https://youtu.be/n7zHB3iSe3A

Youtuber on Regal Princess will be updating....

Two crew members are being tested for the virus. It seems they were on the Grand Princess before transferring to the Regal Princess cruise ship.

Test results came back negative!

For many years there was a salesman at Splash at Simpson Bay Resort whose name is Kevin. I do not know his last name. He isn’t there anymore and I wondered if anyone knows if he is still in the jewelry business at another store. Thanks

Sunday at 1:30 Judges will be seated at Simpson Bay Yacht Club to score the boats going through the bridge.

Participants will be judged by their show on deck... Dancing on the deck, getting dressed up and getting the crowd crazy!

By at least 2 hours as of now. Anyone returning today via PHL will have the same or more delay leaving SXM. I just happen to be on this debacle today and found out before the gate agents in DAY knew about it. Had I found out 30 minutes earlier, I could have switched to CLT and not been delayed 2 hours+. The flight leaving PHL is delayed (and still on the ground) leaving BOS but this was known around 5:00 and is due to crew issues. The smart business thing to have done would be bring in another crew for the BOS-PHL leg or bring in another plane in PHL so as to not delay the 150 or so people who will be taking this flight to SXM and a like number returning. I am guessing the majority of passengers connecting via PHL on the return today will miss their connections and since this is NOT weather related, they need to lean on AA for compensation. What a poor excuse of an airline and customer service. Thanks to FlightAware as that is how I found out by tracking the incoming flight to PHL. AA did not have the delay in their system, but they do now.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238

Special permission to travel required. 1200 new cases on Saturday March 7th.

My experience in Italy is Trenitalia trains, buses, subways, crowds and churches.

It would be wise to keep everybody home for two weeks before spring season and all the flocks of tourist come for warmer travels.

Italy is hard as alot of public transport and crowds of sightseers.

I have a pretty specific question about grocery stores. I'm arriving on Saturday and renting a villa in the Simpson Bay area. We plan to head out for a grocery run once we get settled in. If we're planning on visiting a Carrefour to stock up, is there much of a difference between the one in Cole Bay vs. the one on Bush Road? Would you recommend one over the other, it doesn't look like there is much of a difference in the drive from where we are staying either way. Thoughts?

Just a heads up.

https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/airport-reconstruction-can-start-after-final-go-ahead

$72 million was made available from the trust fund.

Heading back next week for our second trip after a few years away (just the wife and me on a 38' mono). Our first trip we learned what everyone does - we brought too much! So this time we're packing far fewer clothes and will provision very differently for food/beverages. Well, at least food...

Just wondering, what small things do you wish you had brought with you to make the trip a little better? Luxury sort of things, not normal staples like sun lotion, music, sunglases, etc.

As an example, this time we're bringing a couple of sharp paring knives (everything on the boat was dull last time, ended up using my leatherman), a small juicer for drinks (about the size of a hand) and a compact ice crusher (about the size of a shoe). They'll all pack inside each other so it's not a big footprint but they're definitely not must-haves, just nice to have.

Looking at June, 2020 trying to decide boat charter vs villa rental, have done both multiple times. (First time back since Irma)
Just curious if villas on Mahoe Bay are rebuilt after hurricaine and how the beach/snorkeling is.