1/3/09 Magic - First Time To St. Croix

[brack]

Anyone want to speculate what the excursions may be for St Croix? I think we will do an island tour, probably in the morning.
Anyone know if ships dock or tender at St Croix?
Since St Croix and St Thomas are both USVI.....do you think we will not have to go to an early morning immigration?
OK, I am out of ideas to get this thread more active.

Our planned excursion for St Croix is to the home of some friends of ours that live there. We haven't seen them in several years so it will be fun to show up on their door step Of course we'll call them to make sure that they will even be there be and not on the mainland for Christmas.

Since the ship goes from one US port to another I doubt that we'll have to go through the "process" but we will see. I'll bet that we still do have to do so at the end.

 

[MrsMork]

Brack, what a treat to get to see old friends! Hope that works out for you. We will have to go thru immigration/customs when we return to port since CC is a foreign port.

 

[plutojudy]

Welcome back Brack. We enjoyed meeting you and your lovely wife. I'm glad we were able to spend some time together.
We decided to talk to our daughter first before making any DVC decisions. She is going to WDW in September and will check it out. At our age we don't see much advantage for us but at 28 it could be perfect for her. If she decides to do it we will help her (and give her your name).
Angie, we did not get to spend any time together, we knew you were busy with your family. Maybe on this cruise. We did see you helping Bobby the Banana shop on Castaway Cay.

 

[MrsMork]

Welcome back Brack. We enjoyed meeting you and your lovely wife. I'm glad we were able to spend some time together.
We decided to talk to our daughter first before making any DVC decisions. She is going to WDW in September and will check it out. At our age we don't see much advatage for us but at 28 it could be perfect for her. If she decides to do it we will help her (and give her your name).
Angie, we did not get to spend any time together, we knew you were busy with your family. Maybe on this cruise. We did see you helping Bobby the Banana shop on Castaway Cay.

I got to look at DrHug's 1200+ photos this morning, and yes Bobby Banana did have some fun at CC!

Each trip is different and sailing with 11 other family members does occupy your time! We all get along really well though and so it was alot of fun! I am so glad my Mom got to experience this! I have for years thought I was the biggest kid, but I was wrong. My 82 YO mom is the biggest kid! She got into the spirit of it all and did see the magic we have been telling her about. Next trip we will have alot more time to get to know DISers though and look forward to that also.

 

[plutojudy]

I love that your mom "got it". How great for her to have such a loving family. Some people never "get it". How did she handle things on Monday when the seas were so rough?

 

[plutojudy]

Our planned excursion for St Croix is to the home of some friends of ours that live there. We haven't seen them in several years so it will be fun to show up on their door step Of course we'll call them to make sure that they will even be there be and not on the mainland for Christmas.

Brack, that sounds like fun, visiting long time friends. Also, you may get some insider information about what to do on the island. Do you know if ships dock or tender?

Fred read that the Eastern tip of St Croix is the most Eastern part of the US. I hope an island tour will take us there.

 

[MrsMork]

I love that your mom "got it". How great for her to have such a loving family. Some people never "get it". How did she handle things on Monday when the seas were so rough?

She tends to get sick even riding in the backseat of a car, so she got patches from her doctor before she left and put one on Saturday before we left the port. She did great. My sis was sick on Sunday evening though, missed formal dinner, then she too put on a patch and was fine the rest of the trip.

As for having a loving family....she is the one that taught us that.

 

[plutojudy]

Hi Angie, when is your next Motorhome trip? I have a feeling that the Castaway Club flags are somewhere on that MH already.
Our next roadtrip is planned for mid April. We are continuing our Rte 66 trip. We need to do the section in Missouri (Devil's Elbow to Springfield, MO) we missed because of snow and then on into Oklahoma. We did the little section in Kansas already.
On Sunday before we left for Orlando Airport, we popped in at Pop Century and while looking at the display cases, we saw a map of the Ocean Highway (after we returned home, we were able to find the same map from 1962) which extends from NJ near the NYC (DH left the map at work so I can't check exactly) area down to Jacksonville FL. We are now searching to see if that road still exists, if so, that may be something we will do after we finish
Rte 66. Rte 66 will take us about another 4 or 5 years.
Your PC cruise should be fun, I wish we could get away for two weeks. They are not happy at work when we go away. Especially now that I am the only secretary. My boss owns the company and he usually stays home when I am on vacation. He likes to lay guilt. When we came back on Monday he told DH that he is glad he is back because he is the only that writes any business.

