~May 7, 2011~ 7-night Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the Magic!

rusafee1183 · Jan 18, 2011

BeccaBeeHappy said:
What is this guavaberry drink you speak of?? I haven't heard of it and am very interested! Can you get it anywhere in Philipsburg?

I think it's at the "Guavaberry Emporium" or something. It's on Front Street in Phillipsburg from what I understand. I keep hearing rave reviews about the Guavaberry Colada :goodvibes

I think I may buy a bottle...or two :rolleyes1

.... to bring home if we like it :thumbsup2

http://www.guavaberry.com/guavaberry.htm

BeccaBeeHappy · Jan 21, 2011

We found out Wednesday that there are mandatory days that can't be missed during our planned cruise so we've had to change our trip a bit.

So...although I'm sad we won't be joining you guys on the May 7th cruise, we just re-booked to to do the Westbound Transatlantic on Sep. 10th! We both had the time to take off and the price wasn't much different at all (cruise and flight wise given what we've already handed over to the airlines already) so.....I guess everything does work out sometimes!

Here's wishing you safe travels my friends!
:love:

Lexa · Jan 21, 2011

Sorry to hear that you are not going with us Becca...but I'm sure you two will enjoy your cruise in September!

Smooth sailing to you too!

Minniemiss · Jan 22, 2011

Becca, We are considering the Sept Repo. We may see you there.

Well this thread has convinced me that we will be doing the Turtle excursion. :cool1:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2639596

Minniemiss · Jan 23, 2011

Here's a quick question. How dressed up will you be for formal, semi formal and Pirate night?

In the past DH has had a tux for formal, white dinner jacket for semi, and we have black polo shirts with Pirate logo on pocket for Pirate night.

I wore coctail length for formal and short black dress for semi formal.

We're not sure if we are going to dress up as much for Formal and Semi this time.

Lexa · Jan 23, 2011

We are jeans/shirt family. That said doesn't mean that we will not dress up a little, we will not go to those dinners in jeans. For Pirate night me and DH will have t-shirts with something on it...like pirate or so....didn't buy shirts yet, and I got costumes for my kids (friends helped with used ones).

MinnieMeg · Jan 23, 2011

Sorry to hear you won't be with us Becca. Have a wonderful time on your repo cruise.

DH will be wearing a suit for formal and semi. I have a dress for semi, but am still hunting for a formal, either cocktail or floor length, whichever looks better.

bellanapoli · Jan 23, 2011

DH has a dark suit that we'll be bringing and I'm leaning toward doing an onboard tuxedo rental. If I don't, he'll probably wear that suit for both.

I have a black cocktail dress I was planning on wearing for formal night. I haven't quite figured out semi-formal yet.

I'm looking forward to getting dressed up, especially for the photos. It's been a while since we've had a nice night out.

Minniemiss · Jan 24, 2011

bellanapoli said:
DH has a dark suit that we'll be bringing and I'm leaning toward doing an onboard tuxedo rental. If I don't, he'll probably wear that suit for both.

I have a black cocktail dress I was planning on wearing for formal night. I haven't quite figured out semi-formal yet.

I'm looking forward to getting dressed up, especially for the photos. It's been a while since we've had a nice night out.

We love the onboard tux rental. We get the black and white coat option. Especially the shoe rental as DH wears a 13 and his shoes take up a lot of space. :lmao:

rusafee1183 · Jan 24, 2011

I'm glad you guys are talking about the attire situation - because we're kind of at a loss. This is our 1st cruise and I don't really know what to expect.

For formal and semi-formal nights, I have 2 cocktail length dresses. One is black and has a little sparkle to it. It's a bit tighter and a *little* sexier - and the other one is black, but has big colorful flowers on it and has tulle under it, so it has a little bit of a fuller skirt. Not sure when to wear which one. Any suggestions?

We're not sure what to do for DH yet. At this point all he has is a nice shirt and tie. He doesn't even have a suit.... :confused:

We aren't sure if we should do a tux rental or buy a suit

bellanapoli · Jan 24, 2011

Good to hear your experience with the onboard rental. That seems the easiest way to go. I've been toying with trolling ebay for one but then I've got to find him some shoes and all the other pieces... I may be more painless to just rent the whole thing.

Minniemiss · Jan 25, 2011

bellanapoli said:
Good to hear your experience with the onboard rental. That seems the easiest way to go. I've been toying with trolling ebay for one but then I've got to find him some shoes and all the other pieces... I may be more painless to just rent the whole thing.

We found a Mickey vest and bowtie on ebay. :thumbsup2

We like the rental as it means less to pack and haul.

Lexa · Jan 25, 2011

Minniemiss said:
We found a Mickey vest and bowtie on ebay. We like the rental as it means less to pack and haul.

Wow...thats a good find

rusafee1183 · Jan 25, 2011

I'm still trying to figure out what beach to go to at St Maarten.... is anyone else nervous about taking the taxi's?

I think I watch too many crime dramas :rolleyes:

.....

Minniemiss · Jan 25, 2011

rusafee1183 said:
I'm still trying to figure out what beach to go to at St Maarten.... is anyone else nervous about taking the taxi's?

I think I watch too many crime dramas .....

We go on DCL excursions. Murphy's law would get me if I booked on my own. I know it's cheaper to do some on your own, but I look at my watch enough while on vacation and don't want to obsess about it any more than I do. :rotfl:

The Maho beach looks fun. I think it's the one where the planes fly right over. I'm not sure if DCL has an excursion.

We may do the two flags tour.

bellanapoli · Jan 25, 2011

We just made a reservation for a tour with Bernard's Tours for the day. He got great reviews here and on crusecritic so I figured I'd go for it. I didn't want to deal with taxis - not for the crime but just the fact we don't really know where we want to go.

Bernard does an island tour with a stop at both Maho Beach and Orient Beach which is fine by us. DS is 4 and doesn't have much of an attention span for the beach anyway so we weren't looking for a full day beach experience. Plus, I told DH there may be topless women at Orient Beach and it quickly became a "must" on his list! :rotfl2:

rusafee1183 · Jan 25, 2011

Minniemiss said:
We go on DCL excursions. Murphy's law would get me if I booked on my own. I know it's cheaper to do some on your own, but I look at my watch enough while on vacation and don't want to obsess about it any more than I do. The Maho beach looks fun. I think it's the one where the planes fly right over. I'm not sure if DCL has an excursion.

We may do the two flags tour.

This is what I'm afraid about. I think that if I don't go with DCL, I'll be obsessing the whole time about making it back to ths ship on time that I won't be able to relax fully and enjoy myself. :eek:

We're definitely doing an excursion on our St Thomas day. It's probably going to be Captain Nautica, but maybe the Doubloon sail. Still not too sure.

And I am still up in the air about the FE thing.... I'm trying to see if I can find anything fun first before I commit to doing it :thumbsup2