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We will be in San Juan and don't yet have an excursion booked.  We were wondering what the options are to catch a cab from the port to the fort?  Any other suggestions of things to do in the port without a planned excursion?

Thank you.  We did this cruise 9 years ago also and I honestly couldn't remember.  Appreciate your answer.  

Becky

Trying to decide how much Internet to purchase on our Princess cruise leaving Seattle on Sept 15th.  Since we stay fairly close to the land is there cell service on board?   I won't be online much but need to be able to be in contact in case of emergency during the cruise.

We're looking at a late summer Alaskan cruise next summer. We've been before in June Will many of the same excursions be available? What about the whale watching? I know weather is hard (impossible) to predict and that typically it's colder and rainier. Any other tips about cruising so late in the year?

Interesting information. We have cruised Princess and Carnival. Feb 2018 will be our first trip on Norwegian and we're on the EPIC. Sounds like lots of differences. Excited to experience this ship

Thank you so much.

While this is my second Princess cruise my last one was Alaska and we never worried about beach towels. Are there beach towels available to use and take on excursions? Don't want to pack one if I don't need to.

Thank you.

Ok they sell a snorkel package at the beach by the port. Been to Roatan previously and did Maya Key and loved it looking to make it a little easier and was wondering if anyone has snorkeled there and was there anything to see

THink we received it somewhere around 5 days. THey are very prompt and if you email they will respond with any questions. Best tour ever hopping again in Feb.

I think it depends on how many ships are in port. We were on Carnival Jan 2016 and docked downtown, but there were 7 ships in port that day, typically Carnival is at the farther dock.

THank you everyone. Sounds like I will skip it since our port days I can use the free wifi. I don't need or want tons of data just enough to touch base daily with my husband. Looks like I will get the minimum data on the ship.

I am cruising on the Caribbean Princess in Feb and am trying to decide if I want to purchase internet access or use the Verizon International short term plan?

I am traveling with girl friends so will want to touch base with my husband twice a day and maybe send some pictures via text and/or upload to Facebook.

Thoughts?

We're staying with a group at the Bahia Mar DoubleTree in Ft. Lauderdale

Thanks so how do you know a pharmacy is somewhere safe to purchase from?

I see a lot of questions about is something available but does anyone have a list of what you can purchase without a script and the best pharmacy close to the port (we're on Princess) to buy if we want?

We're flying into Miami but sailing from FLL. We need transport from the airport to our hotel. Is it best to uber? Taxi? SHuttle from the airport? We fly in the day before so plenty of time and don't live from MIA until 5pm the day our ship arrives back into FLL.

Thanks in advance

Depending on where you dock you can walk to the beach instead of using the chairlift.

We did the bar hop with our 19 yr old in January and I'm doing it again in Feb with girlfriends.

I think for the 3 of us in Cozumel we had $100 cash and didn't spend it all. We ate at 2 different places and had 1 drink each other than the shots at each location.

We then tipped.

Awesome tour you will have a blast

we had a regular balcony that slept 3 (drop down from the ceiling) with our teenager and it was fine. We have also done it with a balcony that had a couch that was made into a bed. Rooms are small granted but you're not spending hours in the room and for sleeping purposes you will be fine

If you are doing and inward passage it doesn't matter as you will see both sides heading up the passage and on your return trip.

6 years ago (how did it get so long ago) we did a cruise on the Sapphire Princess, next Feb we'll be on the Caribbean Princess. I can't find a good comparison of the ships. Are they similar in size? I know both have undergone refurb since we were on the Sapphire but just trying to get an idea

We did the Cozumel Bar Hop. They have a website. Check them out. You get to see the other side of the island. Small group the guide makes it fun. You get beach time and also great food. You don't have to drink if you don't but if you do some amazing drinks also.

I was on this cruise as well. Your review is spot on. We had a great time. Weather was a little cool. We were amazed at how many kids were on this cruise. Little ones, school aged and tons of college kids. We like the Red Frog Pub but didn't like the fact that it was a pre-teen hangout on this cruise. These kids had no adult supervision and didn't know how to act in a public place. Other than that we loved every minute. The Magic is beautiful.

While i wasn't surprised about the number of college kids (ours was one of them) the school age ones did surprise me. I didn't notice any of the pre-teen crowd in the Red Frog Pub they must have been down by the games. We sat at the bar when we were there.

It was worth every penny. We were just on the Magic (Jan 3 - 10). The line for check in was huge for 1030-11am. We just walked in. Getting off the ship was a benefit also. The ability to use the special line at Guest services was invaluable as there was always a long line.

Getting into our room immediately was awesome too

We used FB messenger and it worked great. Could even make phone calls through it