Quick question on business of Freeport and Nassau?

Boyfriend and I will be on our first cruise in..34 days!! We will be traveling Carnival to Freeport and Nassau and I have already started packing I'm so excited!!

I just looked up the cruise timetables for the 2 ports when we will be there and I just had a quick question about how busy/crowded Nassau would be with 2 other ships in port? Since I've never been on a cruise before I have no idea what to compare that too. Freeport, we are the only ship in port that day, but Nassau we will be joined by a Royal Caribbean ship and a Disney ship.

We planned on just staying close to port, walking to Junkanoo and the fish fry, but I'm wondering if that's going to be a crowded nightmare and we should go somewhere a bit away from the port? What would you say the normal amount of ships have been when you've cruised to Nassau?

Just wanna make sure we are prepared and have a plan!! I appreciate the help!

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I meant to spell busy-ness in my title but I think auto-correct got me!! Whoops!!

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We went to Junkanoo with 4 ships in port and it was crowded on the pier and the welcome center. Once you get close to the BC Hilton it starts to thin out. The 1st section of Junkanoo was crowded but just walk further to the second pier and the beach thins out.

We have been there with 6 ships at one time.

We generally take excursions away from the pier- like to Cable Beach.

Nassau offers lots of excursion possibilities if it seems too crowded in the port.