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Day 5 on ICON OF THE SEAS - Skipping St. Thomas to Ride Only ONE Slide...Not What We Planned

Shannon Ford
Shannon Ford
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๐Ÿ‘ถ Best for Family (Young Kids)Caribbean ยท Spring ยท 7 nightsFrom MiamiVeteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

we decided to skip the port all together and use this time to visit Thrill Island Waterpark and ride the slides with, hopefully, less crowds.

we've heard a lot of people been getting hurt on the stormchaser so we're going to wait to do that one.

if you're planning on doing the slides while you're in court uh maybe rethink that because I don't know how it was yesterday while they were in St kits but for today in St Thomas and All Aboard is 1:30 so them reopening them at 1 um is you know it's going to do nothing.

other than that we had a great day and we came back and we all slept well.

Creator's Tips & Advice

โœ“Rethink skipping a port to ride slides if the all-aboard time is early, as slides may not be fully open and lines can be long.
โœ“Check slide availability and opening times before planning a port day around waterpark activities.

๐Ÿ†•New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Long wait times for slides on port days โ€” Consider skipping slides on port days if all-aboard time is early, as lines may be long and slides may not be fully open.

Questions This Creator Answers

QIs it worth skipping a port day to ride slides on the ship?
QWhat are the slide conditions and wait times on a port day?

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YouTube Video Descriptionโ†“

Join us as we embark on @RoyalCaribbean's Icon of the Seas out of the Port of Miami for a 7-night Eastern Caribbean Cruise. This was for Spring Break 2024 and we left on March 23, 2024. This vlog covers our second port day on the cruise which was St. Thomas. We had visited St. Thomas last year and the all aboard time was 1:30pm, so we decided to skip the port all together and use this time to visit Thrill Island Waterpark and ride the slides with, hopefully, less crowds. This would have been a brilliant plan EXCEPT that most of the slides were closed. This was NOT announced in the app. In fact the app, stated the waterpark was open. They did open Storm Surge, one of the family raft slides at 11:00am and we waited over an hour to ride it. After that, Rider said it wasn't worth it and he wanted to go to the pool, so that is what we did. We also ate lunch at El Loco Fresh, which was excellant and then had a drink at Swim & Tonic, the swim-up bar, before calling it a day and heading back to our stateroom for a family nap. Not the day we had intended, but we made the most of it. #summershoppinghaul #iconoftheseas #thrillislandwaterpark ๐ŸŒŸMy Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mrsshannonford ๐ŸŒŸShop My Favorites: https://shopmy.us/mrsshannonford SUPPORT ME: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shannonford Follow Me on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/mrsshannonford https://www.tiktok.com/@mrsshannonford Beauty Related Content: https://www.youtube.com/@shannonlovesmakeup https://www.instagram.com/shannonford.beauty Visit me at: https://shannonford.com/blog ๐ŸŒŸBusiness Inquiries only contact me at shannon@shannonford.com Mailing address: Shannon Ford 21001 Pines Blvd. Unit 7843 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Disclaimer: Some affiliate links used. If links are affiliated, they will be marked with a *