DAY 4 BERMUDA

I woke up at 8am today and I'm not sure why. I knew we weren't going to be in Bermuda until around 2pm, according to the Captain, so I could have slept in. But, it was rise and shine for me.

I turned on the tv and looked at the map:

It definitely looked as if we were there. I ran to the balcony and all I could see was water.

I woke the family up and I'm sure we went to eat breakfast at this point, but obviously I forgot to take my camera. So, I have no idea where we actually ate at. I do remember trying to call the kids and not one of them would answer. So, I guess they were able to accomplish what I couldn't...sleeping in. 😒

The Captain came on and said that he was way ahead of schedule and that we would probably be in Bermuda around 12 noon instead of 2pm. WHAT?!? But I just redid all of our plans and mapped everything out and.....geesh. Ok, 2 extra hours, I'm not complaining. I'm just frantically trying to rearrange our plans again.

While I'm frantically dialing the kids rooms, while also texting them on the iConceige, I also have all the maps out along with the bus and ferry schedules trying to come up with a new game plan. IF we dock at this time and IF we are cleared by this time, MAYBE we can make the bus or ferry at THIS time. We'll get to HERE by this time, will get to spend THIS much time here. Then we'll have to catch THIS to HERE. Ugh, for a planner like me, this is a nightmare. LOL But a nightmare I'll definitely take with extra hours.

At 10am we were passing by St George. I may be wrong, but I believe this is the opening for the ferry that goes into St George.

The beautiful pastel houses in the area.

Then I seen a familiar beach...St Catherines Beach. This was pretty neat to see in from a distance knowing that we were just there in June.

I know they were busy building a shack there that looked like it was going to be a place to get food and drinks (this has been confirmed since we were there back in June) and it looks like it might be completed now. (By the color of the shack being painted)

Also in this picture, it shows you just how close Achilles Bay is to St Catherine. Actually, just on the other side of each other. The blue building you see on the hill is to Achilles Bay.

Of course on the opposite side of Fort Catherine's is Achilles Bay, which we had also went to back in June and had a great meal and a good time snorkeling. Here you can see the bay area.

The kids were up. I told them to get dressed, head for breakfast and go down to the excursions desk and buy a 2 day pass. After all these changes, late arrival, early to leave, I just didn't even want to mess with the "cheapest" way to travel using coins, passes, tickets and so on. Just buy the pass and we won't have to worry about it anymore.

The passes were purchased and we were set no matter what we were going to do.

We were pulling in. Bermuda here we come!!!

This picture was taken at 11:27am and we were already being tied off!

It was a beautiful and sunny day. WOO HOO! And there was HEAT!

Then we hear THIS.... can you see it? It has lights. It makes noises. I spotted and heard it coming all the way up by the prison.

Well since we ARE the only cruise ship here, it has to be coming to us.

Yep, I just knew it

The kids were patiently waiting on their balconies.

Kendra had visitors.

Kolin was excited...don't ya think?

Everyone was watching the squad. They parked, they opened the doors in the back, people got out...and then Patrick caught my attention.

I never did see if anyone got in the squad, but the next time I looked down, I noticed people coming off the ship. "Let's Go!" I yelled to the kids and we all headed out, down the hall and dinged ourselves off the ship and onto this gorgeous land that didn't rock.

We stopped to take a few pictures:

We had originally decided to take the ferry and head over to St George, then the HOHO bus to St David's beaches, then the bus over to Hamilton to go to the Harbour Lights.

However, we decided we really wanted a full day in St George, so instead, we were just going to head over to Horseshoe Bay BUT do it right this time like I wanted to last time. Last time the plans were to take the #7 bus to Warwick and walk our way back to Horseshoe and we were put on the wrong bus. I was going to get it right this time around.

Also, I thought with this being the first day here and Kenny being so sick for 2 days and already getting a bad impression of cruising, I figured we had better do an "easier" day first to get him accustomed to the place (versus a ferry, to another bus, to a bus, to another bus and then a ferry back making for a very long day of riding). We'd break him in slowly. One bus there, one bus back.

We walked to the bus stop, with our tickets already purchased. We were the first there and we took a seat to wait for the bus. We waited and people came. We waited some more and more people came. This bus stop was getting packed and our seats where no longer considered the "front row" and people were standing in front of us, in the street, and surrounding us. Yikes! Something told me that even though we were the very first at the bus stop, this was not going to matter to any of these people and it was going to be a "who ever can get on the bus first gets it" type of deal.

