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Icon of the Seas | St. Thomas Port Day, Our Excursion and More! | Royal Caribbean

Let’s Get Wanderlost
Let’s Get Wanderlost
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👁️ 5K views📅 1 years ago⏱️ 18:19
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Creator's Key Takeaways

I had a good time I will say the uh ferry boat taxi whatever you want to call it was about a 35 minute ride there and then on the way back the way back was perfectly fine but the way there was definitely a little choppy

the food adds B Camp is very basic uh the chick tenders were kind of something that you would probably get Frozen from Costco or Sam's Club

it was kind of an unusual and kind of a scary situation for the crew we could see you could hear it in their their voices when they were making the announcements

Creator's Tips & Advice

Bring a bottle of water for the open-air bus excursion due to heat and humidity
Be prepared for potential motion sickness on the water taxi to St. John
If you want more beach time, consider a different excursion than the half-day tour

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Motion sickness on water taxiBe prepared even if you usually don't get seasick; the ride can be choppy
Heat and humidity during excursionBring water; the open-air bus offers little relief

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat is the half-day excursion to St. John like?
QHow are the water slides and pools on Icon of the Seas?
QWhat happened during the medical emergency on the ship?

Topics Covered

Water Park1 Happy BaconEntertainment Shows3 Happy BaconEntertainment Activities4 Happy BaconPool Deck1½ Happy BaconDining Buffet1 Sad BaconDining Main2 Happy BaconService Crew1½ Happy BaconShip Condition1½ Sad Bacon

Port Highlights

San Juan2½ Sad Bacon
St. John4 Happy Bacon
St. Thomas2 Happy Bacon
Top: Half-day tour of St. John (US Virgin Islands National Park) ($90 per person)
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YouTube Video Description

It's day 5 on our Icon of the Seas cruise and our second port stop is the Virgin Island of St. Thomas! In this video, we discuss our excursion to the US Virgin Islands National Park on the Island of St. John! This excursion was a Half Day tour of the Island that we purchased on the Royal Caribbean website. When we get back to the ship we went back to Thrill Island to try some more waterslides and had lunch at Basecamp. We also watched the Big Band Headliner show "ShowBand!" Icon of the Seas also has a new Parade in the Promenade called "Ships Ahoy!" and we review this parade and compare it to the other parades on other Royal Caribbean Ships. We have dinner at Coastal Kitchen again before heading to Absolute Zero for the best game show on a cruise ship: CRAZY QUEST! Come with us as we enjoy Day 5 on our Icon of the Seas cruise on this incredible ship! There was also a very scary incident on this ship when they needed to preform a medical evacuation via coast guard helicopter. There was so much to see and do on our port day in St. Thomas! We can't wait to go back to this incredible place! #IconoftheSeas #RoyalCaribbean #Cruise #Cruisevacation #Cruisetravel #Travelcouple #cruiseship #stthomas #royalcaribbeancruise #Travel #Vacation #royalcaribbeancruises #cruisetips #cruiseline #stjohn We took a 7-night cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas in October of 2024. This cruise went to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Coco Cay and included 3 days at Sea. We booked this cruise on the Royal Caribbean website and we had a Sunset Junior Suite at the very back of the ship. We had an amazing time on this cruise and during this trip and we are going to share each part of it on this channel. Look out for future videos over the next several weeks. Our first video from this trip was about our 2 days in Miami before the cruise: https://youtu.be/E6fxA_zLLZ4?si=CKWQa5umbYG9UD47 Embarkation Day! https://youtu.be/v9tP1JQ80tY?si=Bw_cnMSSVXHxGdAx The tour of our Sunset Junior Suite stateroom: https://youtu.be/4LK-JXpGJtg?si=T0sqtstegJ7Unm6W All the fun things we did on our 3 Days at Sea aboard this amazing ship: https://youtu.be/mAtBeS7PQhU?si=ooAf9WZgGUJLENyT Our Port Day in St. Maarten! https://youtu.be/qe9abvyMPlE?si=tW7nb7Bcmw6o1MO3 For more updates and to keep up with where we're at and what we're doing, please follow us on our social media accounts. If you liked this video, please "Like" it and Subscribe for more! This Cruise was on Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas www.RoyalCaribbean.com