bedfordmom

Ahh...I see what your problem is. Your original post opening and closing lines of Please take taxis or local tours from the local people"and "please support the local people and tip well" aren't written out of concern for the Puerto Rican people...you just have a beef because it costs twice as much for a cruise line transfer as does for a taxi for a couple...something that's true anywhere you go...in fact sometimes the cruise line transfer costs more than double.

 

 

"Of course if it is free i would take it" says it all.

 

And what about the vast majority of travelers who have never even heard of Cruise Critic or TripAdvisor, much less use them to help plan their travel? where will they be getting information from?

boy aren’t you nasty All I am trying to say is don’t believe the cruise lines lies that there are no taxis. there are plenty of taxis make the best decision for the individual and support the local economy. Ship transfers are not perfect Today one of the buses missed theJet Blue terminal and the participants had to walk. more people are into internet sites than you think horseman

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Lack of taxis was not an issue and I checked it out prior on cruise critic and trip advisor. I had a late flight so I was not worried plus I would have used Uber outside the port. gates.

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Of course if it is free, I would take it but given the choice of paying double for a couple i would take local taxi. In fact Ncl mistakenly gave us the transfer, being the honest person that I am I checked and found out it was mistakenly delivered to my room. You would have thought that they would have given it for Freee t that point but then offered to charge my room for them and I said no way

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Disagree — more of the money going into NCl coffers and not the locals plus the fact that they lied about no taxis.

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Please take taxis or local tours from the local people.NCL tried to tell us there were no taxis and we should take their shuttle for 25 $ per person. Our taxi was 21 plus $. 1 per bag. tours of the city was only $25 with drop off the airport compared to the $50 or person from the ship. please support the local people and tip well.

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At the airport now lots of shopping and food choiced

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How about food options in the airport?

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Coming in on the Dawn tomorrow. How I are the services at the airport

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On the Dawn they are pushing their transfer to the airport. so plenty of taxis is good news.

Leaving in 12 days on the Dawn and only one port have excursions listed

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Thank you Buck Island is still closed per Big Beards

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Our itinerary on the Dawn was changed to 11/11. any suggestions for beaches or any other activities. I was thinking of Rainbow Beach but it sounds like it's in rough shape. No shore excursions posted yet as it is a new port for NCL and we are leaving in 2 weeks

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But, how do we know that applies to the 11/3 Dawn sailing?

I did not see that port listed

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Same thing happening with 11/3 Dawn

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You actually tipped him ?

Yes but much below the recommended 10pp, per day felt bad for the guy. There was even more mistakes that he made m, suspect he no longer is a butler

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Not me.

I had the worst butler in the Dawn last year. He did not answer his phone the few times we called like when our a/c failed. Even when we told him he did nothing. I got action when I contacted the hotel director. The Butler did not bring the gummies until I asked even then it took a couple of days. He ignored requests for snacks and just brought the standard snacks. So his tip reflected our dissatisfaction. I think he was new at the job. other suite guests complained about him as well.

I did Mt Liamuga or Mt Misery as is called in2009 thru Royal Caribbean. it was the most dangerous climb we've attempted and we regularly climb the 4000K in NH. shortly after we returned a hiker broke their leg and the ship dropped the excursion, If u were to go I would book thru Royalston but I would not recommend as it's a rain forest with the risk of torrential rains and mudslides

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I always come a couple of days before to make it a mini vacation. It once took me 3 days to get to sanDiego from Boston.Luckily it was a noncruise vacation. The first day was cancelled due to weather. The second day they were oversold due to the school vacation and made it out the 3rd day. we were put in first class one way as a gate agent took pity on us

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They are going to Hawaii

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Thanks- that's what I thought, BTW how would 'they know what is controlled" or not.I happen to be married to a pharmacist and I know he could tell the difference but wonder if most people would know

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I have friends cruising tomorrow who asked me if they could just bring their pill box instead of individual bottles? Is that correct?

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McDonalds near Kmart has free wifi

How about the public bus to Marigot- go to the market, have pastries, and climb the fort

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Noticed you did not wear fins-- we are contemplating taking our masks only

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We were exhausted after Woodwind and was happy just to shop at the market and go downtown for ice cream. Some cruise critic friends did both stout and woodwind ad they thought it was slot for one day

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