn't do everything, but there were a few things I HAD to check off my list, and I accomplished all of them. Easily the best day of my vacation so far, other than Miami... 

 

Once I dinged off the ship I just followed the path that led to the water taxi. Seven dollars round trip, or I suppose with the wristband you could go back and forth all day. We landed at the far end of Great Bay in Phillipsburg. There's a long boardwalk and lots of bars and shops along the way. At first I just wanted to get the lay of the land... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

Sorry, I just wanted to go ahead and get all the pictures in order from when I left...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sid_9169]

Alright, now we're at the boardwalk... I had no idea what was where, so I just went one way then the other.