It did not affect us.
Ate like a pig but did not gain weight thanks to the gym and the current pool.
We took local bus and went to the Maho beach at St.Maarten (or St.Martin) and saw exactly the samething like these pictures
- an AA 757 directly flew over our head to land at the island's airport... It was incredibly exhilarating!
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?location=St.%20Maarten-Princess%20Juliana%20Int'l%20-%20TNCM