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St. Thomas, USVI - Round 2

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St. Thomas, USVI March  7, 2011 We had been to St. Thomas the year before on our Honeymoon cruise so much of the excursions were similar to the year before. After not really finding anything worth the money to do we decided to just make that a more casual day by hanging around the port and going into Charlotte Amalie.  After getting up and enjoying a leisurely morning we got off the ship around lunch time and headed to Hooters. I know they have them in the states but we enjoy the food and atmosphere when we went the year before that we definitely wanted to stop back again.  The one thing we wanted to check out was the Skyride up to Paradise Point. My in-laws raved about the views and their pictures came out great. I would definitely recommend saving the money and just doing this yourself without the cruise line. It's right near the port so you do not have to walk very far and you can find discounted coupons in all the maps and books they hand out around the...

St. Thomas, USVI

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St. Thomas, USVI NCL Pearl January 20, 2010 The third stop on our cruise was to St. Thomas, USVI. Our shore excursion was the Castaway Girl Barefoot Sail & Snorkel. When we got into St. Tomas we docked and were able to get off the ship at our leisure. We of course were one of the first groups of people off the ship and were able to walk up and down the dock to take in the views around us. We had a more difficult time finding where we were suppose to go because nobody had signs that showed our tour name. After searching for a few minutes we were able to find a girl with the tour company who took our tickets and told us where to meet the crew of the Castaway Girl.   Views of St. Thomas from the dock. After waiting on the dock for awhile we started to see more people that were taking the trip with us and eventually we saw our boat coming into the harbor.   Castaway Girl II We were met by one of the crew men named Tim who showed us to the boa...