The Cruise - yes, I'm finishing the Cruise!

I have been WOEFULLY behind on the blog, specifically on the end of the cruise. I need to finish that trip before I put up pictures from Ann and the kid's trip to Sweden (yes Doris, I'm working on it).

So...back to the cruise.

When we last left our intrepid travelers, we had just spent 2 glorious days at sea. The morning of our third day, we pulled into St. Maarten.

The Port of St. Maarten

After a quick breakfast, we headed off to the Tiki Hut Snorkel adventure. We took a little shuttle boat (more on that in a bit) out to this little floating tiki hut. The folks working the hut were great, and provided us with snorkle gear and a bit of training, and we were off into the water.

Tiki Hut Snorkeling

Well, mostly.

Ann and Jennie in the water, Jacob relaxing in the shade.

After a couple of hours in (and out of ) the water, we had a quick bite of lunch and headed back to the ship. On the way, the shuttle boat drive Derek, decided that Jacob looked like he could pilot the boat for a while, so Jacob jumped up to the helm and took control.

He looks calm and happy...




...but there were moments of 'concern'...

...but mostly, happy!

Captains Jacob and Derek

The obligatory tourist shot.

Liberty of the Seas and the Disney Magic

To give you an idea how big these ships are, the Disney Magic holds 2700 passengers and a crew of 700. Look how big the Royal Caribbean is next to the Magic! This ship is named the Liberty of the Seas, and has a capacity of 4,370 passengers , and a crew of 1300! Keep in mind, the bows are at the same point on the doc.

Next Stop - St Thomas/St. John!