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We have always done private in Grand Turk in the past without issue

Most times I book my excursions independent from cruise line, but I've hear of traffic issue and tours getting back late. The ship waited because it was their tour.
I'm not going to risk it booking with the ship this time.  

Lots of new ports for us too.  Positives for this cruise, 14 Journey cruises don't draw the problematic Carnival passengers of late. The Venezia is a Vista class ship so it will be similar to the Vista, Horizon & Panorama, but a little more upscale I hear. Looking forward to it. 

Well we might as well get this page started.   Just booked the cruise, our daughter and family are joining us as well. 
It should be different from the standard Caribbean cruises as well as trying out the Venezia style ship. 
Always preferred CC over FB for sharing and exchanging cruise info.   

1 hour ago, KeepCalmBearOn said:

 

 Who does that? Viator is TripAdvisor, Many Smaller companies book through them, and sometimes the rate is even lower trough them, as opposed to directly though vender. I have never had an issue with them in the past. and Not even in this case they were very responsive reaching out to the vender.  Viator did not deny the refund, Redline did.
I booked with them because of the time slot available and not to go on bigger boat. 
They might do great tour but to not to be willing to wait less than 5 min is un acceptable.
This is 1st time I've ever had a problem with a vender in over 20 years. I rarely book my excursion with the ship. 

DON'T BOOK WITH REDLINE RAFTING, Maui Whale-Watching Tour by Raft from Kihei. They would not wait 3 min, in fact they left early without us. I called their contact number which they do not answer, only voice mail ( poor communication). So I texted informing them our cruise ship was slightly delayed and we might be a few minutes late. The responded they would tell Capt. We had to pay $63 dollars for Uber to the meet up location. We arrive exactly at 11:03, verifiable from Uber. The dock was only 50 ft. away and their boat was already gone. The company lied to Viator and said we were 35 min late. We have text and Uber records to prove when we arrived. One of their employee's said the Capt. was probably busy and probably did not check his text but what a regular at the pier said was more like they saw an opportunity to take out someone out for cash and pocket the $$$ while denying us a refund. Food for thought. I would not trust Redline bad customer service and communication. Their booking info said they leave at 11, but they left before. There 2 other boats were tied up to dock at 11:03. DON'T TRUST THEM book another company.

Does anyone have experience taking private tours with Roatan Private Trips and Tours with the ship arriving 7am which I believe is 6am local time.

We are interested in doing the land sea tour.

Thanks

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IMPORTANT: There have been a number of reports of armed robberies and street crimes against tourists around the municipality of Santos Guardiola in the east end of the island, as well as in Palm Beach, on the north eastern side of Roatan. These areas are approx. 5 miles outside the Mahogany Bay Cruise Center. If wandering outside of Mahogany Bay, be mindful of your personal safety as you make your individual plans and take necessary precautions.

Renting a moped or scooter ashore can be dangerous. If you rent a vehicle, it is important to know local traffic law -So this is what was on our funtimes last week, needless to say we DID NOT venture out of the cruise area, we were going to go see monkeys but decided not worth getting robbed:mad::mad: We were on Valor Aug22-29 2015

Thanks for the heads up sailing on the Valor in Oct.

The trip from Divi Little Bay to the Cruise Facility would depend on how many ships are in port, the season and the day of the week, but I'd say that 30 minutes is a decent estimate unless you hit the triple whammy of lots of ships on a Friday during High Season.

 

gary

Gary I saw a post regarding taxing rates from 2013 do you have updated rates

Cruise port to Divi Little Bay, and or combo water taxi, and taxi to little bay

Thanks

We're sailing to Freeport in January and just was wondering if anyone knows how much a day pass to Radisson Resort is and what all is included???

Thanks

Texnewbie (Carolyn)

I did the day room at the Sheridan last year and it worked out great. $129 for 4 people.