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Whew, a group of 16! We are boarding Escape July 3. Can't wait. The train to Venice might be a good option to book in advance. https://www.trenitalia.com/en/purchase.html Have fun!

If the cruise is full the early booking of shows will be a huge benefit!

Good info here, we will be visiting next July, in Valletta port from 7AM to 1PM so a whirlwind tour is in store. Thinking the best bet is grab a taxi for 5 hours first thing and head to Mdina then Ghar Lapsi to snorkel a bit, visit Mnajdra / Hagar / Blue Grotto and back to Hypogeum. The archeological sites all open at 10AM which makes the whirlwind even more challenging. Is that possible? Any other ideas?

The Epic shower is fine, the toilet space is a drag as it forces everyone else in the cabin to experience your nature calls, unless that's your thing 😂

Forget Miami beach, depending on how much time you have do an Everglades air boat ride or a nice drive to Key Largo

😂 Random "speech" to text laziness

You can find out here along with other ships in port the same day: https://crew-center.com/saint-lucia-cruise-ports-schedules You have to scroll to the bottom to view all dates. VOS April 6th will be a Castries FWIW

For some local vibe you could try Brewers Bay beach, a beautiful slice of paradise but limited services, it's only 2 miles from the dock, take a cab but be aware it might take a bit to catch one back from there, get the cab phone #, or you could walk back. The locals go to snorkel with the ever present sea turtles there. I think food trucks are around too.

This guy did a great job, just uploaded:

Thanks for posting this, getting excited about our April 2 VOTS!

Try here : Cruise Deck Plan Database and Pictures

Interesting tech discussion but back to the OP, on upcoming cruise I plan on using a blue tooth speaker and will play occasionally at low volume for ambiance. No rap, metal, or hip pop, just cool ocean vibes, Sven Van Hees comes to mind ✌️ Oh here's a crazy story, last summer I was at Zion, hiking in the Canyons and a kid behind us cranks up dumb jams on a boom box. I told him God's music was a lot better... took him a few minutes to get it and he turned it off.. yay!

I've gone from tux in MDR and show, to shorts n stuff later to relax and get those (you know who you are, lol ) glares

Cane Bay St Croix is a shore dive, and a good shop right there. Starts sandy and shallow then gets to some good coral about 20' deep then on to 50' and to the deepest wall in the Caribbean about 200 yards out.

Thanks for the informative thread. Glad you had a great time, will be there Spring Break!