Jamaica Sandals Negril Day 3 2025

Day 3 was Tuesday morning. We headed to the buffet and the hostess sat us near the outside patio. Big mistake.

When I mentioned in yesterday's post about the morning entertainment, this is what I meant. These birds come right into the dining room, and land on the tables. They will take right off your plate if you're not looking. Rob got up to go get something and the birds tried to take his breakfast. A man at the next table said to wave the napkin at it. Perhaps they think it's a competing bird. 

It was really annoying and disgusting. We tried to make sure we ate as close to the main entrance as possible after that.

Some shots of the view from our third floor room. That's the top floor of this building. Originally the building did not have balcony roofs on the top floor and I can't imagine how hot they would be in the afternoon. 
Something interesting is that on Google Maps, you can't see the buoys around each swim area.

Looking towards north-west, that island would be close to where we went snorkeling. On the land just before it, just beyond Sandals' border is Hedonism II, a clothing optional resort.

You can see the light and dark patches. The light patches are clear sand, the dark is sea grass--where the little critters live. It's harder to see the difference when you're actually in the water (especially when you're short!)

I had read that sea grass and urchins were an issue and that water shoes with rigid soles were a necessity.

We also spotted him, spot treating crabgrass and weeds. The grass is really cool--it's very short and almost mossy. They said they had to mow and dethatch a lot.

We went to the water sports again to sign up for snorkeling and glass bottom boat ride. We were able to do the 10AM (?) snorkel. 

It was a great snorkel trip, not very far and we didn't see a whole lot, but yet it was still really good. However, just before we came to Sandals, our daughter was at Couples Tower Island on the Jamaican north shore (Ochos Rios), and had done a night snorkel. Her group was swarmed by jellyfish and everyone was stung. She got it on her arm, her thigh, and her ankle.  

 

We were snorkeling in the day, but guess what was the first creature I saw? A jellyfish! I think this was the first time I've seen one. It was not small by any means, but not huge either. Big enough to freak me out!!

We didn't see a whole lot.

That island I showed before....Booby Cay. We couldn't snorkel near it but you can take a boat ride out to the beach, and a little snack stand, I think.

Pretty typical shots. We DID see fish, but my camera work really sucked this time. Rob swam over to where the reef broke, and saw a lot more over there (I joined him). The boat crew was great though and we quite enjoyed the trip. I had hoped we'd go snorkeling more, but somehow we kept busy even though we weren't "doing anything".  I did manage to bring my knee up on the underside of the ladder getting back on the boat LOL.

We went out on the glass bottom boat ride around noon. We were worried about it being hot and sunny but it was totally fine. 

Fish. LOL. So this was the opposite direction of the snorkeling; that's Booby Cay is the distance.

The windows in the glass bottom boat don't give you a wide viewing angle. The windows are small, and the boat is usually moving. The angle of them means you're looking pretty much just below the boat.

This is the Azul Beach Resort.

I had seen these advertised online. It's a sportscar "body" on what I guess is a jet ski or jet boat. We saw it in action a few times, going up and down the beach. Such a gimmick, but someone was being really creative when they came up with it!

Here is Barefoot on the Beach, with its sides down. Behind it is the Palm Grove building. It's about two years old, but the balcony pools on the 3rd floor (and roof top?) started leaking and they were working on repairs. All week. There were people in the rooms on the main floor, but I heard from some people in the FB group that there was debris in and around the pool, and it was hard to get staff to clean it up.

It was great getting to see the resort from the water. It's probably one of the longest stretches on 7 Mile Beach. The highway is fairly close to the beach here, so it's a long and narrow resort. Which makes for great long walks on the beach.

I have no photos of the afternoon. It was probably spent going pool to pool, and on the beach. We had an early dinner at Sundowner and got to sit on the veranda, since we were the second people in line.

What an amazing sunset we were able to watch. We timed it perfectly--time of day, and weather.

This is the grilled pineapple ginger martini. I had heard it was amazing. It was, but a bit spicy for me and I got heartburn :(

While waiting for dinner, I had fun with the different settings on my camera. This is not how intense the sunset is in real life, but it's actually close. 

This is the charbroiled beef tenderloin with a side of Caribbean lobster tail.

This is the coconut truffle cake. It was fine, but too much cake (even though it's a small piece). We appreciated the smaller size portions, though we see many people online complaining. It's definitely not 2007 main dining room cruise food!

Despite growing up with cats, I'm not a big cat person. I get congested. And again, with these cuties, I felt it quickly.

There was a bigger cat that quickly claimed the little piece that 'fell' from my side. Rob distracted it while I made sure this fellow got a piece. 

On the schedule was "Love and Fire" at the pool. No real description. I asked, I think at the front desk, and got a lame, non-descriptive answer. I had heard that there was a show one night with a fantastic singer who floats around the pool. I assumed it would be this show.

On cruise ships, the entertainment staff (singers, dancers etc) don't do much outside of the shows (maybe when they do dance class, or maybe fitness classes). However, here, the entertainment crew does it all. The daytime bingo, the evening acrobatics in the pool. 

It was a cool show, very different than the AquaTheater shows on Oasis class ships. Some talented staff! The star of the show though was a woman who sang while standing on the floating lilypad (a decommissioned float bed from the beach, covered in material). She was pushed around by a couple of the staff. She also lounged in a kayak while singing and being pushed around. She was an amazing singer, however, her name was no where to be found. Not on the app, the schedule, the website, or at the show. It was hard to understand much that was announced due to the loud volume. 

I did a search on YouTube, but I can't find a video. I did film little clips but they're not great quality so I'm not going to post them.

I don't think we did anything after this show.  It was a tiring day though.