NCL Escape 3 (St Thomas, USVI)

So on Day Four of my cruise we finally arrived at a port St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. We arrived at 8:00 am and you have to be back on the ship by 5:30 pm. We actually had class in the morning so we only had a half day in port. The only problem with this is most shore excursions start first thing in the morning. We were very lucky that a travel agent couple had been here before and were able to set up a tour for many of the agents with one of their contacts. We were able to get a tour and head over to Magen's Bay Beach. I would highly recommend Keith AKA P-Nut Taxi and his cousin who took care of forty of us.

 This was our view of the Islands from breakfast at the Garden Grill

 Our tour "buses" drinks were provided

Myself and my roommate Sandy

So we deaprted around 1:00 pm and we did a quick stop where we got out and could take pictures of the bay where our ship was docked. We then climbed higher up the hill and were able to take pictures of Magen's Bay on the other side of the Islands and then we headed down for our visit. Our admission was covered with the cost of our tour. The beach was amazing there were change rooms, bathrooms and a restaurant. It was bit pricey but the food was good. We stayed a few hours and then we dropped off downtown across from the port. We had time for some shopping if that is what you wanted to do. Sandy headed to the Harley store. I headed back to the ship.

 The ship from the top of the hill

More view of the Bay

 Magen's Bay - Gorgeous Water

 The Beach was not too crowded

A view of some of the homes on the hillside

 Just in case a Tsunami hits

what is a picture without a Lizard 

According to NCL their top five shore excursions are the following:

1. St John Beach Escape & Snorkel

2. Castaway Shipwreck Sail & Snorkel

3. PowerCat Snorkel & Beach

4. The Best of St. Thomas

5. Legendary Kon-Tiki Beach & Sightseeing

There are also many other tour company's who have tours and have the same guarantee to return you to the ship on time or get you to the next port. The excursion I really wanted to do was a Sea Turtle interaction at the Coral Ocean World Park.

I would love to go back to St Thomas again but with so many things on my bucket list it is not very likely to happen. I do recommend this cruise and they have lots of great promotions with Norwegian at this time. Other cruise lines also offer these ports as well. 

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