Anyone have experience with being on island during the St. John Festival? We are arriving to the island on the 2pm ferry on 7/3 and are wondering how hectic Cruz Bay will be with the Festival just getting started. This will be our 4th visit to St. John in the last 15 years, so we know our way around...

We just stayed there last week too. We were at Blue Papaya. Loved the villa and the area.

I like the Ted thing. His web-site doesn't have costs. Anyone that has used Ted want to share what they have paid per person?

We picked Blue Papaya for our up coming trip with about the same needs.

http://www.destinationstjohn.com/home.p ... e%20Papaya

I base everything on the Coco Lopez can.

1 part Coco Lopez
1 part pineapple juice
1.5 part OJ
1.5 part rum

No idea about the freezing. But without rum in the mix I don't see any reason you couldn't.
RD->

Thank you. All good info so far.
Tell me more about the need for the dingy. I take it we would need a dingy to get the kids ashore anywhere we might be needing a drink or something. The wife is liking this idea less and less I think.

Looking at taking our group of 9 (7 adults, 3 & 5 year olds) over to the BVI this trip. Would love to use Captain John at Palm Tree but out group is to large for his boat. Anyone have another charter company they would like to suggest? And how much money are we looking at for this "dream da...

Agreed that the Beach Bar is the best/simplest recipe, I've been using it for years now. The only change I make is that I make them by the pitcher instead of by the glass. I use the coco lopez can as a shotglass. So it looks like this: 1 can Coco Lopez 1.5 can Dark Rum 1.5 can Orange Juice 1 can Pin...

Avalon (aka Fort Miles)is on our list of possible villas for our trip this summer for 9 people (7 adults and 2 kids under 5). We have read some reviews that concern us, talking about it being run down and needing many repairs. I believe it is over 40 years old now. We'd love to hear from anyone who ...

Yo lazylane didn't I see at some point that you stayed at DeBolina on this trip? I would love to know how it worked out for you. It is on my short list of villas right now. And I think you know how rare the info is on this place. Pictures would be great if you got em please.
Thanks,
RD->

Doing the villa search thing. Does anyone know anything about Villa Darcini? Can't find a single post anywhere about it.

http://destinationstjohn.com/home.php/38/Darcini