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Is there any rock music played? Is it always club music or similar by the pool and throughout the ship and on the island? Thanks. 

Anyone know the earliest you can go to the MDR? I'm trying to see if I can sneak in dinner before 7:00 Blue Man. I have 2 kids, hence the early dinner. I know I can also do the Buffet to play it safe but was curious about MDR. Thanks.

Great close up of the aft balcony's now if I only knew which floor was which I could hone in on my very own 10th floor balcony....luvin this review....:D

This thread shows a lot of different outside shots if you want to try your luck. If you feel like going through the whole thread yours or at least one close may show up.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1242766

Thanks again for the insightful info Anne So glad I asked.

Hello everyone ~ thanks to all for the kind comments. We've been on a cruise (with a stop in St. Thomas and yes, we went to St. John) so I haven't been on the boards much recently.

 

Glad to hear so many are giving St. John a try.

 

Thom ~ thanks for returning and posting your experience with renting a car. One item to note for everyone, the car ferry schedule that Thom was on differs from the passenger only-ferry that we took. Passenger only ferries run every hour on the hour to and from St. John.

 

Gio ~ if Epic docks at Havensight you can easily make the 9:00 AM ferry (under normal circumstances) and yes, unfortunately, you'd want to take the 1:00 PM return ferry.

 

An update on per person costs to do the trip on your own to St. John:

 

Taxi to Red Hook - $20 per person roundtrip (a bit higher than last year but gas prices continue to go up). You can probably knock a $1 off on the return if you have the same taxi come back to pick you up. We didn't this time but should have. If you do, you must walk across the street as the morning taxi isn't permitted to pick up inside the ferry parking lot. There are two different taxi associations on St. Thomas. While it's a pain to walk through the parking lot and across the street with 24 people, I think it would have been easier than getting the taxi in the parking lot.

 

Ferry ticket - still $12 round trip.

 

St. John taxi to the beaches - $12 round trip to Trunk; $14 roundtrip to Cinnamon; $25 for an island tour of about 3 hours.

 

We had lunch at a restaurant in Mongoose Junction, a short walk to the ferry with several nice restaurant options.

 

Can't wait to go back....next visit is a land vacation!!!! ENJOY!

Thanks for the great info. If I book through the EPIC it seems like I get about 90 min in St.John. If I take 9:00 & 1:00 ferry as suggested it seems I will get about 3 hrs, so much more worthwhile. My one question is would it make any sense on the way back to take the Charlotte Amalie Ferry so I am closer to the ship just in case there is traffic? We are there Easter week with apparently many other huge ships. With the boat leaving at 4:00 I thought that might make sense or am I missing something? Thanks.

13091 is a covered balcony above open balconies on deck 8.

There are partially lifeboats below, partially (less obstructive) liferaft equipment.

 

Hello. Thanks for this great info. I'm in 13099 so based on this picture I believe I will be covered & possibly not have any lifeboats below me. If that is accurate it seems like a good choice. I do believe I made 2 rookie mistakes by picking a cabin with the bed in front so it sounds like it's going to be tight & I picked the starboard side. In hindsight I am assuming the port side will have better views on port days. Is there any advantage to the starboard side? Also does anyone know if I will have any issues with noise? The kids club is the deck above me but I think it's not directly above, I believe I just cleared it. I wonder if I should have played it safe & picked deck 12. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Thanks so much good advice.

Nice informative review & great photos, thanks. I have two 9 year old girls, they are decent swimmers but have never snorkeled. Do you think they would be OK there or would I need to be nervous about them getting scraped up by the coral if so shallow? Did you feel safe leaving your belongings on the beach. I know I can't leave anything of too much value there but my camera is not waterproof so I would have to figure out what to do with that. Is it also a nice place to swim? I'm hoping my wife will join us but she was stung by a stingray 2 years back & that was not a good experience to say the least. She stepped on a little guy by accident but he packed a punch. She is understandably a bit spooked. Did you notice any raft rentals that I can maybe get her to float on & pop her head in. Thank you in advance for any additional info.