Cruise to the East Caribbean

[Cloud]

ooh, you're back, yay! at least tell us if you had a good time.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Cloud

ooh, you're back, yay! at least tell us if you had a good time.

Overall we had a good time. One thing we learned was that a cruise is a business and not so much about the destination. The destinations they offer are teasers to get you on the boat. It is more about the boat and for every hour you are off the boat the cruise line is losing money. The tours were whurl-wind and two short, although the last one in St. Martain was the best as we had bagged on anything organized and did things on our own just traveling and ending up at Orient Beach. The first tour was snorking with sting-rays in the Bahamas, very cool, but a bit packaged. It consumed our first stop along with the lines getting on and off the boat. Oh, and the very cool underwater camera never worked, could not get it to functing correctly. On the way home we figured out that we failed to put the batteries in it befor shleping on the tour. The second tour was St. Thomas, pretty much a waste of time, that is one pour country. Not as poor as some other places I have visited while on active duty, but poor never the less. More later.

[lookout123]

now that you have been on a cruise and have the experience i would suggest not taking any tour packages. go on your own and you'll have more fun. we saw a lot more of france and italy than we would have if we'd taken their tours.