This is my boat. Well - not my boat, but the boat I was on last week. This is the Disney Magic in the beautiful port of St. Thomas, USVI last Wednesday. The picture was taken from the top of the Paradise Point tram. This was one of three magical stops we made on an Eastern Caribbean itinerary.
After two days at sea (translation: pool time) we stopped first at St. Martin/St. Maarten. This island is split between the French West Indies (St. Martin) and the Netherland Antilles (St. Maarten). We went on a tour of both sides of the island, stopping at a Butterfly farm (great pics will soon be available) and did some (translation: a LOT of) shopping.
The next day we were in St. Thomas where I snapped this picture. In the morning we went on the tram ride and shopped a little (really!). In the afternoon we went on an incredible speed boat ride to a couple of awesome snorkelling spots. We had a very small group so we got to go to some spots only locals usually go. We saw lots of fish, three sea turtles, and a couple of stingrays so it was a VERY successful snorkel excursion.
We had another day at sea after St. Thomas, then a final stop at Disney's private island -Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. We spent some time feeding and snorkelling with stingrays here, followed by several hours of sun, sand, and surf at Serenity Bay (18 and over only at this beach).
Every night there was a fantastic show, followed by an incredible dinner, all done with service and a smile like only Disney can do. And the best part, we booked another cruise while we were there and it's only 1 year 5 months 13 days 5 hours 17 minutes 38 seconds away (OR 75 weekends OR 529 days OR 12,701 hours (8,467 waking hours) OR 762,077 minutes OR 45,724,657 seconds). That one will take us to the Mexican Riviera (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta) with all new things to see and do.
Let the countdown begin!