It was weird that this time around, there wasn't anyone standing there to help you out (or put you on the right or wrong bus) like last time. Everyone was left wondering what to do, if they were in the right place, what bus to catch, when they would show up, how they would know and so on. At this point I felt like a pro and knew exactly what we were doing...and that was NOT getting on the "Special" or "Horseshoe Bay" bus!

The bus finally came and we managed to swing in from the side and I managed to get the munchkins up in the bus then stood sideways so that the rest of my family could go in and blocked the raid of people trying to come in from the other side of me. I'm sorry we were the absolute first there at the bus stop when no one was around. We were getting on this bus, even if we were forced to stand.

I remembered to say my "Good Morning Sir" and politely ask if he could let us know when we got to Warwick Long Bay. He smiled and said he would. This was a much better experience than the last time with the nasty bus driver.

The bus filled up and the driver stopped the crowd to let them know there was another bus on the way shortly and he had to leave some seats open for the locals along the way. He left 5 seats available for them. We pulled out at 12:33pm.

Then off we went. This driver was CRAZY! LOL Was I in New York again? Notice Kendra's bf not only sitting but holding on as well. LOL Poor Brayden got stuck in a middle seat in the very back, which is sitting up on a platform really high and his seat was not attached. Every time this bus driver slammed on his brakes, Brayden went flying. Although he thought it was fun, I was a little worried and trying to hold him down.

I taught my kids manors and to respect others and they told me once we were seated that if a local got on and there weren't any seats left, they would happily give up their seat. This is their country and we are here visiting. They make me proud.

I pretty much knew my way to Horseshoe Bay and I knew when we were coming up on the split in the road. I knew we were getting close. I seen us pass Horseshoe and knew that we needed off at the second Warwick stop, not the one with the parking lot.

The bus driver stopped, we thanked him and told him to have a good day and we were off. He pointed in the direction that we needed to start walking to get to the entrance.

To read our review once we arrived at Warwick Bay, click the following tab:

Up next we would wind our way over to Jobsons Bay located here:

There was a lot of cliff diving going on with the boys and my heart was put to the test. I had had enough and it was time to move on to Stonehole Bay. Hopefully the boys wouldn't find anything to jump from over there.

Next up was Chaplin Bay:

The kids had a blast there riding the waves...or maybe the waves got the best of them...you be the judge.

Next up was Noname Beach

Then we had finally made it to Horseshoe Bay. This would be our second time here, so I combined both of my visits all in one place:

And of course we ended up at Baby Bay Beach for the rest of our time here and we had officially completed our beach hopping journey.

We made it back to the bus stop and headed to the ship. It was dark out now of course (the sunset was a lot earlier than the last time we were here, which makes me not want to come back during this time of year) and it was 6:48pm when we made to the pier and I snapped this picture:

Our intentions were to go back to our rooms, shower, get changed, eat some dinner and head back out to the dockyard to take pictures and possibly go over and play putt putt or just hang out.

We showered and got ready for dinner and headed up to the buffet to see what was available. It looked like it was Asian night and that was good enough for me. We could eat really quick and run and get back off the ship, which is what we were looking for.

They had it decorated with umbrellas and lanterns.

Our bellies were full and we headed out to the deck to grab a drink first. Sakari had a dirty banana monkey and she got wasted.

Just kidding, but she thought she was a big girl with her drink in hand.

The one thing I noticed about this cruise was that the bar tenders where amazing with the kids. When you went up to get yourself a drink, they would ask if you wanted one to match for the munchkin. I thought that was so thoughtful and they weren't stingy at all with the drinks like I expected them to be. (Meaning only allowing you to order 1 at a time, or only order for yourself and the other person had to be present and so on). This UBP was pretty awesome this time around if I say so myself.

It was getting late and once all the kids had finished eating and met us on deck, we started making plans. But Kenny has disappeared. We went back to the room to find him there and he said he was tired and really didn't want to get back off the ship tonight. We tried to entice him with things to do while off the ship and he just wasn't interested. He just wanted to relax the rest of the night and relax he did.

We also decided that relaxing wasn't a bad option either. We had done a lot of walking today and would do even more tomorrow, so we just decided to hang out in the rooms and enjoy each others company.

Sakari decided to do some drawings before drifting off to sleep. Since she was feeding the birds, it was going to be a "bird" night.

The hubby watched tv and I planned for tomorrow, set the alarm, put the cameras on charge and to bed we went.

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