The Caribbean '08: Puerto Rico, San Maartan, St. Kitts
JOEL GOES CRUISIN' AND DESCRIBIN' again . . .
For 7 days at the end of November 2008, I cruised the Caribbean on the *maiden voyage* of Celebrity Cruise Line's "Solstice." I flew to Ft. Lauderdale where the 1033-foot (121 feet wide--too wide to traverse the Panama Canal) ocean liner embarked on a cruise of such choice locations as San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and Basseterre, St. Kitts.
My Audio Description Associates periodically provides describers for cruise excursions--this time Marlaina Lieberg requested description services so I sent myself (I've known Marlaina and her husband Gary for many years). Highlights of the cruise included checking out the ship's ship's "lawn" (yes, real grass!)--a cruise liner first; describing the ship's "Hot Glass Show," a demonstration of glass blowing/collaboration with the Corning Museum of Art--another cruise line first; the ship's show "Solstice" with flying performers--again, a cruise line first; lectures by former astronaut Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7); a Segway tour of San Juan; and the St. Maarten Park.
The overall itinerary:
SUN 11/23/08 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
MON 11/24/08 CRUISING
TUES 11/24/08 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
WED 11/25/08 PHILIPSBURG, ST. MAARTEN
THU 11/26/08 BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - THANKSGIVING
FRI 11/27/08 CRUISING
SAT 11/28/08 CRUISING
SUN 11/29/08 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
Read MoreFor 7 days at the end of November 2008, I cruised the Caribbean on the *maiden voyage* of Celebrity Cruise Line's "Solstice." I flew to Ft. Lauderdale where the 1033-foot (121 feet wide--too wide to traverse the Panama Canal) ocean liner embarked on a cruise of such choice locations as San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and Basseterre, St. Kitts.
My Audio Description Associates periodically provides describers for cruise excursions--this time Marlaina Lieberg requested description services so I sent myself (I've known Marlaina and her husband Gary for many years). Highlights of the cruise included checking out the ship's ship's "lawn" (yes, real grass!)--a cruise liner first; describing the ship's "Hot Glass Show," a demonstration of glass blowing/collaboration with the Corning Museum of Art--another cruise line first; the ship's show "Solstice" with flying performers--again, a cruise line first; lectures by former astronaut Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7); a Segway tour of San Juan; and the St. Maarten Park.
The overall itinerary:
SUN 11/23/08 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
MON 11/24/08 CRUISING
TUES 11/24/08 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
WED 11/25/08 PHILIPSBURG, ST. MAARTEN
THU 11/26/08 BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - THANKSGIVING
FRI 11/27/08 CRUISING
SAT 11/28/08 CRUISING
SUN 11/29/08 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
