Rare mcatmcat Posted January 4, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hi If you are visiting Maho beach please leave at least 3- 2 hours or more before sailing time. I went on the symphony to Maho Beach on December originally I was planning on visting a beach near to port cant remember the name but last minute some family members booked last minute and we changed the beach to Maho Beach. The taxi driver was going to pick me up to return and Im glad we accepted his offer, there were no taxis at all to come back and it took the driver almost 2 hours to get to the port. I originally wanted to go no orient beach but I was scare on going because I was told there were no taxis around and guess what there were no a single taxi at Maho Beach. Its a great beach but Im not really going back to that beach because traffic is terrible in the afternoon and no taxis are around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kely98 Posted January 4, 2019 #2 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathi007 Posted January 5, 2019 #3 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Thanks for the tip. We are going to Orient, but our ship sails at 7pm, so I plan on being back by 4, so we can see the sunset near the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefyo Posted January 7, 2019 #4 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 12:55 AM, mcatmcat said: Hi If you are visiting Maho beach please leave at least 3- 2 hours or more before sailing time. I went on the symphony to Maho Beach on December originally I was planning on visting a beach near to port cant remember the name but last minute some family members booked last minute and we changed the beach to Maho Beach. The taxi driver was going to pick me up to return and Im glad we accepted his offer, there were no taxis at all to come back and it took the driver almost 2 hours to get to the port. I originally wanted to go no orient beach but I was scare on going because I was told there were no taxis around and guess what there were no a single taxi at Maho Beach. Its a great beach but Im not really going back to that beach because traffic is terrible in the afternoon and no taxis are around was there an accident that caused a delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-pr Posted January 8, 2019 #5 Share Posted January 8, 2019 16 hours ago, stefyo said: was there an accident that caused a delay? I was asking myself the same question. You can almost loop the whole island in two hours! We've been to Maho multiple times and it never took more than 30 minutes each way for the trip. Also, not a single taxi at Maho? We've been to Maho on the Fascination which is three times smaller than the Symphony and there's always taxis looking for passengers returning to the ship. This past Nov. there were 3 ships and there were plenty taxis at almost 3pm when we decided to return from Maho to the ship, which took us 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut2005 Posted January 9, 2019 #6 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Where you there the day there was 7 ships in port escapes me what day that was think it was during the holidays but read there were 20 thousand passengers there that day talk about busy. We are the only ship in port when there so it definitely shouldn't be that bad I would think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yknot13 Posted January 11, 2019 #7 Share Posted January 11, 2019 We have been several times to Maho During our last visit in November it was a zoo. We rented a car for the day and left back at 3:00. We were crossing the bridge and got caught for an opening that took about 20 minutes. Then another 30 minutes drive back to port. We had a half hour to spare which to us is cutting it close. it was so busy that day that it was not as enjoyable as in the past. it appears that cruise lines are now offering this as a tour destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Hampshire Posted January 13, 2019 #8 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I have spent two land vacations in a villa on St Martin. Afternoon traffic on parts of the island can be a nightmare. There are drawbridges in a few spots on the island that back traffic up horrifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boontj2003 Posted February 14, 2019 #9 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Our taxi last May took 45 min to get us then a good 45 min back to ship. Def give yourself enough time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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