Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas Repositioning Cruise - Tortola British Virgin Islands Photos And Journal - November 23, 2006
Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas
Caribbean Repositioning Cruise
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 23, 2006
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Cruising Through British Virgin Islands Arriving At Road Town, British Virgin Islands Port Of Road Town, British Virgin Islands Freddie's Fun Bus Guana Island Murals Describing Life In Historic Tortola Cane Garden Bay The Tree House Bar, Lounge And Pool Miscellaneous Ship Items Midnight Chocolate BuffetI woke up this morning and worked on my photos some before heading to get mom and dad for breakfast. We got up to the Windjammer Café at about 10:00 AM. I had another salmon, shrimp and cheese omelet which was great. We started to see the British Virgin Islands out of the front of the ship while we ate.
After finishing breakfast we headed up to the front of the ship on deck 10 to watch us head into Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. We definitely made it to warmer weather now as it was about 85 degrees out. The bridge of the boat was packed with people watch us sail into the port. We approached Tortola between Scrub Island and The Dog Islands. There were a bunch of sailboats out today. An ominous sight was the remains of a shipwrecked boat on a reef during our approach.
A pilot boat came out and dropped off a pilot to steer the boat into Road Town. A sailboat crossed in front of our path while we were making our approach and the pilot hit the Grandeur of the Seas horn and it scared the hell out of everyone on the forward bridge. The guy next to me must have jumped a foot in the air. We pulled into Road Town and docked next to the MSC Lirica which looked smaller than our ship originally but once we docked they looked the same size.
Mom and dad had left me on the bridge earlier and they had decided to stay aboard today. I headed out with no plans other than to walk through town at about 1:45 PM. Right behind me when I got on the dock were Carol, John, Alison and Eric, who said they were going to see what the travel agent was going to do. Unfortunately for them the travel agent had no plans. We got separated as I started taking pictures and I ended up taking about five pictures of people at the Tortola Welcome sign at the pier. I walked out of the pier area and John saw me and came off a bus they had just gotten on and told me they were going to go on Freddie’s Fun Bus for a $15 2 1/2 hour tour of the island. It was hot as hell and Freddie looked like he had the most modern of all the tour busses including air conditioning. Most of the tour busses were open air. So I decided to join them. It was a priceless tour.
Freddie cracked me up almost continually throughout the day.
First, he kept asking people to join the tour as we drove down Road Town’s Main Street. Second, he was just talking a mile a minute. Carol turned around and laughingly asked me how many times he said the word fun. “We’re going to have fun and Freddie’s fun bus.â€