Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #226 Share Posted January 24 I was perusing through the onboard account & noticed just posted some credits for port/air taxes. I imagine this means we will be missing a port. No announcement yet. I have an excursion for St Lucia and no refund for that. so maybe Tobago tomorrow? Not sure why else there would be port tax credits posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #227 Share Posted January 24 6 minutes ago, Hoopster95 said: This is a super rare photo SteelCity. A very small percentage of cruisers get to witness this, even those who have sailed on Radiance Cass many times. Last March, I had a pre-booked with a fb group on a mini-bus, same size of bus as SteelCity shows you here so about 25 people I think. We paid $25 return. IIRC a taxi was $30-$40 return. Again IIRC there are not many (if any) taxis sitting around at Maracas waiting for a return trip. So you'd need to arrange and pay a driver to wait for you. There were plenty of drivers/cabs available just outside the gate all of them pleading for your business. I did a double take in the solarium when I looked up. Regarding the taxis, I don’t recall seeing any waiting for hire at the beach other than the pre arranged vans/buses etc. There are plenty available off the ship however. A bartender in concierge lounge is from Trinidad & said to me that he would not do anything that wasn’t arranged through the ship. I don’t feel like it was just selling Royals brand but who knows. 🤷🏻♂️ 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted January 24 #228 Share Posted January 24 19 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: A bartender in concierge lounge is from Trinidad & said to me that he would not do anything that wasn’t arranged through the ship. I don’t feel like it was just selling Royals brand but who knows. 🤷🏻♂️ We were told the same thing by a Princess employee that was from Trinidad in 2010 on the Grand. Our impression of the port shopping area was the same as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Vickie Posted January 24 #229 Share Posted January 24 We’ve sailed Radiance class ships 18 times, including 8 times on Jewel and have never seen that Solarium roof open. Maybe when we’re on Jewel in February… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #230 Share Posted January 24 6 minutes ago, Miss Vickie said: We’ve sailed Radiance class ships 18 times, including 8 times on Jewel and have never seen that Solarium roof open. Maybe when we’re on Jewel in February… I knew it didn’t happen often. Sounds like even less often than I knew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #231 Share Posted January 24 A little evening balcony for your viewing pleasure 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted January 24 #232 Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: Never opened when we were on Serenade. 😔 that's a shame. It has been open on several of our cruises. Always cool to watch it open or close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #233 Share Posted January 24 Some Vortex pics up in the viking crown 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #234 Share Posted January 24 Mini Golf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare perfect match Posted January 24 #235 Share Posted January 24 Great pictures and great report! We normally cruise and love the big ships but you’ve got me thinking about Jewel. We would certainly like your itinerary. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #236 Share Posted January 24 Good Morning from Tobago 🇹🇹 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #237 Share Posted January 24 Pilot boat incoming for docking. We should be docked around 8am. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #238 Share Posted January 24 We’re making our way in. Here’s some coastline shots 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #239 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Getting tied up now. Edited January 24 by SteelCityCruiser10 duplicate photo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #240 Share Posted January 24 Today we do not have an excursion booked or anything pre planned. We will get off in the morning and explore & see how it goes. DW wants to do some shopping & I will follow of course as long as proper amounts of beers are included at some point 🍻 🤪 I wouldn’t mind another beach day but DW got some sunscreen in her eye yesterday & it got really irritated and swollen. She has special eye drops and put some ice on it and was much better by bedtime. We’ll see … 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 24 #241 Share Posted January 24 Hello from twin sister Serenade. Nice review you have going on! 🙂 A couple of questions. Does the circle bar in the VCL spin around? I can't remember which ship still has that working. And speaking of working, our pool tables do not work on the "floating/gyro" system...either one of them since we boarded 47 days ago. One of the 3 outbound elevators has been stuck on deck 12 since we boarded as well. Ugh...😣 Are you using Chops for breakfast? When we did 2 different B2Bs last year out of PC, we finally gave up with the really bad service in there. Was very surprised how good it was in the restaurant after that. On this ship, the Chops breakfast is the best ever. Great food and service. Ehh..win some lose some. 😉 Enjoy the rest of your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 24 #242 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: We’re making our way in. Here’s some coastline shots Looks like a pretty island. I'm glad the OBC on your account was not for skipping this port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 24 #243 Share Posted January 24 56 minutes ago, island lady said: Hello from twin sister Serenade. Nice review you have going on! 🙂 A couple of questions. Does the circle bar in the VCL spin around? I can't remember which ship still has that working. And speaking of working, our pool tables do not work on the "floating/gyro" system...either one of them since we boarded 47 days ago. One of the 3 outbound elevators has been stuck on deck 12 since we boarded as well. Ugh...😣 Are you using Chops for breakfast? When we did 2 different B2Bs last year out of PC, we finally gave up with the really bad service in there. Was very surprised how good it was in the restaurant after that. On this ship, the Chops breakfast is the best ever. Great food and service. Ehh..win some lose some. 😉 Enjoy the rest of your cruise! Hard to believe that you are 47 days into the cruise already. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #244 Share Posted January 24 52 minutes ago, island lady said: Hello from twin sister Serenade. Nice review you have going on! 🙂 A couple of questions. Does the circle bar in the VCL spin around? I can't remember which ship still has that working. And speaking of working, our pool tables do not work on the "floating/gyro" system...either one of them since we boarded 47 days ago. One of the 3 outbound elevators has been stuck on deck 12 since we boarded as well. Ugh...😣 Are you using Chops for breakfast? When we did 2 different B2Bs last year out of PC, we finally gave up with the really bad service in there. Was very surprised how good it was in the restaurant after that. On this ship, the Chops breakfast is the best ever. Great food and service. Ehh..win some lose some. 😉 Enjoy the rest of your cruise! Thank you 🙏🏻 😀 Yours isn’t too shabby itself ! I’ve been trying to keep up but it’s hard at the moment. I have not seen the bar spin however I haven’t been up there for any late night festivities yet. I’ll see if I can investigate that as I’d be interested as well. Funny you ask about Chops B-fast. That’s where we are sitting now! Service is great here. Food good too. DWs sausages links were cold & not great but otherwise eggs are all cooked perfectly. I wanted something different so had the banana french toast. Yummy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #245 Share Posted January 24 Chops Breakfast 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted January 24 Author #246 Share Posted January 24 5 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: Looks like a pretty island. I'm glad the OBC on your account was not for skipping this port. Me too .:. still not sure what that’s all about. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantellu Posted January 24 #247 Share Posted January 24 13 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: I was perusing through the onboard account & noticed just posted some credits for port/air taxes. I imagine this means we will be missing a port. No announcement yet. I have an excursion for St Lucia and no refund for that. so maybe Tobago tomorrow? Not sure why else there would be port tax credits posted. Did you get an answer on why the credits ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEMJMcC Posted January 24 #248 Share Posted January 24 16 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said: We grabbed a Bake n Shark right before getting back in the bus. It was good. Hit the spot after a few Carib’s and a long bus ride ahead. The sauce labeled ketchup was most definitely NOT ketchup and it SURELY was NOT Heinz! 😂 If it's not Heinz, it's not ketchup! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Posted January 24 #249 Share Posted January 24 We're on this cruise the week after next. In Tobago we're thinking about just taking a cab over to Store Bay for a little beach, bar, and shopping. Kind of intimidated by the crowds (and additional distance) of Pigeon Point. Let us know how the ad hoc cab situation looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted January 24 #250 Share Posted January 24 46 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: Hard to believe that you are 47 days into the cruise already. Yeah, it's going by fast!! 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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