boingy300 Posted March 20, 2011 #26 Share Posted March 20, 2011 For what it's worth we did just visit Falmouth Jamaica and it was down right pleasant. I don't care for Ochos at all. It was our least pushy island (Cozumel was the most aggressive- go figure!) Labadee was totally hands off as well. Very pleasant cruise overall. (I'd love to visit Cuba too!) Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimnbigd Posted March 22, 2011 #27 Share Posted March 22, 2011 On time we had to skip Grand Cayman -- seas were too rough to use the tenders. Instead we went immediately to Cozumel and got to stay overnight (on the ship but docked). I'd like to see that permanently. The night life in Cozumel is great. This won't likely happen though because: * Port charges cost more the longer a ship is docked * Cruiselines want the ship's casino to open by early evening to make more money Still an overnight at a port like Cozumel or Key West would be a nice change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boingy300 Posted March 22, 2011 #28 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I should probably clarify that although I described Cozumel as the most pushy, they weren't very pushy. I only meant to emphasize how "not pushy" the other islands were-which was awesome. An overnight sounds great to me as well! Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will773 Posted March 22, 2011 #29 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I agree! St. Thomas' date=' St. Maarten, Grand Cayman, Nassau, and Cozumel are STALE. Offer more choices, especially on the southern route.[/quote'] What more could you want in the Southern Caribbean? Doing a back to back on the Serenade out of San Juan will take you two ten different islands in two weeks. Tortola St. Maarten St. Kitts Dominica Barbados St. Thomas St. Croix Antigua St. Lucia Grenada One of those itineraries can also be done on the Adventure, in addition to: Curacao Aruba Dominica I think RCCL has the Southern Caribbean pretty well covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaza Posted March 23, 2011 #30 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I believe with over 2/3 of the population never having cruised before and now much of the cruisers on board being 1st or 2nd timers, these ports are new ports to a majority of those on the ship. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will773 Posted March 23, 2011 #31 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I believe with over 2/3 of the population never having cruised before and now much of the cruisers on board being 1st or 2nd timers, these ports are new ports to a majority of those on the ship. Just a thought. This is also true. For the vast majority, a cruise is a once in a lifetime vacation, and the cruise lines don't expect the people to be coming back for the amount of times that some of you have. When you first started cruising, you were excited about the ports. Most people don't cruise very often, so the ports are still exciting to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxedout2 Posted March 23, 2011 #32 Share Posted March 23, 2011 How about Grand Turk, Progreso, Calica, Roatan, Costa Rica, Colon, Belize, Tortola? Exactly....Progreso for Chichen Itza or Uxmal. I chose to go on Carnival Glory to Progreso. Why? Well, because neither Royal Caribbean, nor Princess, goes there and I wanted to see Uxmal. Glory is also stopping at Belize (Xunantunich), Costa Maya (Chacchoben) and Cozumel (Coba)....awesome Mayan Cruise. Sorry RCI. Sorry Princess. Maybe next time. :cool::cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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