Nieuw Amsterdam Pt.4 - St. Thomas, Magen's Bay, Orange Party Bar Hop, Billboard Onboard, Lido Snacks

[@isabelhovig]

Ahhhh, as much as I love all your cruise vlogs, I squealed with glee when you had the encounter with “leaf fish”! Ya never know how each encounter will go, so I’m glad you’re there to brave those encounters!🍂🐟💙

[@dianaleerode1499]

Listening to Dee talk to fish may be my favorite thing on KZbin

[@mimikarenbryant7325]

Orange Party was my favorite part of video! Have never seen the domino trick with the drinks! Such fun! And as always, loved seeing the snorkeling experience! Jay, your descriptions on Magen's Bay were detailed and helpful!

[@tashadallas2121]

The Orange Party Bar Hop looked like s much fun!! I wish the other cruise lines would so events like this. By the way, Jay, I loved the name picked! LOL

[@dtocks123]

Always thought Holland America was uptight. Looks like my speed. I may have to give them a try.

[@shelcheese8344]

What a fun day! The crew seemed to be having as much fun as you were. We love the cookies on HAL.

[@michaeldiamond9184]

The Onboard Pub Crawl looked great, lot of energy and loved the Domino action on the drinks. Would not picture that on a Holland America, but great ideal and love any enrichment events.

[@SoloonaCruise]

Good evening, that seemed like good and fun entertainment: in the water and on the ship.

[@deborahbolton3417]

Thanks for your video. Great, as always.

[@debbiepowell8172]

Good morning! I love St Thomas. It’s beautiful there.

[@anne-marievr5710]

St Thomas is expensive…most expensive beach day on our recent 9 night cruise. Chairs were $20 each. Jay-those socks would be perfect for New Zealand!!!!!

[@MegaBeaches]

As always great video. I love watching you guys. I do have a question though. Is there any other forms of entertainment on HAL other than the music performed?

[@parodeejay]

HAL pretty much went all-in with their music scene and their Step One dance shows, but we've heard that they're bringing more "traditional" singing & dancing shows back to some of their newer ships now, which we're glad to see!! :D

[@billsnyder1021]

Sounds like a fun Orange Party event

[@rebeccalyons1327]

I was hoping you were headed back to Water Island/Honeymoon Beach. My cousin manages the beach bar there.

[@parodeejay]

We wanted to, but our time in port was a little shorter than we would have liked!! :P

[@rochelle1117]

I love Magen's Bay. I've only been there once so far, but I'd definitely go back in a heartbeat. We had much better weather, but no floating fruit salad. Lots of little silver fishes though. And then we went to Paradise Point for a late lunch. Great day on St. Thomas.

[@mercyrodriguez5780]

Good morning! Fun video!

[@lerouxly67]

Thanks for not giving up. 😃

[@dinodiner1939]

Really appreciate these videos considering height matters when travelling. I am just a wee taller than Jay but the perspective is super helpful!

[@ginas.6656]

What a fun ship! So good to see you had such a good time! What year was this ship built?

[@parodeejay]

Looks like her maiden voyage was 2010, so she’s got some years under her belt!! :P

[@lfmckinley1077]

So lucky!!!! It is not snowing here but I would love to be where you are instead of at work 😂

[@vingturtur9573]

Dee! Your hair is very cute this way! Love it!

[@janedavies7768]

That drink with too glasses was yaga bomb ❤ 🙏🇬🇧

[@ann-marienelsenalexander8799]

LOVE you both ❤ But please DON’T drink the Koolaid! 🎉

[@CJS01DAKOTA]

I was hoping for an appearance of Jay's orange hat😂😂

[@HoneyBear36]

What smart watch do you use? It doesn’t look super thick and chunky like a lot of them are? I’m tempted to get one before our cruise just cause it would be interesting to see how many steps we end up doing This still looked like such a fun day. I never mind a stormy beach and sometimes the pictures come out so pretty because of the different colors from the clouds

[@parodeejay]

It’s a Google Watch that pairs with a Google Pixel smartphone. Not sure how friendly it would be with non-Google phones though.

[@HoneyBear36]

@@parodeejay good to know thank you! 🙏

[@rowenabellingham3179]

My partner overheard me watching your video and he reckons that Jay sounds like Fred from Scooby Doo...

[@barbarashuster9029]

I don't think the orange party a year and a half ago was like that

[@parodeejay]

In our Nieuw Statendam and Noordam vlogs, we showed the regular Orange Party experience, but this time we paid for the upcharge bar hop option just to try something different. Normally the Orange Party is drinks and snacks with music in the lounge, true.

[@canadanionerdo5434]

15:45....that's what she said?

[@wjbwendy]

Where do you put your bags when you go into the water?

[@parodeejay]

I believe we did a little commercial all about that in this very vlog!! :P ~Jay

[@luvtravel6207]

I solo travel a lot and I like those types of taxis, seems safe for a female solo traveler

[@maryann.rohrbaugh2240]

Do you pay taxi cash?

[@parodeejay]

Yes, cash for the taxis.

[@robinnichols2785]

I was told $20 even for a single chair (Jan 2024).

[@parodeejay]

Yikes, not for us, ha ha. We spend most of our time in the water, so we rarely rent chairs. But I’m sure some folks would use the heck out of them!! :P

[@clairecox8624]

the garbage is from the boats. the garbage just gets tossed into the water....so does the "waste" from the toilet. fun!