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We did a tour with Roatan Ocean Adventures last summer. We were suppose to 2 snorkel stops plus Daniels Monkey and Sloth. We ended up doing only 1 snorkel spot and Daniel's Monkey and Sloth due to time and the tour operator not managing his groups well. We were left waiting to do our snorkel for about 30 minutes-45 minutes and than we did the 1 mile drift snorkel which was awesome. It was very choppy and wave action was strong but my family are strong swimmers/free divers so it didn't bother us at all and we quite enjoyed it. The reef was gorgeous and quite possibly the best/healthiest reef we have ever seen.

It is a drift snorkel because they can not drop anchor in this location.

Only bummer was not being able to go our second snorkel location because the tour operator mis-scheduled the tours for the day.

Wowzers! The last 2 yrs DCL prices have continued to climb. After 13 DCL, cruises we have jumped ship to Princess and MSC where we can get 3 cruises for the price of one DCL cruise. With our kids getting older, they/we no longer need DCL entertainment. 

Anyone who has done MSC Eastern itinerary, can you tell if you dock at 5PM? What time frame does it actually take to get off ship? I can just imagine 4,000 passengers trying to get off at once.

I read some where else that MSC Seaside has arrived at 4PM in the past well. Anyone confirm this?

Terrific! Thank you guys for the information!! Much appreciated 🙂 

We are looking at an Alaskan cruise out of Seattle and it was a great reduced air option.

Considering it but we'd like to come in 2 days before cruise leaves as we have family there. 

Anyone with any experience with this option know if we can selected an air fare option that would allow us to fly in 2-3 days before cruise leaves?

Thank you in advance!

We just did Cane Garden Bay and enjoyed our day!

What restaurants do you get to chose from on MSC Divina for the Black card dinner?  We sailed MSC Seaside in the Caribbean last Christmas and had our dinner at the wonderful Butcher's Cut. We are booked on MSC Divina for a Caribbean sailing this go around and wondered which restaurant to select for Black card complimentary specialty restaurant dinner. 

Anyone with experience taking Ferry from St. Maarten port to Anquilla for day?

We were on the same sailing. We are early 40s with preteens and really appreciate the no party atmosphere on Princess ships. I love that mostly older crowd raps up early and the halls are quiet and peaceful. The pool is much more open for use than other cruise lines where you can harder even use the pools and hot tubs. This was our 21 and 22nd cruise (back to back on this sailing) and while at first we were taken back by some of the older touches in room decor and throughout the ship, we didn't give it much thought as so many of the areas are refurbished and the service was so stellar. We have been on 14 Disney cruises, 3 NCL and 1 MSC Seaside and 4 Princess. For the price we paid for 14 days of relaxation in comparison to what we have paid for our Disney cruises we were thanking our lucky stars for the Caribbean Princess.

When we went to Martinique Euros are required by most all vendor and tour operators/taxis. We brought Euros with us to Martinique and plan to do the same when we visit Guadaloupe.

We just got back from St. Maarten. We went on a half day snorkel tour to Creole Rock which cost us $75 x 4. The snorkeling was the saddest in terms of water clarity, coral, and sea life that I have experienced in visiting/snorkeling/diving in over 20 islands in the Caribbean. Lots of sea grass. There was hardly any sea life and the coral was almost non-existence. In addition, it seemed every tour operator goes to this place so the water was really stirred up and murky. I think there 6-7 other boats there while we were there. In my opinion, Creole Rock is not worth the money and better off at the beach for the day.

We are due to go on another cruise within the next year that has St. Maarten on the itinerary I am we are looking at other options rather snorkeling/diving.

 

They did pick us up near the cruise ship dock as the traffic is pretty bad in that area now. Diane, the owner, is very easy to reach at the email address on their website. I think it was $119 per person, but she offers discounts a lot. You won't be disappointed if you choose them!

I had an email exchange with this Diane and she gave off really bad vibes. I had an $10 off per person that I had saved from facebook advertisement from their site and asked if I could apply to the excursion cost for a family of 4. The tone of the email seem very irritated that I would ask about a discount. That was enough to well we will look else where.

We are considering doing this as well. Looks like our ship gets into port at 7AM and I see there is a 7:30AM ferry to Anguilla which would give up plenty of time to explore and be back by 6PM. Would love to see someone's experience :-)

We were there in January, and did it on our own. We took the water taxi there, and a short airplane ride back. We had plenty of time and it was a great day. Lazy lizard was up and running when we went. There is beach areas, we didn’t sit on the beach so I don’t remember much about it. We walked along it and it was very pretty. We walked around the island, stopped and ate and drank at a few places. Would definitely recommend going there.

Hi there, Where can you find information about the flight in and out of Caye Caulker?:cool:

Interesting as we on the Caribbean Princess in July and would love to experience St. Barts we have done St. Maarten several times.

We are going to Guadeloupe on MSC next winter and I was looking for a sail/snorkel option for this port. Any recommendations?

We are considering Azamara and Silversea for a extended cruise.

Silversea is very clear that all things are included in price (drinks, gratuities, wifi) but I can't seem to find on Azamara if all of things are included in the price.

We are currently in the research phase of planning our trip and not ready to reach out to sales rep or TA as they tend to hound you after you inquire.

Anyone info we can find here would be much appreciated :cool:

We are looking for a good review of Mayan Princess if anyone can point us to a comprehensive review of the All Inclusive Day Pass experience the Mayan Princess.

We'd love to do this next week (4/24 - Carnival Glory) but we need a minimum of 6. Anyone else interested in joining us? We need 4 more interested... http://www.svfreeradical.com/adventures.html#cruise

You should post on your roll call to see if you can get someone from your sailing?

Does anyone know if the pool and slide at Margaritaville costs? What the costs are?

We booked a Aurea level Balcony on Seaside for next year.

What is the Private Sun Deck area? Is it separate from the YC and main pool area?

Yeah I know man, shame it can’t just be a helpful forum without the shaming just for asking a question.

 

 

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Yeah its a shame that people can't offer helpful insight without being judgmental and trying be on some moral high ground.

Sometimes you get that with harmless questions. Like I once asked about kids having to dress up for formal night and I had a few posters try to tell I was a bad person if I let me teen wear shorts to dinner.

Ps I should also add a thank you to those of you who took the time to respond without a value judgement, much appreciated.

 

 

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Lots of self righteous folks commenting:cool::cool::eek::rolleyes:

It makes them feel better about themselves to makes others feel less than so they can feel greater than.

Only did 1 Carnival and it is on the never again list - ship decor, food quality and not impressed overall with experience. I might consider one of their new ships though. We now bounce between Disney, NCL and Princess.

We have friends that don't have kids and want us to do a cruise with them but we have 2 kids (12 and 14 yrs). Are you there other families with kids that sail HAL?