cruise excursions

dbcrosby Posted: Feb 09, 2004 08:19 PM

cruise excursions

we are going on a cruise next week. i was just wondering how many people went on the excursions and if they were worth it
i was also wondering how many people just went in a taxi and asked them to drive you to the nearest beach.

help me decide what to do

julz33 Posted: Feb 09, 2004 08:27 PM

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I have been on two cruises. I definately think you should do excursions. It is more moeny then just going to a beach, but you don't have to worry about transportation, getting lost, renting equipment (for snorkling, example), and especially you don't have to worry about the ship leaving without you because you will be with a huge group. If just 2 people are late the boat might leave! I think all of the excursions we did were alot of fun and worth it!

Where are you going?

dbcrosby Posted: Feb 09, 2004 09:05 PM

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thanks for your advice. we are going on carnival to the southern carribean- antigua, st.thomas,st.lucia,dominica,dominican republic and san juan. have u been there or on carnival. if so what advice can you give me

julz33 Posted: Feb 09, 2004 09:34 PM

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I went on Carnival but we went to Jamaica, Cozumel and Grand Cayman on that cruise.
I went on Costa and we went to San Juan, Dominican Republic, St Thomas and Bahamas. In San Juan we didn't do an excursion. We ended up walking from the port, around the city, and then to the old forts. It was beautiful! In St. Thomas we did an excursion to Coki Beach and sent snorkeling. It was a lot of fun! In the Dominican Republic we did an excursion where we went to a beach, Catalina Island, and then went on a Catamaran ride and went snorkeling again. This was the least fun excursion but it might be because it was cloudy.

I really LOVE cruises
You will have a lot of fun on Carnival!

BlazeSyth Posted: Feb 09, 2004 10:34 PM

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I went to bermuda recently.. pick an excursion a day to do. That's plenty. The rest of the time you can spend going around the place or hanging around on the boat.

If helmet diving is an option, do it, it's great!

Sunny Posted: Feb 09, 2004 10:44 PM

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We went on Carnival- we found that all the packages (that we wanted) were available cheaper off the boat.

For example. we did not book one excursion in Ensenada because we couldn't decide. it was 20 a person.

We got off the boat and decided to go- we booked directly through the company and paid 10 a person, but were sitting on the same bus with people who paid carnival.

karen32 Posted: Feb 10, 2004 08:20 AM

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you should check out cruise critic.com message boards. they are awesome with planning excursions. people have researched this stuff and can tell you which excursions are the best, and which can be booked off the boat. i used CC for our HM planning, and it was invaluable!!!!

enjoy!!

Cruise Critic

NYCHICK Posted: Feb 10, 2004 08:35 AM

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Karen that site is awesome. I am going on a cruise for my HM and just posted a ? about shore excursions on the BHB board. Sorry to invade your thread, but I was obsessing about this for a while.

dbcrosby Posted: Feb 10, 2004 08:54 PM

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karin that website was amazing. i just spent 30 minutes on it looking up every port and reviews of the boat. thank you so much!!

dbcrosby Posted: Feb 10, 2004 08:55 PM

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one more question- if i take a taxi to a beach is it hard to get a taxi back ti the ship in time?

dbcrosby Posted: Feb 11, 2004 11:13 AM

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BUMP

karen32 Posted: Feb 11, 2004 11:47 AM

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Posted by dbcrosby

one more question- if i take a taxi to a beach is it hard to get a taxi back ti the ship in time?

i don't think so. trust me - the taxis all know when the cruise ships are in town. that is how they make their $$. i am sure if you go to a popular beach, the taxis will be there.