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My mistake, it was just over $160 total to get there and back.

By happenstance, there was 10-12 of us from our cruise that did this. We did not meet each other until either sharing a taxi or getting on the ferry. Once there we kinda kept an eye out for each other so nobody got left behind. We all did our own thing. To be honest, while planning this I was stressing about getting back to ship on time (we packed a change of clothes/passports and port agent’s phone number, etc…). But after the fact, I am so glad we did it this way. It was cheaper, longer and had more freedom.

WE DID IT!!! This is EXACTLY what we did and had time to spare. We arrived in Tortola at 11:40 am (scheduled 12:00 to 8:00). We headed straight to the taxi stand and got a taxi to West End for $16pp. The ride was about 25 minutes. Bought ferry tickets for $40pp R/T for the 1:00 pm ferry. We got to JVD in less than 15 minutes. Depends on the waves. After that, we got on an open air truck to get to Soggy Dollar Bar for $5pp one way. About a 7 minute ride. We were on the beach until 4:45pm when we got back on the open air truck to get back in time for the 5:00pm ferry and taxi from West End back to the ship. We were back on the ship by 6:15pm. $160pp for 3 3/4hrs on the beach at White Bay/Soggy. It was a good day!

My wife and I are on the AOS next Saturday. We’d really appreciate it if you would share the prices of the independent tour operators (especially to JVD). Our shore excursion to JVD we booked through RCI was cancelled. I’m stressing about taking a taxi to the West End, ferry and taxi to Soggy Dollar and then the opposite to get back to the ship. Cheers and Thank You in advance.

Whatever happened to Muzik Xpress? We saw them on the Allure and Symphony and really enjoyed them. Haven’t heard anyone mentioning them since the startup after Covid.

RCI excursions are sold out. I’m thinking a taxi to west end, ferry to jvd and taxi to soggy dollar. Then reverse back to the ship. Am I missing anything?

My wife and I are on the Indy in October and looking for any suggestions to getting to JVD and maximizing our time there. We are docked in Tortola from noon-8pm. Looking forward to seeing where Chesney shot some of his videos.

My wife and I are on the AOS the last week of October. I know it’s an older ship and not on RCI priority list. We’re looking for recent passenger’s reviews and cruise compass/entertainment schedules. We picked this cruise because of the ports ( Tortola, taking a ferry to Jost Van Dyke and St. Croix), not the usual Eastern Caribbean route.

Does Port Everglades enforce check in times?

We’re planning for our 5 night cruise and was wondering how many formal nights?

My DW and I sailing on the Brilliance in February. Approximately what time does the ship sail under the Skyway Bridge?