SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
The first two days were days at sea, so we just walked the ship, ate our way through each meal, and saw great entertainments.
One of the entertainments was a ventriloquist. What she did was familiar to us, and perhaps she was on another Disney cruise with us. In any case, she was excellent. I have a difficult time realizing how she could do all those different voices. It was a hilarious performance, and we enjoyed it greatly.
The second show was a magician. He was excellent in what he did, and again, we were greatly entertained. Both shows included people brought up from the audience. Seeing their willingness to participate – and some of the fun poked at them – was a highlight.
The third day was a day in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. We had not planned any excursions around the island, so decided just to walk around a bit and see the island. We had not been to Tortola before, so it was interesting. Here are a few pictures we took that day.
The entrance to the shops at the port.
A statue of some dignitary – I didn’t get close enough to see who it was
The temperature was what I call “beastly hot” there, so we didn’t stay very long before returning to the ship. We have really become accustomed to air conditioning!
That evening we watched a movie in the main, large, Walt Disney Theatre. It was “The Little Mermaid,” starring Halle Bailey. I know that “The Little Mermaid” Disney-style (as in animated) has been around for a very long time, but this is “live action” and many times, while watching it I thought, “how did they DO that???” It is, truly amazing, and well worth watching. Very well done.
The following day we docked at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
We had purchased a shore excursion for this island – a “bus” tour of the island. The driver, David, told us that it was an air-conditioned bus – the faster he drove – the cooler it was! As you might have guessed – not only was it NOT air-conditioned, it had no windows – all open air. But it was an enjoyable trip, and we enjoyed David’s comments.
The excursion took us up to a high mountain, and at the top was a store that also considered itself the origin of the banana daiquiri.
Quite interesting – and if one wanted to purchase a banana daiquiri – they were available. We didn’t partake. We walked around the shop and outside some.
Here is a picture of Fred and me beside the bus – David took the picture.
When I wanted to have one of him, he insisted that he take it beside me with Fred taking the picture. He then said that when we got home, I could tell everyone he was my island boyfriend, and my husband took the picture! Unfortunately, the picture didn’t take, so we don’t have that one.
Once we were back to the pier, we once again got on the ship, as it was “beastly hot” again.
We’ve just about decided that if we make another cruise to those islands again, it will NOT be in summer! We have a difficult time tolerating that heat!
As a footnote here – the ship was offering the movie “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” but it was never at a time where we could see it – we were either at our scheduled eating time, or way after we had gone to bed. So we have yet to see that one.
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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