turquoise89 Posted April 6, 2022 #1 Share Posted April 6, 2022 We’re cruising out of Norfolk in June on Carnival Magic with 2 kids. Our Nassau time on Sunday is 2-9PM and I can’t decide what we should do that won’t be a waste of money. If we go to blue lagoon or balmoral, I feel like they will be closing and trying to kick us out like 1-2 hours after we get to there. I also think they will likely be annoyed that they have to cater to another group of cruisers so late in the day as there will be 4 or 5 other ships there that arrive early in the morning. The margaritaville waterpark also closes at 5 and they just raised the price $20 so I think thats out as well. I would’ve booked it at the lower price just because it was one of the cheapest options. Would it be worth it to walk to Junkanoo for a couple hours or do they close everything around that time too? We’re beach people so the city tours don’t really interest us especially with a 7 and 8 year old. I feel like they just threw the Norfolk cruises together last minute so we got stuck with the terrible times 🤦🏽♀️ Any suggestions or advice? 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan_Strick Posted April 7, 2022 #2 Share Posted April 7, 2022 On 4/6/2022 at 7:06 AM, turquoise89 said: We’re cruising out of Norfolk in June on Carnival Magic with 2 kids. Our Nassau time on Sunday is 2-9PM and I can’t decide what we should do that won’t be a waste of money. If we go to blue lagoon or balmoral, I feel like they will be closing and trying to kick us out like 1-2 hours after we get to there. I also think they will likely be annoyed that they have to cater to another group of cruisers so late in the day as there will be 4 or 5 other ships there that arrive early in the morning. The margaritaville waterpark also closes at 5 and they just raised the price $20 so I think thats out as well. I would’ve booked it at the lower price just because it was one of the cheapest options. Would it be worth it to walk to Junkanoo for a couple hours or do they close everything around that time too? We’re beach people so the city tours don’t really interest us especially with a 7 and 8 year old. I feel like they just threw the Norfolk cruises together last minute so we got stuck with the terrible times 🤦🏽♀️ Any suggestions or advice? 😄 I wouldn't do Blue Lagoon. If I'm not mistaken everyone is gone by 5. If you dock at 2 you have to take in to account time to get off ship and time to get there. Wouldn't be worth the money. I haven't been to Junkanoo but I plan on going in Sept. It's within walking distance from what I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets123 Posted April 7, 2022 #3 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Try Adastra Gardens (Zoo and marching Flamingos), and then Fish Fry for some seafood and beers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turquoise89 Posted April 8, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 3:07 PM, sthrnbll said: I wouldn't do Blue Lagoon. If I'm not mistaken everyone is gone by 5. If you dock at 2 you have to take in to account time to get off ship and time to get there. Wouldn't be worth the money. I haven't been to Junkanoo but I plan on going in Sept. It's within walking distance from what I understand. I asked a couple facebook groups about blue lagoon, and I believe the consensus is they will give us the full 5 hour excursion no matter what time they normally close, but I decided I don't want to do that because I don't want to be stuck there until 8 PM. My husband and I walked to junkanoo last time we were in nassau but it was early in the morning and then we left so I don't know what time they open or close all the stuff on the beach.. its about a 15 minute walk. I think that's where we're going to go for a couple hours and then head to senor frogs or Lukka Kairi (right beside senor frogs) before getting back on the ship. We'll save a little bit of money by not booking an excursion and we can go back to the ship at any time if kids get tired or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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