St. Maarten, St. Thomas, and Nassau

 Sunday, November 16, 2025 It's time to start retooling the brain!  But first Maureen and Robin are making an early morning Starbucks run and who am I to turn down a chai latte and blueberry muffin??  After all, there's not going to be a continuous flow of food any more! We are finally treated to a sunrise!! And watch the city of Miami greeting the new day. We're all sitting on our balconies with our morning treats and soon the seagulls discover us!  Gulp! We finish up, put our PJs and toiletries in our carry ons (or offs!) and go looking for Ma's wheelchair.  There is a special room so those who need assistance and it all goes so smoothly.  We are escorted to the huge area with all the luggage neatly arranged by the numbers we were assigned yesterday.  One porter is responsible for Ma and another has a dolly on which he loads all the suitcases.  We go through the facial recognition process and do not need our passports.  But Ma is sitting be...

Saturday, November 15, 2025 Sigh.  It's our last full day.  We'll be leaving the ship tomorrow morning around 8:30 and driving back to the real world.  But we still have today!! We have to be at our galley tour by 9:30 so we decide to have breakfast in the main dining room and sit down like regular people instead of braving the hordes in the Windjammer.  We had all agreed to forego room service but it turns out Robin and Ma actually have coffee!!  So Maureen goes down to Starbucks since the dining room doesn't open until 8:00! Ah, but when we get downstairs it turns out they actually open at 7:30.  Oh well, done is done and everyone is happy!  We order off the menu!  A treat for breakfast and I have the lox and bagel with cream cheese and onion and hot chocolate for a change! The Main Dining Room is actually three different levels. Ma has decided not to go on the tour, so we find her a place on the Royal Promenade to wait for us.  It will onl...