C-Ya
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Beerrun and I have been talking about a possible vacation get together for the RDP members.
Right now I just want to see how much interest there would be in the following scenarios. Rather than do a poll, just respond with your thoughts. If this is not for you, that’s great,…….. There’s no need to be negative.
Scenario #1
Booking a 1 week cruise from February 8th thru 16th Or 17th.
There are multiple cruise ships that have February 9th as a day at sea. February 9th is the 2025 Super Bowl. The cruise lines I have looked at, will have the game on at all venues. Outdoor movie screens, theater, bars. Along with Super Bowl type food being served at those venues. It would be a fun way to see the game. This last December I watched several games on the outdoor movie screen on the cruise I went on. It was like watching the game at the Drive-In. But better!
The cruise doesn’t have to be for Super Bowl week, but I had to start somewhere. lol
Depending on which itineraries, I can most likely arrange some pretty good shore excursions for us. I can easily get a boat or boats for our group in Tortola, St Thomas, St Marteen. In Antigua, I have access to a very nice 55’ sailboat.
The hardest part of the above is picking the right ship. For instance, the new Icon of the Seas is a possibility. It has Feb 9th at sea. You would have the experience of being on the Worlds Largest Cruise Ship. It has 40 bars and restaurants. Just imagine the Pub Crawl we could do.
If that’s too over the top, the Celebrity Apex has a much more adult crowd. But I am not liking their itinerary as much as others.
On the cruise scenario, for those that come 1 day early, we will spend the day before the cruise, cruising the intracoastal around FTL. I can get whatever boat fits our group.
On the cruise scenario, the costs for a cabin start at around $700 to $900 per person for the cheapest cabin. Airfare to FLL or MIA. Then your other typical vacation costs.
Scenario #2
A group vacation in The Abacos (Bahamas). This would be May, June, or July. The optimum time to go to The Abacos.
This would consist of doing multiple VRBO’s on either Green Turtle Cay or Elbow Cay. We would rent boats for the group. We would also be boating over from Florida with boats too. We would also rent multiple golf carts for bar cruising, restaurants, and exploring.
Highlights of this trip would be doing the pig roast at Nippers Bar on Great Guana Cay on Sunday. Swimming with the pigs. Boating to the most beautiful places in the Sea of Abaco, the bay between Scotland Cay and Great Guana Cay is my favorite spot of all my boating travels. It is jaw dropping beautiful and great place to spend the day. Every day it would be a different place by boat, with a complete golf cart convoy each evening. Lots to do. Exploring the islands is fun!
The Abacos are not as expensive as it sounds. Especially when done with a group. If a 4 seat golf cart is $40 per day, then it’s only $10 per person per day. If a 10 passenger boat is $300 per day, that means it’s only $30 per day, per person. The expensive stuff is beer and food. We can off set some of those costs by bringing a shit ton of beer from Florida. Boneless rib eyes can be cut into steaks for bbqing. Just remember, there is a limit to how much stuff I can load into my boat or boats in Florida. It is a 180 mile boat ride.
Airfare from SoFlo into the Abacos is around $500 per person. If we had enough people, we could do a private charter. It’s not as expensive as it sounds. There are multiple services that offer these flights.
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The above is basically and idea in the works. Now I just want to see if there would be any interest and how much? The more interest, the cheaper the costs get.
Beerrun and I are looking forward to your comments.
Right now I just want to see how much interest there would be in the following scenarios. Rather than do a poll, just respond with your thoughts. If this is not for you, that’s great,…….. There’s no need to be negative.
Scenario #1
Booking a 1 week cruise from February 8th thru 16th Or 17th.
There are multiple cruise ships that have February 9th as a day at sea. February 9th is the 2025 Super Bowl. The cruise lines I have looked at, will have the game on at all venues. Outdoor movie screens, theater, bars. Along with Super Bowl type food being served at those venues. It would be a fun way to see the game. This last December I watched several games on the outdoor movie screen on the cruise I went on. It was like watching the game at the Drive-In. But better!
The cruise doesn’t have to be for Super Bowl week, but I had to start somewhere. lol
Depending on which itineraries, I can most likely arrange some pretty good shore excursions for us. I can easily get a boat or boats for our group in Tortola, St Thomas, St Marteen. In Antigua, I have access to a very nice 55’ sailboat.
The hardest part of the above is picking the right ship. For instance, the new Icon of the Seas is a possibility. It has Feb 9th at sea. You would have the experience of being on the Worlds Largest Cruise Ship. It has 40 bars and restaurants. Just imagine the Pub Crawl we could do.
If that’s too over the top, the Celebrity Apex has a much more adult crowd. But I am not liking their itinerary as much as others.
On the cruise scenario, for those that come 1 day early, we will spend the day before the cruise, cruising the intracoastal around FTL. I can get whatever boat fits our group.
On the cruise scenario, the costs for a cabin start at around $700 to $900 per person for the cheapest cabin. Airfare to FLL or MIA. Then your other typical vacation costs.
Scenario #2
A group vacation in The Abacos (Bahamas). This would be May, June, or July. The optimum time to go to The Abacos.
This would consist of doing multiple VRBO’s on either Green Turtle Cay or Elbow Cay. We would rent boats for the group. We would also be boating over from Florida with boats too. We would also rent multiple golf carts for bar cruising, restaurants, and exploring.
Highlights of this trip would be doing the pig roast at Nippers Bar on Great Guana Cay on Sunday. Swimming with the pigs. Boating to the most beautiful places in the Sea of Abaco, the bay between Scotland Cay and Great Guana Cay is my favorite spot of all my boating travels. It is jaw dropping beautiful and great place to spend the day. Every day it would be a different place by boat, with a complete golf cart convoy each evening. Lots to do. Exploring the islands is fun!
The Abacos are not as expensive as it sounds. Especially when done with a group. If a 4 seat golf cart is $40 per day, then it’s only $10 per person per day. If a 10 passenger boat is $300 per day, that means it’s only $30 per day, per person. The expensive stuff is beer and food. We can off set some of those costs by bringing a shit ton of beer from Florida. Boneless rib eyes can be cut into steaks for bbqing. Just remember, there is a limit to how much stuff I can load into my boat or boats in Florida. It is a 180 mile boat ride.
Airfare from SoFlo into the Abacos is around $500 per person. If we had enough people, we could do a private charter. It’s not as expensive as it sounds. There are multiple services that offer these flights.
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The above is basically and idea in the works. Now I just want to see if there would be any interest and how much? The more interest, the cheaper the costs get.
Beerrun and I are looking forward to your comments.
. I am not 100% sure what I am going to do for the Miami boat show and it’s in 2 weeks..
