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Encore: Day 6

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June 13, 2025

Good morning! Today is a sea day. This is the breakfast spread in the studio lounge.

I’m going with cafe latte today.

Then I headed to the atrium for an Irish coffee.

Here is today’s Freestyle Daily.

The atrium bar got loaded with walk-ups so I stepped up to deck 7 at The…


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Encore: Tortola

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June 9, 2025

Good morning from Tortola. I had the steward clean out all of the junk they try to sell you that was taking up my desk space yesterday.

I got up three some clothes on and ran downstairs for coffee and water.

I got a couple pastries, a couple double espressos, and…


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Cruise Blog Virgin Islands

Discover Tortola

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June 6, 2025

Around the corner was a line of people waiting for the excursion. It turns out they had space for two people so me and one other solo got to jump the line and get on a bus immediately.

I got a very special bus. The driver’s name is Mejo. He…


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Encore: St. Thomas

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June 2, 2025

Good morning from St. Thomas! Today is going to be all about viewpoints. I have a ticket on the Sky Ride that takes you up to Paradise Point. Then I have a tour in the afternoon that takes us up to Mountain Top. 

Here is today’s Freestyle Daily.

I got dressed…


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St. Thomas Mountain Top and Downtown Tour

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May 30, 2025

One of the major attractions in St. Thomas is Mountain Top. With Norwegian’s $50 excursion discount, I was able to get this tour for $19 which is cheaper than any other form of transportation to mountain top. Actually my research suggested if you want to visit Mountain top you…


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USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

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May 26, 2025

If you are cruising to Hawaii and you would like to visit the USS Arizona, you can get tickets for free here. Tickets are released at 3pm HST eight weeks out and are extremely limited. They go fast when ships are in port so make sure you set a…


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St. Thomas Sky Ride to Paradise Point

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May 23, 2025

In St. Thomas they have the Sky Ride to Paradise Point which costs $35 on the ship or $30 at the ticket window. This is offered under excursions for Norwegian which means you can use your $50 excursion credit for a free ticket. That’s exactly what I did.
The Sky…


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Encore: Puerta Plata

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May 19, 2025

Good Morning from the city of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. I slept good again last night. I have an early excursion today so I’m up at 7. We have to meet at 8:15.

I grabbed another double espresso downstairs. I’m about ready to head out now.

Here is today’s…


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Damajagua Waterfalls in the Dominican Republic

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May 16, 2025

I decided to take advantage of the $50 off of excursions NCL offers and book the Damajagua Waterfalls Full Experience tour. Full price is $109 for adults and $79 for children. After the discount I paid $59 for this excursion.
They do have these little carts you can catch a…


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Encore: Day 2

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May 12, 2025

ning. I slept good in this room. I woke up once around 5am. I went back to sleep util 8:15 when the door slamming started. I mentioned on Jewel how the doors don’t slam like on Carnival. They do slam here. It helps that I don’t have any rooms…

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