PreciousJewel Posted March 28, 2008 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2008 :D So I'm a planner, and I'm visiting several boards and reading reviews and trying to come up with an extensive list of stuff to do while in port for my family's cruise in August. Last year we had a group of 27 people and we're going to have a rather large group this year as well. I just want to put together something with a ton of info on what to do so that it can make it easier for those of us that aren't "planners". This is a very port-intensive cruise so I don't want folks to spend half the day trying to figure out what to do/where to go when they can be out doing it!;) Here's where ya'll come in! Can you guys help me? I'm going to post what I have so far, if you can add suggestions, that would be fabulous! Sunday-Depart from San Juan @ 10pm Monday-St Thomas 7a-5p *Magen’s Bay (this is where we went last time) *Sunny Liston Tour (Shopping, island tour, beach time) *Sapphire Beach (rent snorkel & beach equipment and water toys, has a snack bar, there are iguanas in the trees and sometimes they walk up on the beach, there’s a snack bar…you can jetski and other watersports at the marina around the corner) *Shopping- St Thomas has great jewelry, fabric, liquor Tuesday- Dominica 10a-6p *Tour with Beno or Reyno Tours Places to see Trafalgar Falls Titou George (there is some hiking involved in this tour) Emerald Pool Wednesday- Barbados 8a-5p *Glory Tours? *The Boatyard- It’s 10 minutes or so from the pier, $12 per person to enter which includes chair/umbrella rental, water trampolines, there are jetskis, a bar, live music, a restaurant. *Lobster Alive- Right nextdoor to boatyard, free to enter, $5 each for chair/umbrella Thursday- St. Lucia 8a-5p *Reduit Beach- About 15 minutes from pier. A ton of restaurants near here *Choc Bay Beach- Close to pier, a few restaurants and watersports Friday- Antigua 8a-4p *Darkwood Beach- About 25-30 minutes from pier, you can take a cab for $8 per person or hop on the bus which is $1.50. You can snorkel, there is electric blue water and a little food hut *Jolly Beach *Dickenson Beach- Kinda close to pier, has watersports, restaurants and very scenic Saturday- St. Kitts 7a-4p Sunday- Return to San Juan @ 7am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattnDJsMom Posted March 28, 2008 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hi Peejay, We are doing the Destiny on August 17th and although there is only 2 of us, here is what we are doing: St. Thomas - Going to Red Hook & taking ferry to St. John's - Trunk Bay Beach Dominica - Booking tour with Levi Baron, Bumpiing Tours Barbados - Sail/Snorkel with Sea Turtles - either with Silver Moon or Cool Runnings- haven't decided which one yet. St. Lucia - Booked tour with Cosol Tours Antigua - Day Pass at Grand Pineapple Beach Resort St. Kitts - Fan-Ta-Sea tour through Carnival. A very good friend of mine has done this itinerary several times and he suggested most if not all of the above. Said we will have a fabulous time!! I can't wait!! Have a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8ing2cruz Posted March 28, 2008 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Looks good so far - that's a lot of people to plan for :eek: Here's what we have done: St. Thomas - 1st time four of us took a quick tour with Donovan - saw the sights, took great pictures, up to MountainTop for banana daquiri then to Coki Beach - AWESOME snorkeling. Last trip walked to tram and took it up to Paradise Point - more great pictures, bushwacker then cab to Sapphire Beach. The day we were there the snorkeling was not good at all. Nice beach but too rough and cloudy for snorkeling. Dominica - we toured with Beno, did the falls and pool in one day - too much. Maybe try river tubing next time. Barbados - SilverMoon both times - can't say enough about them. Went to the Boatyard afterwards. St. Lucia - see this by water if you can. Last time rented a fishing charter boat from Hackshaws and had a BLAST!!! We had the whole boat to ourselves so we could do what we wanted. Fished a little, saw dolphin, whale - snorkeled a little, did some sightseeing. Antigua - went to Darkwood - again too rough and cloudy for snorkeling but nice beach. St. Kitts - on my list to see:) Have fun planning - I'm the planner in our group and I LOVE it. That's half the fun of going in my opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioJeff Posted March 28, 2008 #4 Share Posted March 28, 2008 My plan for now is St Thomas...Go over to St Johns and check out Trunk Bay Dominica....Canopy challenge ship excursion Antigua...Might make it a resort day. Jolly, Pineapple Barbados..I have done SilverMoon 2x, and really thinking about doing it again, but will probably just do a cheap island tour in the morning and then head over to Lobster Alive and Boatyard. http://www.theboatyard.com/ St Lucia..Cosol Tours http://www.cosol-tours.com/ St Kitts..I love trains so will probably do the scenic rail tour or Thenford Grey tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreciousJewel Posted March 28, 2008 Author #5 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks folks!!! I'm not actually booking these tours and excursions myself *faint* that would be a madhouse. :p I'm just gathering some suggestions based on the demographics of our group and the types of stuff we've done in the past, lol. I thought it would be nice to send out something maybe a month or so before the cruise with 5-7 suggestions for things to do in each port and let everyone choose or find something on their own. I forgot about going to St. John Maureen. Last year, we just did some shopping near the pier and downtown and then hopped a "private" taxi to Magen's Bay. Thanks so much for these suggestions so far! I hope more people respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattnDJsMom Posted March 28, 2008 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Just a "heads up"....you might want to send out your suggestions a little earlier than just a month before you go. Don't know how true this is but we have been told that a lot of the tours fill up fast way in advance so you may not get what you want if you wait too long. We will probably be finalizing ours within the next month or so. I know its hard with a large group but if there is something that you really really want to do - book it early!!! Have fun!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreciousJewel Posted March 28, 2008 Author #7 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Ahhhh, good point! Well I hope to be finished with my research in the next week or so, I guess I'll just send it out then! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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