Beautiful St. Thomas and again temperatures in the 80’s. We are blessed.
We had not plans so we got off the ship at about 9am and walked
into the shopping area by the pier.
We were at a new port in St. Thomas that is exclusively
Royal Caribbean’s or which Celebrity is part, so we did not know what to
expect. After looking around and not
finding anything very interesting, we took a jitney into the main town.
We explored it for a while and then took a jitney back to
the ship.
At this time it was 11:30am so we went up onto the deck for
some sun.
At 12:30pm we met Jeff and Vera on the back of the ship for
lunch. Several years ago before we knew
them, they had met a casino manager who had been promoted and is now the Guest Relations
Manager for this ship. His wife and 2
children are with him over the holidays and they all joined us for lunch.
Tonight, for New Year’s Eve, everyone was in a party mood,
so it was just really a lot of fun.
We went to the 7pm show before dinner and it was a cast
production number that was very good.
Then we went to our restaurant called Blu for dinner and had
a great dinner with Jeff & Vera.
Of course, next was the casino where Ed did very well and
Barb broke even so it was a very good night in the casino.
New Years Eve was amazing.
It looked like the entire ship, which is over 2,000 people were jammed
onto the pool decks for the New Years party which started at 11:30pm. There was also a full moon out and it was a
fun way to celebrate New Year’s. Then
probably 5 minutes after midnight, it started to rain so we headed down to the
casino to wish the staff a happy new year’s also.
Tomorrow is a sea day and it will be fun just relaxing
around the ship
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Bye the way, the pictures are not a good as we would like
them as the photo editing program that I used is not available now that I
updated browsers. Sorry about that.
To all our family – please know we are thinking of you all
and have a Happy, Happy New Year to one and all.
Hugs and Love – Mom and Ed.
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| Just have to shop here!! |
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| Our ship |
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| Getting ready for some sun - note the lotion on the knees. Too hot for oil yet. |
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| Ready to party on New Year's Eve |
