LIVE 💎 Jewel 💎 of the Seas - Southern Caribbean 1/20/24

[SteelCityCruiser10]

2 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said:

 

STEELCITY,  My Son just flew over the ship on a helicopter heading to a Sandals property.  He sent me the video from the chopper.  Ill try to send it to you.  Dan

I saw that helicopter if it was as we were backing off the dock.  Around 4:15 ish our time.  

[ticketsunlimited]

3 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

I saw that helicopter if it was as we were backing off the dock.  Around 4:15 ish our time.  

That was them!!  Let me see if I can send it.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Snorkeling stop.  I forget the name of the little cove.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beer vendor among other things.  Quite a character.  Also note the Santa hat.  Nice touch!

 

 

Beers were 3 for $10.

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Cruising to the Pitons…

 

Video:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had the fishing poles out.  No luck.

I asked how often they caught something & he said every 6 months.  😳  We did have something on twice but they fought their way off the line.

 

 

 

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

16 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said:

That was them!!  Let me see if I can send it.

How’s that for a coincidence!  Awesome.  That’s got to be quite a view from a helicopter flying into St Lucia.  The small airport is right on the other side of the inlet from where we docked.  The guide pointed it out.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Last stop is the Pitons.  We anchored right up close to the beach.  Swam in the shadow of the pitons.  Water was perfect.  Shoreline a bit rocky in the shallow water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

These pics are cruising back to the ship.  It was a decent time back maybe 30-45 minutes cruising.  Rum punches were flowing and music was blasting Joan Jett, AC ⚡️ DC and all the great tunes you’d expect.  People danced (who were not me).  Great time and spectacular views.  

 

Water was pretty rough on the way back but they didn’t put out barf bags on the rails or close the top deck 😜😜😜

 

 

 

Water Taxi

 

 

 

 

Edited January 25 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Gotta have a line shot 

 

 

[h20skibum]

Last time we were there, the captain took the ship right up to the Pitons, and spun the ship around.  We were on the helipad, which gave some nice views.

 

Your weather has looked great,  All we have had here is snow, then rain through today.  You picked a good week.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

9 hours ago, LEMJMcC said:

No doubt far inferior to Iron City beer!

Far inferior 😳🤪

cheers 🍻

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Sail Away 

 

 

 

The cow in the small pasture is my favorite part…

 

Edited January 25 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SteelCityCruiser10]

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[SteelCityCruiser10]

MDR for the first time tonight.  Made 8:15 reservations in the app earlier.  Lobster night and formal night.

[Ocean Boy]

2 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

After Rodney Bay we headed back past our ship the other direction.  We cruised to through Marigot Bay next.  Some nice boats in there as well.  Beautiful place!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Marigot we stopped for the first time.  This was the snorkeling stop.  We aren’t into that but others were commenting the snorkeling wasn’t that great.  This is were the boat vendors appear.  🍻

 

 

Looks like it has turned into a beautiful day.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

On 1/24/2024 at 8:15 AM, island lady said:

Hello from twin sister Serenade.  Nice review you have going on!  🙂 

 

A couple of questions.   Does the circle bar in the VCL spin around?  I can't remember which ship still has that working.  And speaking of working, our pool tables do not work on the "floating/gyro"  system...either one of them since we boarded 47 days ago.  One of the 3 outbound elevators has been stuck on deck 12 since we boarded as well.  Ugh...😣

 

Are you using Chops for breakfast?  When we did 2 different B2Bs last year out of PC, we finally gave up with the really bad service in there.  Was very surprised how good it was in the restaurant after that.  On this ship, the Chops breakfast is the best ever.  Great food and service.  

 

Ehh..win some lose some.  😉  

 

Enjoy the rest of your cruise! 

 

 

I confirmed the vortex bar DOES spin on this ship!!

[SteelCityCruiser10]

1 minute ago, Ocean Boy said:

Looks like it has turned into a beautiful day.

It did!  Started out a little dreary but gradually shaped up to be a nice day.  It was touch and go there for a minute lol 😆 

[doghog]

1 hour ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

 

 

I confirmed the vortex bar DOES spin on this ship!!

All the ships bars spin when I lose count of how many drinks I've had. 😁🍺

[Miss Vickie]

We’ve done that spin by the Pitons a number of times, but they can no longer do it. There was a guy who used to come up to the ship in a small boat and beg from people on the balconies. The government was afraid he’d get squashed, so no more pitons spin.

[SteelCityCruiser10]

Maine Lobster did not disappoint.  I could eat several of them with ease so I added an order of tortellini.  Very much enjoyed it.  

 

 

 

Edited January 26 by SteelCityCruiser10

[SG65CB]

5 minutes ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

Maine Lobster did not disappoint.  I could eat several of them with ease so I added an order of tortellini.  Very much enjoyed it.  

 

 

And they served them both at the same time. Interesting. 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

We finished dinner quickly so we could make the 9:15 headliner show.  Gold Art Duo.  It thought it was very entertaining.  A good mix of magic, acrobatics, dancing & humor.

 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

The dreaded luggage tags have appeared 

 

[SteelCityCruiser10]

We are really rocking again.  Leaving the theatre was zig zagging my way to Vintages and it wasn’t from the Tito’s this time.