Monday, July 24, 2023

Sint Maarten

Day 5 was on Saint Martin.  Our excursion took us to Maho Beach. This beach is on the Dutch side of this Caribbean island and is famous for being adjacent to the Princess Juliana International Airport.  It's popular with tourists as you can watch aircraft on their final approach just above your head or feel the jet blast at take off.  









Emi is bottom left in the sunhat and blue sun shirt. 







June 22, 2015

July 19, 2023

St. Thomas

 Day 4 was in St. Thomas, a port that we have visited in the past.  We skipped the excursions and spent the day shopping. 








Perfect Day at Coco Cay

 Day 2 was at the private island, Coco Cay.  We went to the aqua thrill park. 











Harmony of the Seas cruise



 On July 22nd we returned to cruising on Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas.  We boarded the ship around 10 am that morning.  Emily checked out the water slides, which were too slow to try again during the cruise.  We watched the ship leave the port of Miami around 4:45 and went to dinner.  While we were eating, we noticed that the ship was doing a u turn.  After we were finished, we walked out on the deck to realize that we were docking again at the port.  Everyone was curious who was so important that the ship would turn around for them.  These cars were a sign that it was someone important.  



While the staff was tight lipped about who it was, they did indicate where we should go stand so we could see for ourselves when David and Victoria Beckham and Messi disembarked.  




Rumor on the deck was that Messi was signing for Beckham's Inter Miami soccer team on the helipad for a photo op.  


Days 3, 6, and 7 were sea days.

The only shows we went to were the aqua shows. 




This transparent overhang lets you look down at the water from the 15th deck. 



Ziplining - Emily is in the yellow shirt above the H waiting to start. 


The Abyss is a pair of dry slides that run 10 decks. 

The Stowaway Piano man randomly plays in one of the 24 guest  elevators.  
We were lucky to find him once. 


Mix and Mingle was the robot bar that could even make Emily a mocktail.

The Rising Tide Bar could ferry you between the 5th and 8th decks. 

Boardwalk