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When I was there I was never approached by any vendors. I think 2 vendors had small stands set up but no roving vendors.

Didn't see snack bar in lobby, but wasn't looking either. Did appear to be some kind of shop but I thought it was just typical hotel gift shop.

The Daq Shaq is directly across the street from the Melia in with other small

brightly colored shops, we did walk into Melia with our drinks and no one said anything. I guess you could go get drinks and come back but we didn't want to waste the time.

We probably walked in Melia about 12:15 and had to wait maybe 15 minutes to get passes but most of that was waiting for 2 guests that took a long time at counter, the day passes took a couple of minutes.

A couple of tips,

1) If you can bring own snorkel gear I would. They have limited supplies.

2) They do have life preservers that we used while snorkeling.

3) Food is very expensive, bring snacks from ship.

4) Daq Shack is a must $6 with alcohol $5 without.

Went to Melia on 8/7/14. Easy to get too, took the #10 Jitney for $1.25 a person. The Jitney dropped us right in front, but do yourself a favor and stop at the Daq Shack before you go into the Melia. went into lobby and purchased the day passes for $30 each. The beach was great and there is 2 small reefs for snorkeling, they are about 200 feet out and the water was about 15 feet deep at the reefs. We also used the stand up paddle boards and Kayaks. We had a blast and didn't want to leave. The Jitney stop is right in front of the Melia and has us back ro Nassau in about 10 Minutes. This was the best excursion during our cruise.

Have a reservation at Thrifty in Cape Canaveral for day in port. They show a closing time of 5:00. Does anyone know if they extend hours when ships are in port. 5:00 may be tight if we have any delays.