July 18 2009 Tortola - Part 2! - Page 9 - The DIS Discussion Forums

WVMD · 04-18-2009, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickeymo

I borrowed this photo from a fellow cruiser on our 2006 cruise. It's the closest, I'll ever come to parasailing. Virgil, is it yours or Stacey's? I have it as my screen saver.

I think that this one was mine...

Virgil

mickeymo · 04-18-2009, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVMD

I think that this one was mine...

Virgil

It's a great photo!

WVMD · 04-18-2009, 05:31 PM

This is a picture I took at night as we were sailing away from Barcelona.

Virgil

noahsmom · 04-18-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizzyworld

What's the sport? Hockey or soccer?

lacrosse

Dizzyworld · 04-18-2009, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noahsmom

lacrosse

See how much I know about lacrosse?
I think it is our state sport too.

Dizzyworld · 04-18-2009, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVMD

This is a picture I took at night as we were sailing away from Barcelona.

Virgil

Love the picture. Some good friends of mine are leaving for Barcelona in
2 hours for a 12 days NCL cruise. We are planning a Spanish dinner night when they get back to hear stories and see pictures. I really like looking at other people's travel pictures.

WVMD · 04-18-2009, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizzyworld

Love the picture. Some good friends of mine are leaving for Barcelona in
2 hours for a 12 days NCL cruise. We are planning a Spanish dinner night when they get back to hear stories and see pictures. I really like looking at other people's travel pictures.

My picture link is in my sig.... My blog is dead at the moment...

Virgil

Dizzyworld · 04-18-2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVMD

My picture link is in my sig.... My blog is dead at the moment...

Virgil

Thanks. I enjoyed your pictures. The engagement one was very sweet. Looked like a lot of fun. I can't believe how much vacation experiences you were able to put into one summer! (They were all in 2008. Yes?) Quite the variety.

noahsmom · 04-18-2009, 09:24 PM

Only a little more than an hour and half before I can make our Palo ressies! I think I may go to the site and practice navigating around so I don't waste valuable time. I'm so pathetic about this!

Dizzyworld · 04-18-2009, 10:53 PM

I'm here too. Good luck to all.

bigAWL · 04-18-2009, 11:04 PM

4am here, and I'm patiently waiting for the reservation links to open.

jlawall · 04-18-2009, 11:04 PM

Ok, I'm back......tonight my DH won over $3000 at the Atlantic City casinos!! Crazy!

Our arrival day in St. Thomas was uneventful........nonstop flight, free coconut rum shot as we entered the terminal (definitely the highlight!).......taxi ride thru town, and check in, lunch, pool time, and dinner....

Our second day we decided to go to St John to visit beaches by taking the taxi to Red Hook, we learned it was a 20 minute taxi ride; a 20 minute ferry ride and a 15 minute taxi ride once we arrived in Cruz Bay, St. John. We decided to visit Cinnamon Bay instead of Trunk Bay b/c CB is free, I think TB is $4 per person to visit. This was the only day it was breezy but both of us did swim and snorkel. When we arrived back in Cruz Bay we did a little shopping and ate at Margarita Phils which was fun but very quiet. At this point we decided to book an excursion to BVI. We obtained a motorboat ressie for a few days from then and we took the ferry and taxi back to our hotel. On our way back we were able to book a catarmaran sail trip to St. John and Jost Van D*** for the following day.

The next day we repeated our taxi/ferry run and were onboard the Calypso by 8:30am. First, we sailed and snorkeled off the coast of St. John, then we hit immigration in Great Bay, JVD, before anchoring and having lunch at White Bay Beach the home of the Soggy Dollar Bar and the Painkiller Drink. The nice thing about this beach was that we could use the chairs and relax wilth little hassle. We also swam and shopped in a very little shop. There was a great bar and small restaurant but the food was pretty good. Finally, we sailed back to St. John.....it was an amazing relaxing day for sure!!

The next day we went into St. Thomas to go shopping. We noticed that there is a decent sized fancy shopping area where the cruise ships disembark. We went to the center of town to a different shopping area and walked up and down looking in souvenir, jewelry, art galleries and clothing shops. Then we ate lunch in one of the open air restaurants. There were a few guys walking around the shopping area, trying to get us to do a tour of St. Thomas or go to Magens Bay. It didn't seem hard at all to do it this way.

Finally, we set off on our next boat ride on the Bad Kitty to various ports in BVi.....we went to Spanishtown for immigration; the Baths of Virgin Gorda, where we swam in; hiked the Baths and swam back out; next, we ate lunch at Cooper Island (which was nice) and then snorkeled at the Indians which was pretty cool. Lastly, we headed back to Cruz Bay.........

noahsmom · 04-18-2009, 11:12 PM

I'm booked for Palo brunch and dinner.DH is booked for golf and we're all booked for the Baths. I don't understand why Sea Trek at Coral World is not available to book. Is it already full? Guess we can do it on our own....

bigAWL · 04-18-2009, 11:16 PM

Uh, oh. I can't get into the reservation system yet. I wonder what's wrong. Is there a way to tell the system that you are Casaway Club members?

bigAWL · 04-18-2009, 11:19 PM

Nevermind. It's working now.

