GAneedWater

Same thing happened to us on our recent FotS cruise this past week. My boyfriend and I are only lowly Gold members like yourself, but with only 4 points each before this cruise. We arrived to our room one day to see we had received invites for a free bridge, galley, and Studio B tour. The envelope was addressed to us, but on each of the invites it clearly stated for Diamond Plus and Pinnacle members only. We went to guest services to see if it was a goof and they said we were "invited" by someone. We have no clue as to who or why, but it was nice receiving those tours!:D

Hello, my boyfriend and I are already looking at our next cruise after just getting off the Freedom of the Seas yesterday! Some of the rates for Grandeur are to hard to pass up, but we have some questions as far as transportation and where to stay. We plan to fly in since we live in Atlanta and it would be cheaper than driving thanks to his flight benefits. What we would like to know is what type of transportation is there from the airport to the cruise terminal and/or from a local airport hotel to the terminal. Are we stuck with taking a taxi (if so what are the rates?) or is there public transport? Thank you for the help! :)

Grand Bahama is worn-down looking simply put. The port is rather ugly looking. You might just wake up to seeing some machine dredging sand right outside you window or witness a crane lift crates of goods off a cargo ship while enjoying your breakfast in the Windjammer! From what our taxi driver told us, the area was in the process of being built up into something akin to Nassau almost, but then the economy crashed and a hurricane hit. Things never really picked back up. Throughout the island there are several abandoned buildings.

The area right by the ships are ok, but there are your classic tourist traps. The vendors there sell the same things you'll see at the next stop, just at a much higher price. You can pay a cab driver $5 to take you to the Lacuya shopping area, but it's the same thing. I honestly felt like the vendor's in Freeport heckle you more than the ones in Nassau. There was this one woman in the Lacuya who heckled me so badly because I didn't want her to braid my hair :( I felt intimidated after that and we decided to just head back to the ship.

I would say you might enjoy getting off the ship just to check the area out right by the port. There is a Senior Frog's that is less crowded and much more mellow than the one in Nassau there. We didn't check out any of the beaches while we were there, but it might be something worth looking into. Just stay away from Lacuya unless if you have better nerves than me and be able to stand the more abrasive heckling.