pcvtmom Posted February 13 #1 Share Posted February 13 With the recent travel advisory for Jamaica, from the US State Department, my husband is leery about the plans I had for our cruise visit to Montego Bay in April. I planned to shuttle or taxi to Margaritaville (brief visit, we're Parrotheads 😉), and then go to Dr's Cave Beach for the day. I cannot find any recent posts on travel sites about the shuttle from port to the Hip Strip, and I wondered if that is still an option. If so, what's your experience? I believe he'd be more comfortable with a shuttle than a taxi. Older posts (pre-pandemic) on Tripadvisor and other sites mentioned that Carnival offers a shuttle, but that isn't in our shore excursion list, so I guess it's been discontinued. None of the Carnival shore excursions appeal to me. The only excursion to Dr's Cave Beach involves a dolphin encounter, which we aren't really interested in doing. I appreciate any feedback you can provide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer76 Posted February 22 #2 Share Posted February 22 I have the same question about Margaritaville. Wondering the distance from the cruse port to Margaritaville. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuckoo7 Posted February 24 #3 Share Posted February 24 On 2/13/2024 at 1:23 PM, pcvtmom said: With the recent travel advisory for Jamaica, from the US State Department, my husband is leery about the plans I had for our cruise visit to Montego Bay in April. I planned to shuttle or taxi to Margaritaville (brief visit, we're Parrotheads 😉), and then go to Dr's Cave Beach for the day. I cannot find any recent posts on travel sites about the shuttle from port to the Hip Strip, and I wondered if that is still an option. If so, what's your experience? I believe he'd be more comfortable with a shuttle than a taxi. Older posts (pre-pandemic) on Tripadvisor and other sites mentioned that Carnival offers a shuttle, but that isn't in our shore excursion list, so I guess it's been discontinued. None of the Carnival shore excursions appeal to me. The only excursion to Dr's Cave Beach involves a dolphin encounter, which we aren't really interested in doing. I appreciate any feedback you can provide! We were there about a year ago, and yes, they still have the shuttle. There's a kiosk in the port where you pay. I believe we paid with our sign and sail card, got a wristband and then boarded the bus. You can hop on and off at any of the stops, and it includes Margaritaville and Doctor's Cave. It ends and turns around at this little shopping area across from Rose Hall. You may get offered some pot, but we never felt unsafe at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted February 24 Author #4 Share Posted February 24 Thanks so much for your response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P27159 Posted March 22 #5 Share Posted March 22 I am wondering about this also, but we aren't sailing on Carnival, we are on MSC. I assume if a shuttle is using a sign and sail card, then they may only take Carnival passengers? Our cruise was supposed to go to Ocho Rios, but at the last minute, they had to do a port change, so I am assuming that MSC doesn't use that port regularly and therefore doesn't have an existing infrastructure of excursions and shuttles (their site has had no choices of excursions for at least a week now from the date the port change announcement was made. Due to the State Department travel advisory, we are also looking for a safe, short distance transfer, and figured that might be our best bet. If anyone has any info we can use, I'd appreciate it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuckoo7 Posted March 24 #6 Share Posted March 24 I'm guessing it's only for Carnival passengers, for the reason you noted. While we took the shuttle the last time we were there, my brother and his family just grabbed a cab outside the port because they only wanted to go to Margaritaville. They didn't feel unsafe. The only problem they had was that the driver said he'd be back to pick them up at a specific time and he didn't return. So they had to get another cab for the way back. If I recall, it was pretty expensive, so negotiate in advance and I'd say don't believe them when they say the amount is for both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P27159 Posted March 24 #7 Share Posted March 24 2 hours ago, Cuckoo7 said: I'm guessing it's only for Carnival passengers, for the reason you noted. While we took the shuttle the last time we were there, my brother and his family just grabbed a cab outside the port because they only wanted to go to Margaritaville. They didn't feel unsafe. The only problem they had was that the driver said he'd be back to pick them up at a specific time and he didn't return. So they had to get another cab for the way back. If I recall, it was pretty expensive, so negotiate in advance and I'd say don't believe them when they say the amount is for both ways. Thanks for the the information. It was very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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