Tuesday, April 15, 2025

February 24, 2025 – Basseterre, St Kitts – Mostly Sunny – 85F

It's a beautiful day in Basseterre, St. Kitts.  

We are not on tour today – going to check out the Port Zante shops later on.  I do remember the long walk from the ship to the port entrance (you can see it on the map).

Had another early and nice breakfast – I tried pancakes and two over medium eggs just to shake things up a bit.  Tasty.

We are hear today alongside the Enchanted Princess (about 600 or so more passengers than Eclipse).  This will still mean a lot of people wandering through the port area.  

At around 10 AM, we scanned out and walked the very long pier to the entrance of Port Zante.  And yes, it was tropical storm force winds in the tunnel between the ships. I did get a nice picture of the two ships here today.

We also found someone who was willing to take our picture in front of a welcome sign - not a great shot but it's us.







Our first destination was the Chop Shop, a spa and salon located just a couple of blocks from the entrance.  I went in a inquired about one hour Swedish massages.  The guy at the desk told me that this would cost $EC250.  That comes to about $83 USD, pricier than just about anything at home.  Apparently, St Kitts is not Mexico.

Ellen checked out just about every shop close to the port – I did score a St. Kitts cap for $5.00 – it looked in good shape and the right colors.  I was also able to get a shot of the island sign at the entrance to the shopping area - not easy with all the people around.

We then passed through a largely empty indoor mall then led to the city beyond.  We walked to the Berkeley Memorial located on a small traffic circle that was supposed to be based on London’s Piccadilly Circus.  

We also saw a nice city park, whose name I could not find, that is attached to a Chinese Restaurant.

It was getting warmer and there wasn’t much to see in this part of Basseterre so we headed back to the ship. 

After lunch in the Oceanview Café – pizza and assorted salads – we went up to the Lawn Club on Deck 15.  We don’t go there often because there isn’t much shade up there but today there were nice comfortable seats in the shade.  It was not too hot and there was a nice breeze up there.  The Lawn itself was in real good shape and it is a very peaceful place to hang out.








From the Lawn Club, you can get a good view of both St Kitts 

and companion island, Nevis.

In my wanderings on the open decks, I also saw the Signature Singers and Dancers (maybe just the dancers) practicing out by the pool.

The sail away was pretty dramatic. Eclipse did a complete 180 before heading out to open waters.  I took several pictures of the rotation.

















Dinner tonight was in the Oceanview Café.  I had the pasta chef make me Spaghetti Pesto and Garlic – he did a great job in putting together a winner of a dish.  Just the amount of pesto and garlic.  Staying away from iced tea (cutting down PM caffeine). Dinner also provided a pretty nice sunset.

There is a new show tonight in the theater – “Shades of Buble” - three guys from New York (the group was started there in 2015 and there are clones of the group all over the place) who perform only Michael Buble songs in three part harmony.  








They also incorporate a lot of choreography into their act so they are really a mashup – “The Shades of Michael Buble Jersey Boys”.  The choreography was really well done and entertaining.  I watched the show until it was over but Ellen went to Celebrity Central to get seats for another show by Solo Guitarist Jay.

She did get good aisle seats on the right side of the audience near the exit. Tonight Jay was singing the songs of James Taylor and John Denver, two of my favorite singers.  He did a great job on “Amy’s Song” and “You’ve Got a Friend”, with the second song turning into an audience sing a long.  At one time, Jay’s mic went out and he played the guitar and the audience did the singing.  Another entertaining show.  It seems that Jay is on all the time.  BTW, this is his fourth cruise and he just got a new contract – not surprising considering how popular he is.

A nice day in St Kitts.

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