Greetings!
I'm delighted to share with you the
latest developments for our
upcoming trip! Sixteen weeks from this weekend
we'll be meeting
in Miami. The next four months will fly by with
enjoyable
anticipation. So many more of you have booked with
us that I
am down to the last three inside staterooms for $852
per person.
After those are gone, the lowest rate
available will be a $952
per person inside stateroom (Category "Q" in the brochure).
I've
arranged to add some of these to our group because I
don't want to
tell any of you, "We're all sold out" if you still want
to join in
the fun. Please book your flight to Fort Lauderdale
or Miami as soon
as you can after you decide to join us for this cruise.
I've found the
airfares into these two airports climb each month as
the sailing date
approaches. Latecomers scramble to find the last
seats available
on those flights with convenient times for boarding the
cruise ships.
Now on to the next segment of your virtual cruise with:
DAY FOUR ON THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE SEAS
In the last segment I concluded by
dreaming of today's arrival
at St. Thomas and sailing to Buck Island for some great
snorkeling.
Imagine my surprise to learn that instead we're in St.
Maarten on
Wednesdays aboard the Enchantment of the Seas!
(I simply forgot
to double check my brochure before composing the Tuesday
"report").
Actually, that confusion won't happen
aboard the ship because
each port is "previewed" with entertaining talks the
day before to
better prepare you for taking full advantage of the best
things to
do in every port.
St. Maarten is a beautiful Caribbean
island that has a unique
geography. Half of the island is French and half
is Dutch. You
will find the island spelled two different ways because
of this. It
is the home of my favorite "shore package" of any cruise,
sailing
the America's Cup yachts.
Over a decade ago, when the America's
Cup was sailed in
twelve meter design yachts, some entrepreneurs purchased
several
of the "retired" competition yachts and ever since have
offered
passengers on cruise ships the opportunity to serve as
crew on
them, sailing an actual race around a shortened America's
Cup
course. It's always great fun. Several years
ago I was the main
sheet trimmer aboard Dennis Connor's old "Stars and Stripes"
that
won the Cup! (we won our race too.)
I'm told that St. Maarten has some
beautiful "clothes optional"
beaches (for Libertarians so inclined.) It's fun
to take a tour that
travels to both sides of the island giving you a nice
history of the
island. Once the exploring is done, we reboard
the ship and watch
from the deck rail as we sail away. Then it's on
to another gourmet
dinner with our new friends and a good dose of nightlife
activities.
Tomorrow we really will be at St. Thomas so don't stay
up too late.
Cheers!
Ken
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219-833-6700 e-mail:kbisson@usa.net
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