This is our 5th New Years on the island in 10 years and last year we saw many, many more of the “standard” pre-irma crowd. Before the storm, there were folks who came back like lemmings every year without fail. Many were hear last year, but not as many this year.

The unrest may be a factor.

But the most common thing we've heard from different people is alot of them are at Hidden Beach Resort in Mexico.

I would have guessed many were taking the BN cruises instead.

Who knows where they all are. Each passing year, we will lose folks to alternatives, some of them permanently.