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I'll take the contact info. not sure about posting it here though! email address?

You have a good perspective here. If I had to choose, I'd go to the Buccaneer over Hotel on the Cay though, honestly, I've never been on the Day. The quality of the food and the nicer facilities would sway me. You can always take a cab from the Buccaneer into C'sted toward the end of your day, wander around town (it's not that big) and then grab a cab back to the ship.

 

When are you going? My only concern is if you will be there during a very busy week for the island. If the Buccaneer has a full house, sometimes they won't let non-guests on to the property.

 

And we went to Rainbow Beach last year for an afternoon (as part of a geckosislandadventure tour) and it is very nice. Beautiful sand and water. It will be crowded on a cruise ship day and the service at the restaurant will be a bit slow but you might enjoy that. You can rent jet skis and snorkel equipment right there.

Aww.... Geckos Island Adventure tours was my first choice but it was already booked up. They could only accomodate one vehicle, not the two we need. They did get back to me quickly to try to offer some other options but I was concerned we would get back to the ship a little too late for comfort. That being said, we will try to beach with the other family we are travelling with. We are cruising Christmas week so it will be crowded everywhere but I believe we are the only ship in port that day and we are not a huge ship in todays standards. We are trying to contact The Buccaneer to see if we can arrange something.

Thanks for the good info. Glad to hear that Rainbow is a good option if the others don't work out.

My google search shows that it will probably be about $50 each way so not inexpensive. If you are looking for a relaxing day with a nice lunch spot, the Buccaneer is terrific. But it is definitely not a hop, skip and a jump from the pier.

Thanks for your response. I think it is either The Buccaneer or Hotel on the Cay so it will be a bit pricey and a bit of a hike no matter what. I just don't want to pay the Cruise ship over $100/pp for four of us. $100 round trip for the taxi in comparison is not so terrible. If we can have a $200 day instead of a $400+ day, I think we would be ok.

It would be nice to see a little bit of Christiansted as well. It will be a Sunday so it sounds like there will not be too much going on.

My other thought is Rainbow Beach (I think this is the same island?? so cunfused by all the beaches at this point)

You might try getting in touch with The Buccaneer. Think you can get a day pass there (we stay each year as land guests). Gorgeous spot, very upscale, good food but the cab ride will be much more expensive than Sandcastles.

We are looking into The Buccaneer for a day pass and are wondering if you have any idea how much the taxi is for 4 people? Trying to decide if it is worth it.:cool:

you can always go watch the pigs drink beer. Thats real close to the port

Is this something that can be somewhat quickly? Can we have a taxi take us and wait? My kids would LOVE this but I don't want to plan my day around it.

Candied Ginger worked well for me. Ginger chews were not as good, something about the texture made them unbearable for me. I had some ginger sucking candies as well and they were better than nothing. The cabin attendant on board our last cruise gave us a large supply of green apples saying the pectin works. I found them most helpful if eaten at the onset of queesiness. I will be trying ginger pills on my next cruise. I can't do back seats of cars, motion simulator rides, or small boats and want to take my children on a snorkel trip.