excursion help please

[Paul Krause]

Hi all,

we are going on the Crown princess July 29 and need to select excursions.

whenever we visit a port for the first time we use the ships excursions

this trip goes to Grand Turk, St thomas, San Juan and Bermuda

so far these are our thoughts. we'd welcome you input
There are 4 of us two fifty year olds and our kids, 13, 18)

Grand Turk : Trolly hop on/hop off

St Thomas: Cas Cay eco walk, boat ride and snorkel

San Juan: Trying to choose between the old/new San Juan tour OR the
Rain forest tour
Anyone experience either of hese before?

Bermuda: been there, will find our own way around

Thanks
Paul and Deb

[RichC]

"Paul Krause" <p.e.k...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> San Juan: Trying to choose between the old/new San Juan tour OR the
> Rain forest tour
> Anyone experience either of hese before?

Save yourself some money on tours in San Juan & walk to El Moro & San
Cristóbal.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/60sanjuan/60sanjuan.htm

It takes about 20 minutes to get there walking & is quite interesting. You
can shop for stuff on the way back in the old city.

[Rosalie B.]

Paul Krause <p.e.k...@comcast.net> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>we are going on the Crown princess July 29 and need to select excursions.
>
>whenever we visit a port for the first time we use the ships excursions
>
>this trip goes to Grand Turk, St thomas, San Juan and Bermuda
>
>so far these are our thoughts. we'd welcome you input
>There are 4 of us two fifty year olds and our kids, 13, 18)
>
>Grand Turk : Trolly hop on/hop off
>
>St Thomas: Cas Cay eco walk, boat ride and snorkel
>
>San Juan: Trying to choose between the old/new San Juan tour OR the
>Rain forest tour
>Anyone experience either of hese before?
>

I have not done a ship tour in San Juan - I wanted to do both the
Forts and the rain forest. So I hired a private guide in advance and
she met the ship and took us to the rain forest first and then back to
the fort. We had time for that because we had more than from noon
to 9 pm in port. It was less expensive than the ship tours because
she picked up a couple of others to share expenses. If I had only
the afternoon, I'd just walk around the old city. There is or has
been a free trolley in the old part of the city. Can be handy
depending on where the boat is docked.

[D Ball]

Hi, Paul & Deb,

We travel with our teens, too. Have you asked yours about going around
sightseeing on a tourist HoHo bus?! There is some funny lore in my family
about the tourist tram ride my brother and I endured when we were teens.

I know that port stop in Grand Turk is short, but it is one of the premier
dive/snorkel spots in the world. That's what my kids (and we parents) would
vote to do.

Don't know anything about Cas Cay in St. Thomas, but I don't think you can
make a bad choice there.

Although we made the trip independently, our family had a great time in the
rain forest in San Juan. As another poster said, it is easy to explore the
old town on your own. Perhaps the rain forest excursion would drop you in
town at the conclusion. I can't recall the Crown P's schedule in San Juan,
but often, cruise stops there extend into the night. That is a location
where I think it is very neat to take a horse-drawn carriage ride through
town at sunset. The lighting on the pastel buildings creates a lovely
palette at that time of day.

Have fun planning!

Diana Ball
near Houston, TX

[sheree]

we're on that itinerary end of august.

in grand turk, there's a beach 3/4 mile away (governor's beach) with great
snorkeling
at the pier is margaritaville with a pool and food etc

in st thomas, megan's bay, mountaintop, the tram, etc all can be done easily
on your own

in san juan, private to the rainforest or walk to forts

ship tours are usually way more expensive and like cattle calls than what
you can do on your own

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Sheree
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Crown Princess 8/25/06

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[Bill]

sheree wrote:
>
> in san juan, private to the rainforest or walk to forts

My wife wants to do the rainforest/horseback riding combo. Has
anyone done that? This is on RCCL but I assume they all offer
the same thing.

> ship tours are usually way more expensive and like cattle calls than what
> you can do on your own

The thing that concerns me is not getting back in time. Of
course, if you're careful and have enough time in port, that is
not an issue.

Bill

[sheree]

never had the issue with getting back on time. if the ship leaves at 4,
plan on being back by 3

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Sheree
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Crown Princess 8/25/06

"Bill" <bill...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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[Cal Ford]

Sheree and I are in total agreement here. It has been years since I have taken
any sort of Ship's Tour. Rather grab a local and pay them the money directly and
almost always wind up with a much better experience.

Only times I have ever had a problem with getting back to the ship on time were
those Private Tours to places like Senor Frogs but that was a long time ago too.

Cal Ford
Lido Deck Cruises
Lots of Fun things Planned for 2007 .......

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