joyandjerry

No, we did the one through RCCL and it was great! Nearly 30 minutes from port, place was See Thru kayaks. Much easier with RCCL supplying transportation. Guide was wonderful and we had plenty of time.

A few years ago, we were at Coco Cay March 29. It was sunny and high seventies, so that was fine for us. Chilly when you were wet, but we live in the mountains of Western PA so it's subjective.

Does anyone that has sailed recently know if the milk in the buffet is in cartons or pitchers? We are sailing on Vision this week. Last year in November CCL switched to pitchers and it was a mess. We like to bring the cartons back for a snack or excursions. Staff was unsure, and some pax on Harmony recently had cartons. In the late autumn, there was a general shortage for milk in small cartons (in schools) as only two places manufactured them, or something like that. So Jerry thought it was part of the reason; there was even a shortage at our grocery store.

We booked Silver Moon also.

Apologies for not understanding this reply, as everyone is just so friendly and helpful here. I must have missed the "derogatory" post. The only "terd" I could find was an acronym for a computer system.

Always learning! That is very reasonable. Yeah, we bring the ship's towels. Thanks again!

That is incerdibly helpful - cruisers are the best! Just the info that I needed. Thanks for the reply - not sure what the "ew' meant. We do try to do things on our own to be on our own schedule. Jerry and I always pack some protein bars for a meal. It saves money and time. One is not to bring unsealed food from the ship, as other countries are concerned with possible contamination (bugs, etc.) from food. If it is found or in areas with dogssniffing the pax, you will be forced to discard it. I have seen it happen. Joy

Following - Jerry and I will be there at the end of March for the first time. I noticed that SEG and Shore Excursioneer do not have any tours listed. So perhaps they all have to go through the cruise line when in port? We were interested in the kayaking tour by RCCL if we cannot get anything on our own.

Jerry and I will be there March 28. We did Captain Bob's Speedboat tour several weeks ago and was wondering about doing the Flying Dutchman,etc. on our own. It is only about 5 km from the port, and I was wondering if anyone has done this. RCCL does not have an excursion there. I don't know how crowded it will be, as we are on Vision of the Seas, and there is only one other ship in port then, Viking Sea. Other private tours do not pick up at the port, and I don't want to have to worry about getting transportation there by a certain time. So we thought we could do it on our own schedule, if one does not need advance reservations. Any experiences/thoughts/suggestions greatly appreciated. TIA. Joy

Jerry and I are going March 28, and have done a tour of the island on a previous visit. Does anyone have experience with snorkeling on your own, ship's excursion (RCCL), or other private tours for this? We are interested in the turtles and the shipwreck. TIA.

Yeah, all the other cabins on CCL, RCI and Princess had them in various room types.

This was on Enchantment.

We have cruised on different lines, and enjoy several. Even though we loved all that RCI had to offer, our interior room seemed much smaller than CCL, which I know has slightly bigger rooms. (We like the dark and quiet on an interior.) On RCI, the bed was butt up against the wall on one side, and I had to slide to the foot to get out of bed. Not having the cooler/fridge (not a real cold unit, I know) in an interior was a PITA. They have them on CCL on interior rooms. On RCI, what is the lowest category of room that comes standard with mini bar fridge? Anything below balcony? TIA.

I was there twice and traffic was awful. That was in late September.

De Palm tours has emailed me that due to their contract with the cruise line, only tours through them will be offered to cruise pax.