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Orient Beach looking for the Latest Info
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02/15/2019 07:36 PM
02/15/2019 07:36 PM
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TomA
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Hello Forum Members,
I know this must be annoying question to the ones that are on St Martin all the time. So is orient beach still fairly slow? I am coming the last week of March, I am all for a very chill time with less people. All we need is a grocery store and a few restaurants. We are staying at Esmeralda and plan to walk down to club o every day.
It looks like the recent pictures of Orient Beach still have few people on the beach. Club O beach looked like it had about 20 or so people. Does anyone have a cruise ship schedule link for St Martin?
Thank you in advance.
Last edited by TomA; 02/15/2019 07:40 PM.
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Re: Orient Beach looking for the Latest Info
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02/15/2019 08:26 PM
02/15/2019 08:26 PM
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Carol_Hill
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Club O beach I would say is currently a lot busier than 20 people per day. I would guess around 50 to 100 most days, now. As far as a cruise ship schedule, it's right here. Just scroll UP and hit the button for SXM Cruise Schedule.
Carol Hill
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Re: Orient Beach looking for the Latest Info
[Re: TomA]
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02/15/2019 10:06 PM
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I was there last November, did the same - stayed at Es right when it opened and spent most days at Club O. During the first half of November, there were roughly 300 on Club O's beach, but interestingly, it cut back around T-giving. Point is, there were lots of people there. As far as I was concerned, Orient was essentially the same as always. Restaurants in the village were open, shopping was fine, parking was hard to find, etc, etc. Now, Bikini was the only beach bar open then, so yes, usually Club O had far more people than the rest of the beach, but from what I've heard from friends recently, the rest of the beach is becoming very busy quickly. Not packed like sardines as has been seen before, but nicely busy. I think you'll be very happy finding what you're looking for.
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Re: Orient Beach looking for the Latest Info
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02/16/2019 01:35 AM
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We'll be there the first week in March so I'll try to post a report regarding the entire beach when we return (say around March 12th). Haven't been here post Irma, but I knew it well before and comparing should be easy. The upper portion of the beach has three beach bars/restaurants running including Bikini Beach, Kontiki, and Kakao. Staying up at Esmeralda, the three previous beach bars/restaurants in that general area I think are gone: Coco Beach, Palm Beach and Waikiki Beach. As you know, there is no longer a Club Orient, but Perch Lite was re-established in this area and serves lunch, etc. They also rent out beach chairs and umbrellas. Restaurants (not all of them) appear to be open in the village (i.e. Le Piment), and there is a grocery store there. Best days to visit Orient Beach if you want smaller potential crowds would be Mondays and Tuesdays. Smaller cruise ships don't have much of an impact (Windstar, Silversea, etc.), but the bigger cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean can really send a lot of people up there.
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Re: Orient Beach looking for the Latest Info
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02/16/2019 10:06 AM
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Tom--no problem. Looks like you're brand new here. Welcome!
Carol Hill
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