Originally we had an excursion booked for today. We were supposed to go on the St John island tour, but found out that we would have to be up & clear customs by 6:45am, so it was a joint decision that we would do something different as neither one of us wanted to get up that early after we would be staying up late on pirate night. This surprised me when my DH brought it up for 2 reasons
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1) He doesnt like to waste money & excursions are non-refundable.
2) He is a morning person & likes getting up early, but not so much on vacation.
So we had actually decided on Tuesday that we were going to skip out on our excursion. While we were in the gym on Tuesday, we stopped to find out what specials they were having in the spa. I booked a hot stone massage for myself for Wed at 10:00 am & the plan was relaxation instead of the excursion. We would meet up in the rainforest room after my massage.
So we got up at 7:30 to head to the Walt Disney theatre to clear customs. It was a pretty painless process, but it really was just a formality as the officers barely glanced at our passports & it really kind seemed ridiculous to us. We headed to Parrot Cay to eat breakfastthis was our only breakfast all week that wasnt eaten at Topsiders. I still think Topsiders had a better selection
there we no Krispy Kreme jelly doughnuts at PC.
After breakfast, we decided walked around & looked at the island from Deck 10.
We decided that we would at least get off the ship & go over to the tram to get a nice view of the Magic & St Thomas.
Eric has a little of the Captain in him..........
We went over there, but there was a huge line & I was afraid that we would not make it back to the ship in time & I would be late for my massage, so we strolled around a little bit & took a few pictures of the Magic & then got right back on board.
I look tiny in front of her....
It was amazing
we werent outside that long & we didnt walk that far, but we were drenched in sweat from the time we were out there, so I had to take a quick shower before my massage.
I showed up at the Vista Spa a few minutes early & filled out their health questionnaire.
Eric headed to work out & we agreed to meet up in the Rainforest Room later. I was expecting a female masseuse but was greeted by Eric from Poland. I must say that I was a tad bit freaked out because I have only ever had 1 other massage & it was from a woman in Jamaica & I am a tad bit modest/shy. Anyway, he took me to my room & we chatted about specific areas that bothered me & the goal for the massage for me & he left me to changewith the instruction to undress to my level of comfort which I thought was nice.
I forgot all about being freaked out about 2 minutes into the massage. The warm stones & calming music had me so relaxed that soon I was about to go to sleep. This massage was HEAVENLY!!!!!!!! I would do this again in a heartbeat & it was a perfect way to pamper myself on my 40th birthday. I felt like a relaxed limp noodle when he was finished. He left me to get dressed & then came back with products that he thought would be helpful for me at home. I carry a lot of my tension in my neck & shoulders & I did end up buying the muscle ease oil & a calming lotion. I spent way too much money, but I have used both a few times since & they really do help. So feeling like a new woman, I went to the changing room & got in my swimsuit & robe & headed to the Rainforest Room. I got a couple of refreshing lemon & cucumber waters & took them in & there was my DH on one of the too die for heated recliners waiting for me.
There was hardly any one else there
.I think 2 or 3 other people & we really enjoyed our time here relaxing in the steam room & sauna but especially just relaxing in those loungers.
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.If you dont want to go ashore stay on the ship & enjoy the spa. It is so much less crowded on port days & you can even save money on the treatments. I think my massage was about 40$ cheaper.
After all our relaxing, we were starting to get a little hungry. We wanted to order room service since we hadnt done that yet. We stopped by Goofys & got a little snack because we knew room service would take awhile.
We watched Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix while waiting for our food. Everything was good
.but we especially enjoyed the All Hands on Deck cheese platter
A fajita sandwich & blt which we shared
The GIANT chocolate chip cookies-OMG these were so good.
Great lunch. I had a few Halloween treats to give out to my fellow DISERS so we put those in bags & went fish extender gifting again. After that we decided to head up to Deck 9 & get a drink of the day. We sat at Signals & enjoyed a Witches Brew. It was a nice drink & seemed appropriate being that it was Halloween.
Next up was a nap because we knew we were going to be up late tonight with all the Halloween festivities. We woke up & felt refreshed & ready to take on the night.
We wanted to go see Ratatouille so we headed on down to the WD theatre & grabbed a popcorn & drink & settled in to watch about Remy & his adventures in the culinary arts. It was a great movie & we really enjoyed seeing it.
Next update..........Halloween & dressing up is FUN!!!!!
I don't think they really understood when I explained that you guys were my DIS family. 
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Mary & Ellis had bought special pirate t-shirts in St Marteen & Ellis was hilarious
it said Surrender the Booty. We still hadnt met our other table mates, but the 6 of us had a nice pirate meal together. 
Holli. I am glad you are enjoying. I am having fun writing about it & it makes it possible to relive the trip all over again. I know you will have a great cruise & 3 months will pass quickly.
That's such a fun night!
