We left STL at 7:20 and flew to Charlotte. We left Charlotte at 11:30 and arrived Montego Bay 2:00. We checked in at the couples’ desk and waited about 5 minutes. Steve went to Margaritaville just outside and got our traditional margarita for the ride to the resort. We got on the van. About midway…a car in front of us slammed on their brakes and stopped to make a right-hand turn. Kudos to our driver who veered to the left…. barely missing the car. We arrived San Souci at 4:15. We checked in. We were assigned room B19. This is our first time in B building. We are on the second floor and unfortunately, we don’t have a view of the main pool…it is blocked by a palm tree…but we do have a small view of the Sea. Our requests for the mini frig and bar were waiting for us. The room was perfect as always.
We unpacked and went to the martini bar about 6…Steve had appletini and had chocolate. Clive entertained us on flute. We went to Bella Vista for dinner. Steve had the beef and I had the fish. We walked around and went to SSB to look around. There is still a drop off near the river However… we were told that Pierre added 120 more beach chairs to the beach and some more palapas. It looks like they have trimmed some of the vegetation at the end of the pool closets to the road, so the trees are not hanging over the chairs…and there seems to be more umbrellas and new tables. The new bathrooms have 2 stalls on each side and the old bathrooms are still open to use. No work has been done to expand the kitchen.
We came back to the room to crash…it had been a very, long day…however…there was a new show on the stage on the main lawn. It was very loud and it continued until a little past 10. I heard them announce that following the show…there would be a bon fire on the main beach…for the very first time. So perhaps they have added some late-night entertainment on Thursdays.