04-18-2009, 05:31 PM	#123
WVMD DIS Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 3,371	This is a picture I took at night as we were sailing away from Barcelona. Virgil __________________ My Blog: Family, Friends, Travel, Life... Pictures Charter member of the Crazy DIS 10 Day Holiday Cruisers! 12/18/04, Proud Alumni of the First Double Scoop Group! 05/27/06 Future Cruises/Trips: June 1, 2013 Med Past Cruises/Trips: Sept. 7, 2012 Canada, 06/12/2010 12 night Inaugural Baltic, 07/11/10 Kristin and Nicks Marriage cruise on the Wonder! 07/18/09 7 Night Eastern (St. Thomas and Tortola),08/01/08 Cities of Knights and Lights (ABD tour) 06/08/08 7 Night Mexican Riviera, 06/16/07 - 11 Night Mediterranean, 12/24/06 - Norwegian Sun (not an NCL fan...), 04/16/06 - Easter 4 day....The First Double Scoop Group 05/27/06, 10 Day Holiday Cruise 12/18/04 , 4 Day Wonder 04/11/04, 1st Cruise 3 day Wonder 09/25/03 Too many WDW visits to post.......

04-18-2009, 09:24 PM	#129
noahsmom 2002 - Poly & Wonder; 2004 - Poly & Wonder; 2006 - AKL & Magic; 2007 - SSR & Wonder; 2008 SSR only; 2009 Kidani, SSR & Magic to Tortola; 2010 Double dip Wonder & WDW road trip Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,281	Only a little more than an hour and half before I can make our Palo ressies! I think I may go to the site and practice navigating around so I don't waste valuable time. I'm so pathetic about this! __________________

04-18-2009, 10:53 PM	#130
Dizzyworld DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Towson, MD---930 miles too far from my happy place! Posts: 3,001	I'm here too. Good luck to all. __________________ Poly - 1/85, 6/02, 8/07, 8/08, 10/09 (Food & Wine Festival & MNSSHP), 8/10 ~~~ BC - 8/00, 7/09 ~~~ YC - 8/03 ~~~ WL - 12/02 ~~~ AKL - 8/04, 12/04 ~~~ Contemporary - 8/08 ~~~ Swan - 12/05, 8/06 ~~~ POFQ - 8/07 ~~~ Off-Site - 3/89 DCL Magic - 8/01 (Eastern), 8/04 (Eastern), 8/06 (Western- Double Dip), 7/09 (Eastern - Tortola) DCL Wonder - 6/02, 8/07, 8/08 (Double Dip) DCL Dream - B2B - 7/11 & 8/11, 3/13, 12/13 DCL Fantasy - 6/12 (Western)

04-18-2009, 11:04 PM	#131
bigAWL DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lorton, VA Posts: 1,630	4am here, and I'm patiently waiting for the reservation links to open. __________________ ............... Walt Disney World ............ Disney Cruise Line ................... Disneyland Resort .............. Disneyland Paris 1979 .......... Golf Resort 1984 .......... Hotel Royal Plaza 1989 .......... Offsite? 2007 Jun .................................................. .................................................. ................. Newport Bay Club 2008 May-Jun .. Shades of Green ................. Wonder 4-night Bahamas Double-dip 2009 Jul ...... Shades of Green ................. Magic 7-night E. Caribbean Tortola 2010 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Northern Europe 2010 Dec ...... Saratoga Springs Resort ......... Magic 11-night S. Caribbean Holiday 2011 Jul ........................................ Wonder 7-night Alaska .................... Villas at Grand Californian 2011 Oct ...... Polynesian - AKV Kidani 2012 Jun ...... Bay Lake Tower .................. Fantasy 7-night W. Caribbean 2013 Mar ...... Beach Club Villas - BLT ......... Dream 4/3-night Bahamas Back-to-Back Future Plans: 2014 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Med. Barcelona-Venice

