Tortola, British Virgin Islands

A beautiful day in a typical Caribbean island.
Breakfast on deck again, and then went for a walk round Roadtown where we had docked. Tortola is one of the less developed islands, but has changed considerably since we were here 15 or so years ago on our first Disney Cruise.

There were way less chickens and the roads were better (a little).

Going for a walk was nice, not too far and the weather was pleasant, not too hot, although a couple of rain showers for a few minutes but Palm trees make decent umbrellas.

Caribbean islands definitely run on a different pace and have a more carefree attitude. That's my polite way of trying to explain why there were (relatively new) cars with weeds growing through them, and piles of rusty bikes.

On the absolute plus side, there were still plenty of chickens running around. 🐓🐔🐤🐤🐤

After a very light lunch, we were off on a catamaran for a snorkel trip at Norman Island. The go-pro pictures will follow after the holiday as we can't get them off til we're home, but there's a turtle video and plenty of fish.

The trip over to and back from the Island was fun, the waves were fairly big and lots of water came through the windows.

The snorkeling spot was nice, 3 caves to explore and quite a few fish.

After snorkeling, we had a stop at a beach where there was a bar and some non-marine toilets (if you know, you know) , some people did shallow water snorkeling, but we just went for a stroll.

Back to the ship and got to see the outside of the bea-u-tiful Disney Treasure from the water. We were hungry and salty-skinned when we got back, so grabbed a snack and a shower and then went to watch the magic act, Jessica Jane. She was pretty good, though one of the kid helpers got the instructions wrong and the mind-reading went a little awry. Still, it was fun.

Dinner was the Pirates menu, as it was Pirate night, arrgghh 🏴‍☠️🦜☠️

I chose the falafel - 3 giant balls. Balls-lady is back, baby. Dessert was a Macadamia nut and caramel cheesecake, with a side of Mickey bar. Can't believe we made it it to dinner 4 before I asked for one. 😆

Our nightly addition to the towel menagerie was a rabbit. We're getting quite a little zoo in the room.Læs mere