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Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Shore excursions: St. Maarten

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Matt Hochberg

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Kids & Family, Royalcaribbeanblog Podcast

4.9 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Going on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean will probably take you to the beautiful island of St. Maarten.  With St. Maarten, you get two islands in one with a Dutch and French side and this week, I will be talking about what there is to do all around St. Maarten and share my advice for how to tour the island effectively.  I’ll also talk about the recent hurricane damage and what to expect. 

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Show Notes

Crown and Anchor Balcony discount information

Platinum Balcony Discount When Booking More than 6 Months from Sailing Date: 

  • $ 50 * for sailings of 3-5 nights
  • $100* for sailings of 6-9 nights
  • $200* for sailings of 10+ nights

Emerald Balcony Discount When Booking More than 6 Months from Sailing Date: 

  • $ 75 * for sailings of 3-5 nights
  • $125* for sailings of 6-9 nights
  • $225* for sailings of 10+ nights

Diamond Balcony Discount When Booking More than 6 Months from Sailing Date: 

  • $125* for sailings of 3-5 nights
  • $225* for sailings of 6-9 nights
  • $325* for sailings of 10+ nights

Diamond Plus Balcony Discount When Booking More than 6 Months from Sailing Date: 

  • $150* for sailings of 3-5 nights
  • $250* for sailings of 6-9 nights
  • $350* for sailings of 10+ nights

Pinnacle Club Balcony Discount When Booking More than 6 Months from Sailing Date: 

  • $175* for sailings of 3-5 nights
  • $275* for sailings of 6-9 nights
  • $375* for sailings of 10+ nights

*When booking less than 6 months from sailing date subtract $25 from the dollar amount.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of real

0:22.0

Caribbean cruising. I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 269.

0:26.5

Going on a cruise of the Eastern Caribbean will probably take you to the beautiful island

0:30.0

of St. Martin. With St. Martin, you get two islands in one with the French and Dutch side, and

0:34.1

this week I'll be talking about what there is to do all around St. Martin and

0:38.2

share my advice for how to tour the island effectively.

0:40.6

In addition, I'll also be talking about the recent hurricane damage and what to expect

0:44.5

if you're going to be visiting St. Martin next.

0:46.6

Here we go.

0:50.7

When you talk about going on a rural Caribbean cruise to the Eastern Caribbean, no doubt you're not going to be stopping in St. Martin.

0:55.7

And rightfully so, it's one of the highlights of any cruise to this region.

1:00.6

And St. Martin has a well-deserved reputation as being one of the most beautiful places to visit on a cruise.

1:05.5

And this week, I wanted to talk about going to St. Martin on your Royal Caribbean cruise and how to plan for it.

1:10.1

Because they got a lot of questions about basically what is there to do in St. Martin? What's the approach and how do you go

1:14.8

about it and everything else in between? And I've been going to St. Martin for a number of years now

1:18.5

is I think the first time I went there, which was I think on Explorer, this is my very first

1:23.7

Royal Caribbean cruise. We went out of Bayonne, New Jersey, and it was a long nine-night cruise, we went down over there, and I fell in love with it immediately. I mean, it's just a phenomenal island.

1:31.2

A couple things. Let's start off with the basics. St. Martin is actually two islands in one.

1:35.3

It's an island that is divided between the Netherlands, aka the Dutch, and France, the French, right? Basically, I was divided in half.

1:44.9

This is something I set up a long time ago in the colonial days, and it's still actually,

1:48.8

they're still part of their respective country.

1:50.6

So you have obviously that cultural and language divide when you're talking about it.

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