04-18-2009, 11:04 PM	#132
jlawall Captain Lucky, the Great Provider I'm always up a for a show in NYC You know, this group will live forever we are a lively, blimey, crazy bunch Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: PA Posts: 11,578	Ok, I'm back......tonight my DH won over $3000 at the Atlantic City casinos!! Crazy! Our arrival day in St. Thomas was uneventful........nonstop flight, free coconut rum shot as we entered the terminal (definitely the highlight!).......taxi ride thru town, and check in, lunch, pool time, and dinner.... Our second day we decided to go to St John to visit beaches by taking the taxi to Red Hook, we learned it was a 20 minute taxi ride; a 20 minute ferry ride and a 15 minute taxi ride once we arrived in Cruz Bay, St. John. We decided to visit Cinnamon Bay instead of Trunk Bay b/c CB is free, I think TB is $4 per person to visit. This was the only day it was breezy but both of us did swim and snorkel. When we arrived back in Cruz Bay we did a little shopping and ate at Margarita Phils which was fun but very quiet. At this point we decided to book an excursion to BVI. We obtained a motorboat ressie for a few days from then and we took the ferry and taxi back to our hotel. On our way back we were able to book a catarmaran sail trip to St. John and Jost Van D*** for the following day. The next day we repeated our taxi/ferry run and were onboard the Calypso by 8:30am. First, we sailed and snorkeled off the coast of St. John, then we hit immigration in Great Bay, JVD, before anchoring and having lunch at White Bay Beach the home of the Soggy Dollar Bar and the Painkiller Drink. The nice thing about this beach was that we could use the chairs and relax wilth little hassle. We also swam and shopped in a very little shop. There was a great bar and small restaurant but the food was pretty good. Finally, we sailed back to St. John.....it was an amazing relaxing day for sure!! The next day we went into St. Thomas to go shopping. We noticed that there is a decent sized fancy shopping area where the cruise ships disembark. We went to the center of town to a different shopping area and walked up and down looking in souvenir, jewelry, art galleries and clothing shops. Then we ate lunch in one of the open air restaurants. There were a few guys walking around the shopping area, trying to get us to do a tour of St. Thomas or go to Magens Bay. It didn't seem hard at all to do it this way. Finally, we set off on our next boat ride on the Bad Kitty to various ports in BVi.....we went to Spanishtown for immigration; the Baths of Virgin Gorda, where we swam in; hiked the Baths and swam back out; next, we ate lunch at Cooper Island (which was nice) and then snorkeled at the Indians which was pretty cool. Lastly, we headed back to Cruz Bay......... __________________ JoAnn "Captain Lucky" Last edited by jlawall; 04-19-2009 at 09:11 AM.

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04-18-2009, 11:12 PM	#133
noahsmom 2002 - Poly & Wonder; 2004 - Poly & Wonder; 2006 - AKL & Magic; 2007 - SSR & Wonder; 2008 SSR only; 2009 Kidani, SSR & Magic to Tortola; 2010 Double dip Wonder & WDW road trip Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,281	I'm booked for Palo brunch and dinner.DH is booked for golf and we're all booked for the Baths. I don't understand why Sea Trek at Coral World is not available to book. Is it already full? Guess we can do it on our own.... __________________

04-18-2009, 11:16 PM	#134
bigAWL DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lorton, VA Posts: 1,630	Uh, oh. I can't get into the reservation system yet. I wonder what's wrong. Is there a way to tell the system that you are Casaway Club members? __________________ ............... Walt Disney World ............ Disney Cruise Line ................... Disneyland Resort .............. Disneyland Paris 1979 .......... Golf Resort 1984 .......... Hotel Royal Plaza 1989 .......... Offsite? 2007 Jun .................................................. .................................................. ................. Newport Bay Club 2008 May-Jun .. Shades of Green ................. Wonder 4-night Bahamas Double-dip 2009 Jul ...... Shades of Green ................. Magic 7-night E. Caribbean Tortola 2010 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Northern Europe 2010 Dec ...... Saratoga Springs Resort ......... Magic 11-night S. Caribbean Holiday 2011 Jul ........................................ Wonder 7-night Alaska .................... Villas at Grand Californian 2011 Oct ...... Polynesian - AKV Kidani 2012 Jun ...... Bay Lake Tower .................. Fantasy 7-night W. Caribbean 2013 Mar ...... Beach Club Villas - BLT ......... Dream 4/3-night Bahamas Back-to-Back Future Plans: 2014 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Med. Barcelona-Venice

04-18-2009, 11:19 PM	#135
bigAWL DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lorton, VA Posts: 1,630	Nevermind. It's working now. __________________ ............... Walt Disney World ............ Disney Cruise Line ................... Disneyland Resort .............. Disneyland Paris 1979 .......... Golf Resort 1984 .......... Hotel Royal Plaza 1989 .......... Offsite? 2007 Jun .................................................. .................................................. ................. Newport Bay Club 2008 May-Jun .. Shades of Green ................. Wonder 4-night Bahamas Double-dip 2009 Jul ...... Shades of Green ................. Magic 7-night E. Caribbean Tortola 2010 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Northern Europe 2010 Dec ...... Saratoga Springs Resort ......... Magic 11-night S. Caribbean Holiday 2011 Jul ........................................ Wonder 7-night Alaska .................... Villas at Grand Californian 2011 Oct ...... Polynesian - AKV Kidani 2012 Jun ...... Bay Lake Tower .................. Fantasy 7-night W. Caribbean 2013 Mar ...... Beach Club Villas - BLT ......... Dream 4/3-night Bahamas Back-to-Back Future Plans: 2014 Jun ........................................ Magic 12-night Med. Barcelona-Venice

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