Beachlove12214

Thank you so much for your detailed review, I think you have sealed the deal for us! Unfortunately our December cruise has been re-routed but we are scheduled to visit Roatan in February now and will most likely give this a try then.

 

It is the vendor aspect that puts me off the most I do not like to be interrupted while reading or relaxing. We have never visited anywhere on Roatan with vendors so far but I really feel it is time we made it to West Bay so this may be our best choice. I am hoping it will be quieter round the pool as I prefer pool swimming anyway.

 

You said there were several people on your bus - was there just one bus for return? The tour length was set?

We discussed return time when we got to the hotel and there ended up a being two groups. We didn't want to come back as early as the other group so us and another couple asked if we could return at a later time. They had no issue with this. We choose to sit front row beach chairs which was as far up the beach that the vendors could come. I'm sure if you were back a row or two, and definitely near the pool it wouldn't be an issue. Have a fun time!

thanks that would be great!

Ok, here is my review of our time at paradise beach hotel! This excursion was well worth what we paid. Getting to the resort was no problem at all. We found our driver as soon as we exited the port. They gathered everyone up and walked us to the van. Rough area, but beautiful views. Water was beautiful and warm, very comfortable beach chairs under umbrella, buckets of beer for $13, delicious lunch. Security was the best! Staff and security got us the big orange cushions for our chairs and were so kind. My biggest complaint was the beach vendors. We have stayed in Negri Jamaica 3× and visited ocho once on a cruise, and we found the vendors more annoying in roatan than in Jamaica. My biggest compliment was the staff and security. We actually tipped the security guy. He watched over our belongings when we were in the water, checked to make sure our bucket of beer kept getting refilled by sending wait staff over, got us those big orange chair cushions (I thought these were only for people staying at the hotel, not for day visits so this was a nice surprise), and kept the vendors away. Before arriving, I wasn't expecting much from the lunch. I just figured it was included to add " value" to the package. The food was amazing! Nice size portions too. I got the shrimp quesadilla and my husband got the club sandwich. We were both pleased and full after lunch. They served us to our beach front chairs. We fell victims of sand gravity so we never even visited the pool area of the resort, but everything was nicely maintained and tasteful Caribbean style. If there are any questions, feel free to ask away. We had a great beach day, met some great people, enjoyed a great lunch, and had outstanding service we are not used to experiencing in such a poor area.

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I have booked it, but we don't cruise until early October. I can update with some feedback when we return if you would like

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We booked paradise beach hotel day pass because they offered a pool. We had also looked at bananarama.

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Ya I found it through that site and also read they were just renovated. The pool area looked like a good place to go in case the beach gets too crowded or we just want another place to chill out at.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Any recent feedback from using this day pass? From what I've been reading they haven't been offering day passes for cruise ship passengers for long. I'd love to hear some feedback!

We have been trying to decide between paradise, bananarama, and tabyana. It sounds like tabyana is only offered through ship and will be pretty pricy.

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Any suggestions on a nice clean beach that would be near the port (cruising ncl), or not far from. We don't need total peace and quiet as we enjoy people watching, but are looking for something safe and easy to get to, and with a nice beach with water we can swim and/or snorkel in. Suggestions? I'm really having a hard time of understanding all of the different beach options here and it seems a lot of visits require booking through the cruise line and there is currently only one excursion offered for this port so I'm not finding a lot of information. TIA!

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No I haven't, sorry. You could look at the reviews on Trip Advisor and search day pass to filter the reviews if you wanted to read specifically about a day pass experience.

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Hi!!!!!

I just saw your post. We were in Ocho Rios earlier this month. Did the Jewels Dunns River Resort again. This time we booked the all inclusive day pass directly with the resort ($75 pp). Made taxi arrangement with Jaital, but you can get a taxi very easily at the port.

Had a perfect relaxing day in paradise! Would not go anywhere else since I found this gem.

Did you book ahead with the resort or upon arrival? Do you remember how much the taxis costed? We are looking to book this through either resortforaday or another site but worried about a lot of sitting around waiting time. This is our first cruise and weve been to jamaica 3 times before so understand safety. How long were you at JDR? our stop is 9-5. TIA!

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Im looking into the same thing. I would take a look at resortforaday.com. maybe jewel runaway bay?