Shore excursions on a 7 day Caribbean (cozumel,montego bay, cayman island) cruise.

Question

Hello everyone,

i am going on a cruise (rc-liberty of seas)early dec and wanted to know everyone's opinion on the excursions they have taken. i would prefer not to book through the cruise, if i could get other reliable sources to book it from.i am not looking to do intense/very time consuming activities but just enough to enjoy something about each place. thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Coz has alot to do.  If you are a beach person, any of the beach clubs is easily accessable by cab.  Last time I went to Mr. Sanchos. it was a pretty good beach.  The national park on Coz also has alot to do.  There are also dunebuggy tours which are a total blast.  I am a scuba diver so I usually dive and then have the dive boat drop me off at Mr. Sanchos.  In Jamaica, the most popular excursion is Dunn Rivers falls.  My wife and I did the zip line tour.  It is a total rush.  You do have to book that one through the cruise line though.  In GC.  I usually dive with Neptune divers.  They pick me up and drop me off right at Sea Grape beach which is a 20 min taxi / shuttle ride from the pier.  No sense booking a beach trip with the cruise line.  You will see a line of shuttle busses headed towards the beaches.  Sea Grape is $10pp and is a beautiful beach.  Bring plenty of sunscreen though, you will fry on those caribbean beaches.

Answer 2

I have never been to Cozumel or Montego Bay, but I have been to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands and it is BEYOND amazing there. When I went we snorkeled and went swimming with stingrays. They are wild, although are well fed so there's absolutely nothing to worry about. It was a blast. It wasn't booked through the cruise line and the excursion lasted about 3 hours. We stopped in 3 places; the first one being where we were with the stingrays. the water was up to your waste and the stingrays came right up to you, you could feed them, get your picture taken with them, it was so much fun, and a lot less scary than I thought it would be. The second & third stops were near the coral reef. The people onboard the ship gave us a mask and flippers and a life vest if you needed or wanted one. We got to see a lot of coral and plant life and fish. The total price was $40 a person, which I thought was fantastic because it included our 3 stops, the little bus that we all went on, AND the snorkeling equipment(we didn't get to keep it obviously). It was very very fun and i really do reccomend it. If you'd like any further information about it, feel free to send me a message, I'd be glad to help!

Hope this helps!!

Answer 3

I just got back from a cruise that went to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize, and Honduras.

Cozumel is a great place, very beautiful. There is a great beach resort we went to called Playa Mia. They have so much to do. There is a pool (fresh water if you don't like salt water, that was great), oviously there is the beach, lots of chairs to tan in, you can rent an umbrella, an undwater Mayan city (so beautiful), an inflated iceberg in the ocean that you climb up and jump off of, a trampoline in the ocean that is lots of fun, rock climbing wall, banana boat ride thing, this bungee jumping kinda thing, snorkeling, parasailing, and you can rent paddle boats and stuff. Of course we only did some of that stuff since it costs extra. You can order your tickets online and print them, we did. There are many packages you can check out. We did the one with the all you can drink drinks and we had soooo much fun. Here's the site: http://www.playamia.com/# You can catch a taxi to take you there.

In Grand Cayman we did a Sea Trek tht was A LOT of fun. You put on a helmet and walk on the sea floor. It's not very long, only about 20 or so minutes under and a short ride out to the place where you go under. Anyone can do it, in our group there was an older lady and a very young child (I think they ahve to be 8 or 10) you book this through the cruise, but there's nothing wrong with it, in my opinion.

I hope you have fun on your cruise! Good luck finding an excursion you enjoy and I hope I was helpful! :)

Answer 4

My advice is to check out the Royal Caribbean's list of excursions and pick the one that you want, then search for it cheaper on the internet.

For instance:

Montego Bay:

Jungle River Tubing - RC price: $80

It's $65 Here:

http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure...

Grand Cayman

Submarine - RC price $94

It's $82 Here:

http://www.affiliate.viator.com/brochure...

Cozumel

Parasailing - RC price, $79

It's $49.50 Here:

http://cozumel-tours.com/parasailing.htm