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Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/26/2018 10:34 PM
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Can anyone give me an update on the Westin Dawn Beach Hotel. We used to enjoy staying there but have not seen any information on their status.
Also, what is the status of Friers and Happy Bay? Is there any vegetation on the beach. We spent quite a few enjoyable days under the shade of the big tree in the middle of the beach there.
Thank you for your responses.
Robert
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/26/2018 10:52 PM
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Happy Bay lost a lot of vegetation. Take a look at the picture in my trip report here.The sand at Friar's is much rockier than it used to be.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/26/2018 11:17 PM
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Thank you for the update.
Robert
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 08:56 AM
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Linda--I wondered about Friars, compared to previous years. We had not been there in YEARS and while we just ate lunch, I thought at this time, it would be pretty difficult to get into the water unless you have water shoes because of all the rocks. Of course we were only on the FBBC end. Not sure about the other end. Did you go down there?
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 11:38 AM
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Yes, I was surprised they didn't take credit cards. I'm not sure if that was always the case or not. I didn't pay any attention to what the exchange rate was.
Carol Hill
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 04:48 PM
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We didn't notice many more rocks than usual. Then it's changed since you were there. I will have a picture in my third week's report that shows a significant rock/pebble accumulation. I agree that the food wasn't that great.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 05:00 PM
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I took a picture also of the rocks, which maybe I'll get posted one of these days! Regarding the food, we had an order of chicken spring rolls that was da bomb! Eric had a really good chicken sandwich with goat cheese. I had a croque monsieur which I did not enjoy, as I thought the bread was very soggy. I had never had it before, so I didn't know whether they did a good job with it or not.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 07:26 PM
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OK, like I said, I'd never had one before, so I didn't know how it was supposed to come out..
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/27/2018 07:46 PM
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We didn't notice many more rocks than usual. Then it's changed since you were there. I will have a picture in my third week's report that shows a significant rock/pebble accumulation. I agree that the food wasn't that great. Well all the times before we have always had rocks so I didn't notice any difference.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/28/2018 06:58 AM
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Columbia Sussex has still not announced what will happen with their Westin St. Maarten Resort. We have reported previously that the issue there, as in many other places, is insurance -- they're waiting for the money they are owed to act, and I don't expect them to formally announce anything until they have the $ to actually get going.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/28/2018 09:33 PM
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Yes, definitely closed ever since the hurricane. We didn't head over that way, but a local friend says that they are working on repairing the damage.
Carol Hill
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/29/2018 08:41 AM
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I used to stay in a first floor apartment at the Great House, the big apartment building between OBBR and CBC. Water washed away my entire apartment and everything in it, waves were crashing into the second floor, and the third floor was destroyed because most of the roof was ripped off. Anyone staying on Dawn beach was lucky to escape alive. The Westin has many millions of dollars in damage and business interruption on top of that.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/29/2018 10:01 AM
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I remember seeing it at the time, yes. You might be able to google it and find it.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/29/2018 10:37 AM
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Has anybody seen any tweets from the guy who was tweeting from the westin. At first it started like a Dan Rather in a rain slicker post from a run of the mill hurricane in Key Biscayne and they quickly go from joking to serious as they were all moved into a stairwell at the westin and he said he was atheist and needed people to pray for him.
Anybody know the twitter handle im thinking about?
He might no think so, but it would be interesting to hear more from that experience. I still follow him, as he is a hoot when out and about in London. Alex Woolfall @woolfallalex
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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06/29/2018 11:41 AM
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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07/04/2018 08:46 PM
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Thanks for the pictures. I think 'very little' shade translates into 'zero'. Does the place you are staying provide beach umbrellas?
Carol Hill
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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07/05/2018 09:04 AM
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OK, thanks. I live in Florida, so I hide from the sun! Dany rents chairs and umbrellas, or just chairs, or neither?
Carol Hill
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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07/05/2018 10:41 AM
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Dany has never had umbrellas before now. Probably people brought them to the beach if some were seen.
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Re: Status of Westin, Friers and Happy Bay
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07/05/2018 12:44 PM
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He did. Now, I can't say. The couple of time's I've passed by on a boat he was not there.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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