August 7, 2004 Magic...who's going?

[gometros]

Have a great time Hope and Denise, as if you need any urging.

 

[gometros]

Question for those of you who cruised last year. Judy and I just booked the Carnival Legend for next year. We're going with close friends of ours (I may have mentioned them before - their youngest daughter is Elana's virtual twin since they were born the same day) It goes to San Juan, St. Thomas and Tortola. Since you had expereince with the first two, I had a few questions. I don't recall what times youwere in each port, but I suspect our times will be different. We'r ein San Juan from 3pm until midnight and St. Thomas from 7:00am until 6:00pm. I'm not as concerned with St.Thomas, but do yo uhave any ideas on what to do in San Juan at night?

 

[jeanneg]

If El Morro is open late enough to give you enough time to visit, I would do that. It's the fort you always see pictured in PR promos. We walked to it because we had plenty of time and we were basically ambling with some friends of ours that live in PR, but it is a quite a distance and I would probably recommend taking a taxi if you're pressed for time. It's a self-guided tour and probably requires at least 90 minutes to do it justice. It's a great spot for photos though. You can also do the Bacardi rum distillery tour, but again you will need to check the hours. And finally, there's a very nice hotel (I think it's the Wyndham, or something like that) that is just a block or two from where the ship docks and they have a casino. The payouts were pretty bad since they are the only casino in that area. If you are going to be there during the evening hours I would take a taxi to the Condado area (still part of San Juan) and visit the casinos on the strip there. Since there is more competition, the payouts will probably be better.

 

[luv2boys]

I don't have anything to add about San Juan. Went there 20 years ago after high school on a Carnival cruise. I do remember the fort. It's really interesting.

However, if you have any questions about St. Thomas ask away and I'll ask Jesse since he has basicaly lived there for the last two years.

 

[gometros]

However, if you have any questions about St. Thomas ask away and I'll ask Jesse since he has basicaly lived there for the last two years.

Life must be tough

 

[wendym]

Mum and I did the rainforest tour - El Yunke(sp?) - and loved that. however with arriving later I would recommend El Morro too. We thoroughly enjoyed our day there.
If you haven't been to St John, from St Thomas, I can also recommend that.
Wendy

 

[gometros]

When we went in 2001 we took the St. John's tour. We'll probably fo back to St. Johns again. I've heard a lot of good things about Secret Harbor. When we were there last, we couldn't do Trunk Bay because the urf was so rough.

 

[luv2boys]

They boys and I spent 10 days there right before school started back and we went to several of the different beaches. We went to St. John and Trunk Bay and I was kind of disappointed by the underwater snorkel tour. The snorkeling was very good; however we found the snorkeling at Coki Beach by Coral World to be much better. Magen's Bay we went to day after day for a week as it turned out to be our favorite being the most beautiful and able to snorkel in shallow water for the boys. You really did not even need a mask. There were a lot of fish. Here's a quote from Nicholas (imagine coming from him through his snorkel) - "I just saw an angel fish bigger than my head!!" Another favorite thing about Magen's Bay was that they had a snack place that had a lot of choices of food (pizza, hamburgers, salads, sandwiches, ice cream, chicken) and it was good and cheap. All four of us could eat for $20.00 whereas on St. John one of us could not eat for less than $25.00.

 

[wendym]

Amy
Mum and I loved Magen's Bay too - wonderful memories being there last year with Denise and Andy. We did St John's in 2001 (I think!) on our own and did the SNUBA - I think Trunk Bay just fit our image of the Caribbean.
Wendy

 

[wendym]

Just to let you know that our own Denise (eye R.N.) is famous - she has reports up on DEbs All ears site
http://allearsnet.com/cruise/cruise_repo1.htm!
Her and Hope are having a great time - Roy Disney is onboard as is our old friend Tom McAlpin - remember him Shelley!
They go through the Panama Canal tomorrow.
Wendy

 

[gometros]

Amy - thought you'd like to know that I was probably not too far from you on Monday morning and last week on Tuesday morning and Friday night. I'm in Wichita for a few weeks and fly in through Memphis. Of course, I'm only in Memphis for all of an hour

 

[sbennett]

refresh my memory....Tom Mcalpin....don't recall
We had a great visit (albeit very short ..dinner & coffee chat afterwards) with Jeanne & John in August while we were at my niece's wedding in Burlington NC. We loved it there...who knows may move there!

Shelley

 

[luv2boys]

No Sandy, not far at all. Let me know when you fly back through. I can meet you at the airport if you want. Of course, you'll have to go back through security but at Memphis, you can usually walk right through or just have to wait a very short time. Would love to see you!

 

[wendym]

Shelley - we were in the elevator together with what we thought was one of the actors from the Hercules stage show. He had on a Golden Mickeys polo shirt. So we asked what part he played and he laughed and said he was part of DCL management - he definitely didn't say he was the President! Just one of the daft things I remember.

 

[luv2boys]

I started a new website for Nicholas. The last one had "issues" and had to be deleted. Check it out!

 

[sbennett]

To all of you who are lucky enough not to live in the Northeast...have you seen the ark yet? We have had 6 straight days of rain....last calculations was over 8 1/2 inches!!! I know Sandy's gotten a lot too. Saw the news report showing Suffern School's football field under water. Thank goodness most of our rain drains into the ocean or thru the sandy soil, we don't have rivers to worry about but the local ponds have gone way out of their borders. As a matter of fact in the Village of East Hampton, we have "Town Pond" as you enter the village and right next to it is a cemetary dating back to the 1600's, well....some of those people might think they've been buried at sea, the water's up a good 8-10 inches on some of the headstones.
It's supposed to stop raining tomorrow sometime...sure hope so!

 

[wendym]

Will start a reverse rain dance for you all!! Seriously though I hope that everybody comes out of this ok and that it stops soon.
Wendy

 

[luv2boys]

Nicholas got home from the hospital today. I have updated his caringbridge page.

 

[wendym]

Thank goodness he is home - please give him our love.
Wendy and Doreen
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[luv2boys]

Today is Nicholas' five year anniversary. You can check out his website to read and see pictures about our celebration trip to see david bailey (and Mark Schultz).

Shelley- Thank you so much again for finding out who wrote the song He's My Son. We found out he was in St. Louis the same weekend as david so we had to go. We got to meet him and talk to him about that song. There is a picture of him also on the webpage.