Yesterday we made plans with Brian, Lynn's brother, on where we would meet him. Not an easy task as there are 5 cruise ships in port plus a US aircraft carrier with 4500 sailors on R&R. The ports are busy, the roads more so. As we approach we learn that Princess has encountered another itinerary change. There are 2 ports in St Thomas. We are now assinged to the other one. After a few text messages a new meeting place is established. Actually to our benefit as we now are at least 30 minutes closer to where Brian and Noel are staying.
The ship is cleared and we are off for the day. The Marriot time share is very nice, but we are unable to get lunch there today. We drive to the nearby Westin resort. The main dining area only has seating in full sun. We decline and instead go to a restaurant near the beach. We were told they serve Hamburgs, just what we were looking for. Parking is scarce and the roads very rough and narrow. Forget the fact that they drive on the left side here. We are taken to the beach location in a golf cart.
Looking at the menu, everything is seafood. Neither Brian nor I can eat it. We explain to our waitress the we were told they served burgers, chicken etc here. She talked to the chef. Of course he would fix us whatever we wanted.
Lunch was good and we had a nice view of the anchored G W Ford, aircraft carrier. Our nice visit must conclude. We are back to the ship in plenty of time to clean up for dinner.
Yes dinner. As I mentioned earlier there are 21 in our group, including our travel agent. An obscure fact that no one would pass on to us was the fact that when you book as a group with Princess the only dining option you have in 7:30 fixed dining time. No other option is allowed. I say allowed because until a few weeks before sailing Princess wouldn't share that detail with anyone, instead a day or two after someone would make a different dining reservation it would just get cancelled. It was only after many phone calls by the TA did someone at Princess share this little detail. Is it a big deal no, but the way it wasn't handled was very poor.
Service in the dining room is as you would expect with a table of 10 and 11 which includes 4 children. Even made more difficult as half of us switch tables each night to mix up the company. The staff manages to get us served in time to make the show each night. So far they have been good.
The weather remains excellent. Tonight we head to St. Marten.
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