 

[MrsMork]

Hi Angie, when is your next Motorhome trip? I have a feeling that the Castaway Club flags are somewhere on that MH already.
Our next roadtrip is planned for mid April. We are continuing our Rte 66 trip. We need to do the section in Missouri (Devil's Elbow to Springfield, MO) we missed because of snow and then on into Oklahoma. We did the little section in Kansas already.
On Sunday before we left for Orlando Airport, we popped in at Pop Century and while looking at the display cases, we saw a map of the Ocean Highway (after we returned home, we were able to find the same map from 1962) which extends from NJ near the NYC (DH left the map at work so I can't check exactly) area down to Jacksonville FL. We are now searching to see if that road still exists, if so, that may be something we will do after we finish
Rte 66. Rte 66 will take us about another 4 or 5 years.
Your PC cruise should be fun, I wish we could get away for two weeks. They are not happy at work when we go away. Especially now that I am the only secretary. My boss owns the company and he usually stays home when I am on vacation. He likes to lay guilt. When we came back on Monday he told DH that he is glad he is back because he is the only that writes any business.

The flags are not in it yet, but soon!
Our plan is April. If all goes well with selling the house I will be able to retire at the end of March and then we can motor for awhile. We will likely head up north to Montana to establish some kind of home base there and then head out. We plan to drive the MH to CA in early May, go to DL a couple of days, fly to Orlando and go to WDW for a couple of days, bring the Magic back to CA, do another couple of days at DL and then head back up here to Oregon for DGS's HS graduation on June 6. Then we should be able to take the MH on a proper trip to.......oh, somewhere. We will need to put it in storage in Southern CA for 30 days while we do the coast to coast to coast Disney.

Route 66 is something we definately want to do. We have a book with maps and what to see. Tips would be appreciated though!

 

[plutojudy]

Hi Angie, for now, we like the HERE IT IS! THE ROUTE 66 MAP SERIES, and ROUTE 66:MARATHON TOUR - CHICAGO TO L.A. DVD set. We bought them from Amazon. After the holidays when we start planning the next trip, I'll let you know the other books we have. In April, anything we pick up along the route, I'll get cpoies for you too. Illinois does a nice map and I think Missouri had one too. I can either mail them to you or give them to you on our next cruise.

 

[plutojudy]

Merry Christmas to all.

 

[MrsMork]

The one we have is Route 66 Travelers Guide by Tom Snyder. We got it several years ago when this was just a maybe someday dream. We would appreciate whatever info you can share. Someone who had been there, done that is always fun to visit with.

 

[austin77]

Good luck on your trip!

 

[MrsMork]

Hey, Austin! Are you cruising with us in Jan?

 

[brack]

Brack, ...... Do you know if ships dock or tender?

I do not know anything about St Croix .... yet but I will.

 

[brack]

Something to look forward to ....

 

[plutojudy]

Hi Brack, I just noticed your countdown clock. It is not as far away as it seems right now. Pretty soon we will be able to say "next year".
Did you find your missing photos?

 

[brack]

Hi Brack, I just noticed your countdown clock. It is not as far away as it seems right now. Pretty soon we will be able to say "next year".
Did you find your missing photos?

Not yet I have one more bag to unpack that has a lot of "stuff" and not so much clothes. If it's not there I'm calling DCL to see if I left it in the room. I keep hoping though.

 

[seaulater]

Welcome aboard everyone. It will be great to visit St. Croix for the 1st time!

 

[plutojudy]

I was looking at some St Croix information and they do have a cruise ship dock. I found a cruise ship schedule, no cruise ships in port this month.