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Excellent steaks at El Guacho's.....near downtown. $$$

I can't figure out why we started getting incredible offers. Nothing to do with casino offers. We don't gamble. After disembarking our cruise in Feb, we have received a dozen crazy cheap offers. Never have in the past.

Picked up an 8 day cruise Eastern Caribbean for $220 pp plus fees, plus $100 OBC pp. That nets out to $110 apiece.

Had an Australian offer at $23 inside cabin plus fees. Had to decline when the airfare turned out to be $5200 r/t.

I submit mine by snail mail. Have been approved each time. Twice since late January. Confirmation sent to my email.

Yes! Everyone please spending the news about how bad 6287 is. Then it will be available when we sail!

Maybe want to confirm that. I read $100 - by appointment only.

Take the $600 and donate it to St Jude's.

2 minutes ago, cellfree said:

It is not expressed as the ID NOW test on Carnival’s website but after reading through a plethora of Carnival posts I came to realize it is acceptable and used it prior to a November cruise, worked great, got results in two hours, gulf coast of Florida. 

Perfect - thanks

What's  the ID Now test? I don't see it listed on the Carnival site as an accepted test. We cruise in Feb and want to use Walgreens too. Just want  to do the right test and not mess up. Appt needed for Walgreens?

The Fury is a cat that runs out of Cozumel. Exactly what you are describing. Great Fun!

One  catamaran is the Fury. Great excursion! Great fun. Maybe 40-50 people?

Good to know they offer transportation only.

What company did you find?

We stayed at St Maarten last May, went to Pinel, and have been several times in the past. I've read multiple threads about reliable transportation return from Pinel. Had a rental car so no problems.

Last year and this past spring, we returned from Pinel via ferry around 3pm. We did notice there was no one on the ferry dock that could have called us a taxi if we had needed one.  2 seperate times, not a soul, just returning patrons of the ferry. We looked towards the kayak hut and didn't see anyone there either. Just an observation. Pinel is SO WORTH going, but I'd sure be uneasy returning on that ferry with no guaranteed means of transportation. Car rental isn't all that much at the cruise ship pier, something like $60 for the day. Just my .O2

We use a Kyss Bag. Big enough to tote your stuff, yet  lockable and safe.

On 7/15/2019 at 9:55 AM, PORT ROYAL said:

 

And if another condo stayer arrives before the T'erds, for $20.00 are they then directed to the rear of the 4 ranks for tour guests?  Think for an early $20.00 a front rank could be arranged, and is.

After watching them set up multiple days, this was not our observation. Heck anything is possible I guess.

The nearby Condo renters/owners grab the front ranks of beds, before the T'erds arrive.

Not so sure that's accurate. We stay at the Atrium and watch them set up the lounge chairs in the morning when the cruise ships are in town. The are set up for the tour guests. Yes, first come first serve.  About 4 rows deep. 

There are separate lounges for Atrium patrons, and there are lounges by the Buccaneer Bar.  

There is a Honeymoon Beach at St John. Access via Red Hook ferry and open air taxi.

There is a Honeymoon Beach at Water Island, which has 2 beachside (as in "on the beach") grills/crude bars. Great hamburgers and drinks I might add! Nice quiet beach until the  tour boats arrive with a zillion people. They don't stay too long tho.

 Access via local (20 person) ferry that runs every hour from Tickles Restaurant /dock in Crown Bay. Then either walk up and over a good size hill or sometimes you can catch a free ride from one of the restaurant vehicles.

We were at Pinel last week. Pinel is gorgeous, a must seer in my opinion. Drive time is accurate - about 30 minutes in the morning. The ferry runs every 1/2 hour. Cost is $12 pp r/t. I believe the 1st ferry is @ 9:30, last ferry back is 4pm.

Kayaking is a good option. 

It is in a pretty remote area. At the ferry dock,  there is no one to ask to call a taxi. I'd want some assurance that my taxi would be there to get me to the ship.

Another option would be to rent a car for the day. Very easy to do, and not that much money. That way you'd have your own wheels.

You really don't want to miss Pinel. You will never forget it.

On 4/10/2019 at 10:30 AM, LC2626 said:

Thankfully, a shuttle bus/taxi ended up pulling in and we hopped on. 

 Quite fortunate there!

On some classes of ship, you are talking about the Lobby Deck - deck 3. Love that area too.

On the Breeze,  Deck 5 is all outside with seating. Deck 4 shows outside area, but not  sure if that one is public or not. Maybe someone else can chime in.

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Cardow comes to mind. I know they have a large

discounted jewelry section.

On 1/4/2019 at 4:33 PM, jordanaire said:

Thanks for the pictures! Orient Beach is our favorite place on planet Earth. We were so devastated to see what the hurricane had done. We tried to go there back in April but no one would take us there. Said the government declared it unsafe for visitors. Yeah, right! So now we plan to go back this coming April and will definitely see our favorite beach again.

We were there last April. We were welcomed with open arms!

Beach Bar at Cruz Bay

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Agreed