Margaritaville Catamaran Excurison-Waste of Money

[Aquarius50]

My friends and I just returned from a great cruise on Royal Caribbean's Freedom OTS. We took the Margaritaville Catamaran Cruise and were extremely disappointed. The boat was fine but the drinks were not plentiful and were not served--i.e. you had to go and get them. In fairness, this may have been due to the rough seas on the day of our trip, but nonetheless it was disappointing.

 

I thought that we were going to go snorkeling and then also for a stop at a second beach for a few hours. Instead, no snorkeling and we proceeded directly to a sad little beach with scrawny, starving wild dogs wandering along the shore, and corrugated metal shacks reminiscent of a shantytown lining the littered beach along the way to the area with the beach chairs. We stayed only 1 hour and 15 minutes at this beach and then had to wade back into the chest deep water, waves crashing around us, to re-board the catamaran to the port for our tip to the Margaritaville "dance party" portion of the trip.

 

When we got to Margaritaville, the woman who was escorting our small group of 6 people (everyone got off the catamaran and dispersed in different directions) took us into the restaurant and deposited us at a talble to order food. There was no DJ, no music and no party. Instead, we were handed menus and encouraged to order food.

 

This is a big ripoff and a huge disappointment. As a big Jimmy Buffet fan, I had hoped to enjoy tropical drinks, dance and party to his music at the venue after the beach portion of this excursion. Jimmy, I urge you to remove your name from this product--it does not live up to your good standards.

[Coloradodude]

Did you book the party tour or the snorkel tour? Please post review on RCCL so they can fix it the excursion or remove it. We go on the snorkel tour in a couple of weeks. Hope it is better. Thanks for the info. Anyone else been on this excursion?

[bonsai1]

Which port was this out of ? I understand there are 2 Margaritaville's?

[MaiseyM]

Good to know. Thanks. I am looking at booking through Jaital tours instead of RCI on this island. Too bad that it was a far cry from your expectations.