Port time: 11-5
Evening Attire: Cruise Casual (Carioca's)
Evening Entertainment: Disney Dreams - an enchanted classic
Drink of the day: Stingray
Our last full day aboard the Magic and we traveled to St. Kitts. There was much going on, starting with The Princess Gathering. On embarkation day, I saw in the Navigators that we could pick up tickets for 2 things: Elsa and Anna meet N greet and Princesses. They were only handing them out from 12-3 at the Port Adventure Desk. The princesses were also on sea day like our Elsa and Anna tickets but we couldn't make the times work so she checked the morning of St. Kitts and got us a 9 am time.
DD9 doesn't like meet n greets but she agreed to go if I went through the line too. So the 3 girls met Cinderella, Belle & Tiana. The line was orderly and a short wait. I don't like the scheduled ticket things but they do work well. . .
After the gathering, it was time to head to Palo's brunch. Our reservation was for 10 am. Thursday night, I got a message asking if I wanted to do 9:30 instead because we would be arriving in St. Kitts early. I said of course.
H decided he didn't want to go. So I went alone. And really didn't mind. I had Susana again from Portugal. She was lovely as always. Brunch is very different from dinner and if I had to choose one, I would do brunch every time. There were all sorts of breads, sweets, seafood, antipasto and other things on the table for a buffet line. There was also hot dishes of Chicken Parmasan, Pastas, Eggs benedict, pizzas and other things to order from the server. I ordered several dishes to taste. And then had a cup of english tea to end. I watched out the window as we sailed into St. Kitts. It was a perfect time. They did not charge me for H not coming, which was nice of them.
I really wanted to take a cab ride to the lookout and see the seas meet the ocean but I didn't think about us arriving early, I might have been able to do it before our zipline excursion. This was set for 12:15 pm. We ended up getting back at 3:30 and we didn't want to risk our all-aboard time of 5 by taking a taxi to the lookout. Oh well, next time!
We booked a zip line with Disney because there is only one on the island and it was contracted out thru them. We couldn't get a private booking.
It was an ok time. Only 4 lines and it paled in comparison to New Zealand (we were spoiled on that one!) but it is a great first time line for those who have never done it. And it had a lovely view of the ocean. The girls sure liked it.
We were bussed back to the port and walking through the square, we encountered the monkeys. It was a little sad to see these baby monkeys in diapers, clinging to each other. One pair was trying to escape their handler. I saw several men with pairs of baby monkeys on our way back to the ship. I'm sure I read somewhere that if you are within arm's reach of these men, they throw the monkeys on you and then demand payment. So we kept a safe distance from them.
They are super cute though, it would be hard to resist them.
Once back on the ship, the girls went swimming one last time for a short period. The day had been sort of rainy off and on and the people I talked to were disappointed in their beach days and such so I guess zip lining was a good way to go.
It was time to get ready for our final dinner. The menu was Till we Meet Again. We chatted with our servers and told them how much we enjoyed our meals with them. I would highly recommend Esther as your server. Fabio was getting off this time, as his contract was up but she is a good one to have. She told us that our section was usually with VIPs and concierge guests so we felt honored we were included in her rotation. We did tip them extra, along with Ronald, our stateroom host. Everything was outstanding.
Our final show was Disney Dreams. It was, of course, great. We packed our bags and set them out and then it was time for bed.
Breakfast the next morning was at 7 in Carioca's. We were the only ones in our station to eat. Esther told us stories about her experiences and we were reluctant to go but knew she had another crew coming at 8:15.
The ship was cleared at 7:45 and we walked right off and found our luggage. We walked right through customs/immigrations. Cabs were waiting and we were at the airport in 20 minutes. It was a long flight home but I was happy to meet with a friend in Charlotte for our layover. She looks lovely as always. Our flight to MSP was delayed an hour and then we had the 3.5 hour ride home putting us in our beds at 3:30 a.m.
The week went by quickly but we loved every minute of it. I would highly recommend a Southern Caribbean cruise. Our island favorites were:
1) St. Lucia
2) Barbados
3) St. Kitts
4) Grenada
5) Antigua
Best excursion goes to Barbados Cat and Silver Moon.
And that puts us at the end, my friends. Thank you for sharing our adventure!
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