Dunns River...book online or ship excursion?

[cpristash]

Any input on booking the catamarand ride/Dunns River Falls excursion through the ship or is it better to book independently online...We are sailing on the Century Next Spring Break!

[rebeljohn]

We took a cab to Dunns river on our own. Much cheaper than the ships tour. Beware the vendors after you leave the falls. They are VERY pushy.

 

REBELJOHN

Constitution '89 Meridian '90

Norway '91 Celebration '93

Zenith 11/01 Sensation 5/02

Century 11/02 Atlantica 03/03

Zaandam 11/03 Horizon 4/04

[tofubeast]

We took the Century a year ago. IHIGHLY recommend doing Dunn River falls not through the ship. On the port o' call boards on here, I learned about a tour guide named Peat Taylor. You can find contact info for him on there or do a google search. He took us with some other cruisers to the falls. We were the first ones there! It was awesome cuz it was not crowded until we were leaving (as the cruise tours started to arrive). Then he took us on a tour and we got to see many neat things. He also took us back to the ship for lunch and then picked us up to take us downtown for afternoon shopping.. and then brought us back to the ship. He was amazing. I had read so many good things about him. He was one of the highlights of our trip! He was MUCH cheaper than the cruise trip as well and way less people!!

 

Century 5/24/03

Majesty of the Seas 6/3/02

Chandris Victoria Summer 1984

 

 

 till I cruise for my honeymoon!!

 

 

[Princess-of-Quite-alot]

We are booked with Peat for our upcoming cruise. His email is: oneiltay@cwjamaica.com

 

We are doing the following for $50 (the fees for the Falls are included)

 

•A visit to the Renown Dunn’s River Falls 2-1/2 hrs.

•Highlighted Shopping Tours optional.

•A visit to Fern Gully, a picturesque location with various species of ferns.

•A visit to the Jamaican neighborhood.

•Optional visit to the beach of your choice, or other location of interest in Ocho Rios.

•River Tubing.

 

Without River Tubing, it would cost $30 per person.

 

Celebrity Century 5/8/04 -Western Caribbean

 

Carnival Ecstasy 2/04 - Baja

Tahitian Princess 2/03- French Polynesia

Sea Princess 7/02 - Alaska

Carnival Ecstasy 5/02 - Baja

Royal Caribbean Monarch 10/00 - Southern Caribbean

Carnival Elation 10/99 - Mexican Riviera

Royal Caribbean Monarch 1/97 - Southern Caribbean

[trcori]

Count us among the Peat fans. We took his tour during our 3/03 Century cruise. That was the highlight of the week, and we enjoyed it so much that if we found ourselves stopping in Ocho Rios again, we would likely do the same thing. As Tofubeast mentions, Peat offers the option of dropping you off for lunch after the morning's tour, then picking you up for beach or shopping, all included in the same flat fee. We decided not to go out again after lunch on board but still felt we had gotten way more than our money's worth, with the falls (we swam at the beach at the bottom of the falls since we had no interest in climbing them), Fern Gully, and the neighborhoods. Peat was not only a jovial character in general, he very patiently answered the 6-zillion questions answered by our then-7-year-old son, who sat next to him up in front of the shuttle bus. Have a great time!

 

TR

Millennium 12/12/04

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Mercury 4/04, Infinity 8/03, Century 3/03 & 9/02

[TinLemon]

We also just took a cab to Dunns River Falls and told the cab driver when to come pick us back up. When we got to the falls we opted to skip going up the "guided" tour.. you know... where you grab someones hand in front of you and follow some local up the falls. Instead... we just shuffled up our own route and splashed around at each little pool of water... much more fun, and we didn't have to tip at the end.

 

Celebrity Zenith to Bermuda - 9/11/04

 

[cpristash]

Thanks for all the great info!

[SassyGirl]

We also can vouch for Pete. We went on a tour with him in 2002 and he was reasonable, very friendly and overall a really great tour guide.

 

SassyGirl

[cpristash]

Does pete have a web site so I can look at all that he has to offer? thanks

[cpristash]

Does Pete have a web site that I can go to so that I may see what he has to offer?

[Princess-of-Quite-alot]

PEAT TAYLOR

 

Bonham Spring P.O. St. Ann

 

Jamaica W. I.

 

TEL: 876 975 0028

 

FAX: 876 975 0205

 

Email: oneiltay@cwjamaica.com or

 

onieltay@hotmail.com

 

“Hey Mon No Problemâ€

 

( view photos at: )

http://www.geocities.com/peattaylor/index.html

 

 

 

January 27th, 2004

 

Celebrity Century 5/8/04 -Western Caribbean

 

Carnival Ecstasy 2/04 - Baja

Tahitian Princess 2/03- French Polynesia

Sea Princess 7/02 - Alaska

Carnival Ecstasy 5/02 - Baja

Royal Caribbean Monarch 10/00 - Southern Caribbean

Carnival Elation 10/99 - Mexican Riviera

Royal Caribbean Monarch 1/97 - Southern Caribbean

[cpristash]

Thanks so much for all of your help... I took a look at the sight and was impressed !