For those interested, a quick summary of my experience from Allure 06/2023
Try Drive is booked in Cruise Planner as a Shore Excursion. I think it was priced at $34.
Originally only single spot was available. I was able to add a second person once onboard at the Dive Shop.
My session was held on Day 3 at 7am in Sports Pool by the Dive Shop. The PADI course was being held at same time and they obviously had started their class well before our scheduled arrival. My daughter and I were given tanks and other gear (PADI class had wetsuits but we didn't). We were able to use our own masks (presciption lenses as well as comfort factor), Simple instructions for rise and fall with the buoyancy vest were provided and in we jumped. Instructor basically told us to go to other end of pool while he did PADI course with about 7 other people... We could have stayed as long as we wanted but we both were done after about 30m.
Seeing the bottom of the pool was somewhat enlightening. The amount of debris, hair, and other junk floating around affirmed my history of not spending much time in cruise pools...
Glad we did it. The price was fair. Good experience to learn if you want to commit to a PADI course and go all-in...
We snorkel often but had never worked with a tank system before...