2017 Nov. 28 - Dec. 12: 11 night HAL Koningsdam sunfarer cruise (St. Kitt's, St. Lucia, Barbados, Martinique, Antigua, St. Thomas, Half Moon Cay) and 3 night S. Florida stay:
When Southwest offered some insane airfares to FLL from ATL for $37@ way, I decided it was time for another trip! So I chose Nov. 28 - Dec. 10----the week after Thanksgiving until a couple weeks before Christmas. Now all I had to do was find accommodations and wait for Nov. 28th. We were able to find a good deal for an 11 night Caribbean cruise of Holland America's newest ship, the Koningsdam, for $899@. We were on her last year and really liked it. But we still needed a night before the cruise and 2 nights after the cruise. Having a bunch of Wyndham points, I was able to book the Wyndham Palm Aire. I was even able to get the 4 bedroom penthouse for half the points of a 2 bedroom unit with our VIP status for the night before our cruise.
But before Nov. 28th came around, a little storm called Irma decided to pay a visit to the whole state of Florida and even up to us in Atlanta! 2 weeks before the trip, we got an email from Wyndham saying they were cancelling our pre cruise reservation---and might still cancel our post cruise 2 night reservation. Dang!!!! I did call them closer to our trip and confirmed that they were not going to cancel our 2 bedroom unit for the 2 nights after the cruise. Yea!!!
I had thought about cancelling our trip, but since it was past the cancellation period for the cruise, we decided to go anyway. We'd stay in a Ramada Inn and pay $85 for the pre cruise night.
11-28 : Travel day
The Koningsdam: VA 8065 and around the ship
11-29 : Koningsdam 11 night Embarkation day
11-30 : Sea day
12-1 : Sea day
12-2 : St. Kitt's
12-3 : St. Lucia
12-4 : Barbados
12-5 : Martinique
12-6 : Antigua
12-7 : St. Thomas
12-8 : Sea day
12-9 : Half Moon Cay
12-10 : Debarkation Day-Green Cay
12-11 : Wakodahatchee Wetlands
12-12 we headed back to the airport and flew back to ATL. Another long travel day, but our daughter did pick us up at ATL so we didn't have to go to the car rental building off site.
It was another great trip that went way too quickly! The snorkeling wasn't the greatest this time, but the weather was pretty darn nice. Even were welcomed several mornings by a rainbow! The Koningsdam was as nice as we remembered, maybe even nicer. It was another great trip!
