4/25/09 Magic - First Visit To Tortola!

[ametaldiva]

I just had to post to say: WE ONLY HAVE 9 DAYS TO GO!!!

 

[aznaphrodite]

For those of you going to The Baths, I thought you might find this map helpful:

http://www.scubamom.com/bvi/thebaths/

 

[lsutigger2]

Back to the sky ride discussion:

Anyone interested in maybe meeting up to do this in the afternoon? We are going on a St. Thomas Island tour in the morning. I think it sounds like a fun thing to do.

 

[nascar8820]

Back to the sky ride discussion:

Anyone interested in maybe meeting up to do this in the afternoon? We are going on a St. Thomas Island tour in the morning. I think it sounds like a fun thing to do.

We are planning on doing the sky ride after we get back from The Baths.
After we get to the top of Paradise Point we will be hunting a Bushwacker(s).

 

[son3disfan]

Back to the sky ride discussion:

Anyone interested in maybe meeting up to do this in the afternoon? We are going on a St. Thomas Island tour in the morning. I think it sounds like a fun thing to do.

Sorry, I would but we are going to try to get an early start at this first thing in the morning. Maybe take a cab in the afternoon for a quick trip to the beach.

Anyone know which beach is the closest to the tram/ port?

 

[lsutigger2]

Lisa & Terry: I'm . Is there also a sky ride at Tortola? Isn't that where the Baths are?? I think the one others have been chatting about is on St. Thomas.

Night all - tomorrow will be one day closer to leaving for the Magic

 

[adnil530]

Back to the sky ride discussion:

Anyone interested in maybe meeting up to do this in the afternoon? We are going on a St. Thomas Island tour in the morning. I think it sounds like a fun thing to do.

We are going on the Kayak, Hike and Snorkel of Cas Cay and will be back around 12:45 so we'd love to meet others up at the top or at the bottom of the Sky Ride. Our morning tour does not include lunch, so I'm thinking that we will need to eat lunch at the top or at the bottom. What time would you like to meet? For lunch? Just for touring? I'm game

Linda

 

[nascar8820]

Lisa & Terry: I'm . Is there also a sky ride at Tortola? Isn't that where the Baths are?? I think the one others have been chatting about is on St. Thomas.

No, We were talking about The Baths and that is what I typed....Doh.
We will being doing the Sea Trek Helmet Dive at Coral World Marine Park and then the sky ride to Paradise Point.

 

[ametaldiva]

For those of you going to The Baths, I thought you might find this map helpful:

http://www.scubamom.com/bvi/thebaths/

I found that and printed it the other day! I was thinking I might take it with us and use it as a reference if need be. I noticed a spot on there where it says you can leave your snorkel gear while exploring the Baths - I don't know if I feel safe doing that - we will probably carry ours with us - I guess we'll see when we get there... We are also thinking we should take a backpack with us for whatever we need to carry - are you guys doing this also?

ONLY 8 DAYS TO GO!!!

 

[Disneynut64]

Well out documents finally arrived. We are in room 5134 for our FE list.

 

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[ametaldiva]

Well out documents finally arrived. We are in room 5134 for our FE list.

Congrats! You are on the same deck and end of the ship as we are!

 

[aznaphrodite]

I found that and printed it the other day! I was thinking I might take it with us and use it as a reference if need be. I noticed a spot on there where it says you can leave your snorkel gear while exploring the Baths - I don't know if I feel safe doing that - we will probably carry ours with us - I guess we'll see when we get there... We are also thinking we should take a backpack with us for whatever we need to carry - are you guys doing this also?

We are actually going through the DCL excursion but there is about 2 hours to explore on our own. We are bringing a backpack and a messenger bag to carry our stuff. If we need to leave them to go into the water, we have a waterproof pouch and a waterproof safe for our money and credit cards.

Well out documents finally arrived. We are in room 5134 for our FE list.

Glad you got your room number!!

Single digit dance!!

 

[sunburnin]

I found that and printed it the other day! I was thinking I might take it with us and use it as a reference if need be. I noticed a spot on there where it says you can leave your snorkel gear while exploring the Baths - I don't know if I feel safe doing that - we will probably carry ours with us - I guess we'll see when we get there... We are also thinking we should take a backpack with us for whatever we need to carry - are you guys doing this also?

ONLY 8 DAYS TO GO!!!

They actually have lockers nearby for $2.50 rental. I remember them from 7 years ago and here's a nice description (including this) from someone else: http://www.epinions.com/review/The_Baths_National_Park/content_109215321732

You will all love the Baths! As I've said before if my daughter was older, we'd have gone on this trip. Shoot.... we'll just have to go again in a few years

 

[ametaldiva]

We are actually going through the DCL excursion but there is about 2 hours to explore on our own. We are bringing a backpack and a messenger bag to carry our stuff. If we need to leave them to go into the water, we have a waterproof pouch and a waterproof safe for our money and credit cards.



Glad you got your room number!!

Single digit dance!!

We are doing the DCL tour also and we have a little waterproof case that we got at Typhoon Lagoon a long time ago so we can use that to put our money/cards in! Thanks!

They actually have lockers nearby for $2.50 rental. I remember them from 7 years ago and here's a nice description (including this) from someone else: http://www.epinions.com/review/The_Baths_National_Park/content_109215321732

You will all love the Baths! As I've said before if my daughter was older, we'd have gone on this trip. Shoot.... we'll just have to go again in a few years

Thanks for the great info! I am looking at the epinions site now - I'm so glad they have lockers available to use if we decide we need one! I think this excursion is going to be awesome!

 

[aznaphrodite]

They actually have lockers nearby for $2.50 rental.

Thanks for the info! This is great to know!!

We are doing the DCL tour also and we have a little waterproof case that we got at Typhoon Lagoon a long time ago so we can use that to put our money/cards in! Thanks!

Are you doing the "Tour to Virgin Gorda" or "Day at the Baths"? We're on "Tour to Virgin Gorda"!

I hit Page 70!!

 

[lsutigger2]

adnil530: Sounds like a semi-plan. I'm sure we'll see each other around the ship and make better plans closer to that day - Wednesday. maybe we'll even convince some others to join us. I don't remember what time our island tour gets back to the ship.


Next week at this time we'll be packing our suitcases or have them packed.



And the next day, flying off to Orlando.
And the next day, we'll all be dancing with

 

[ametaldiva]

Thanks for the info! This is great to know!!



Are you doing the "Tour to Virgin Gorda" or "Day at the Baths"? We're on "Tour to Virgin Gorda"!

I hit Page 70!!

We are doing the Tour to Virgin Gorda - I just hope it gives us enough time to explore as much as we want in the Baths!

 

[aznaphrodite]

We are doing the Tour to Virgin Gorda - I just hope it gives us enough time to explore as much as we want in the Baths!

Yay! We will see you there then, Michelle!!

 

[lsjones]

My girls are looking to "meet" other kids their age before sailing. Kelsey is 12 and Sarah is 8. If your kids are interested in talking to them before sailing, please feel free to pm me!!