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St. John is heaven on earth! Seeing as shopping is out on St. Thomas, I'd take the excursion to St. John. It's Paradise.

St. Maarten is - well - not the most exciting island. The French side is more sophisticated.... The one good thing about a tour on St. Maarten is that you won't be accosted every 3 steps by someone wanting to braid your hair or sell you something. I don't think I've ever been on an island that is worse for that. The honest truth is last time St. Maarten was on the itinerary, we stayed on the ship. I had a spa day and Neil read and slept.