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Not getting into port until 1PM on a Sunday... are there tours in the afternoon for about 4 hours?

What time are the evening shows on the Bermuda route?

Staying there in June for 56 nights will; report back!

I stay there every time I sail out of Miami, Great location and they have done an major remodel project. Very popular so make resizes as soon as you can.

100% of the island is without power. Lets not forget the people who were evacuated from St Thomas and St Maarten to Puerto Rico are going thru it for the second time in as many weeks... Prayers to all involved

Even if you were to get "compensation", you should immediately turn around and donate it to recovering the islands you wanted to go to so much.

 

I don't think enough people realize how devastated these islands are. This wasn't a normal hurricane. It will take years for some of them to recover. But hey, as long as you get a few hundred dollars in obc who cares.

 

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Amen, Think of the people on the islands you love. It will be a long time before they see tourists... the tourists they depend on for their livelihood. Be thankful you can cruise to anywhere!

For those sailing NCL this is the update:

We are working with our partners to assess impacts to the ports we visit in the Eastern Caribbean. Currently, we have changed all of our Eastern Caribbean itineraries to Western‎ Caribbean cruises for the next two months. As it's still early, we will continue to keep in close contact with our partners on the ground and have the flexibility to alter future itineraries to ensure a great guest experience, if needed.

This is an update that was in a travel industry magazine on when some of the major resorts in St Maarten may open again:

St. Martin

About 1,600 tourists have been evacuated and efforts are being made to move an additional 1,200, according to the Associated Press. The Princess Juliana International Airport has been receiving flights that are bringing in relief supplies, and evacuating guests.

Since Hurricane Irma made direct landfall over St. Martin, many of its resorts were left with significant damage, including The Beach Plaza, Hotel Mercure, the Oyster Bay Beach Resort, Westin Dawn Beach, and Hotel Riu Palace St. Martin.

Divi Little Bay Beach Resort, an all-inclusive located on a private peninsula between two bays in St. Maarten (Dutch territory), said via social media “at this time, the Resort will remain closed until we are able to fully assess the damage."

Sonesta’s three resorts – Sonesta Maho Beach Resort Casino & Spa, Sonesta Ocean Point Resort and Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino – suffered extensive damage. All reservations through the end of they year are cancelled.

Is this for the hibachi area? They have tables of 8 on Oasis.

This is the plan... we have a couple days pre cruise. Sailing on Princess out of San Pedro. Will rent a car at LAX need a hotel for 2 nights. Drop car off near pier with shuttle to ship. Any recommendations for hotel areas? And a car rental that will work?

Thank you

I was expecting more flights on the Manchester NH to FLL. I bought today wasn't great price and both flights are 1 stop. But the flights from Boston were more and I like the no bag fees. That coupled with a 15 minute commute to the airport... makes it worth what I paid.

On line agents are great until you have a problem. I have heard some horror stories.

We were on Oasis in March and the line for self debark was long at 6:30 out on the deck and down to the aft. It moved pretty quickly though I think the whole process was about 40 minutes.

Commonly recommended shuttles: Cortrans, Cocoa Beach Shuttle, Travelynx

 

We use Cortrans, $20pp.

 

Also check the Florida Departures forum for other ideas: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=495

We used Cortrans and were very pleased they were professional, right on time and at $20.00 you can't beat them.

We had a great time on Oasis and just booked on Allure.. Chefs were great and so much food and fun!

You had a choice of chic/steak or shrimp standard or a combo was an up charge...great night

We did it on Oasis and it was fun... so much food... Just booked it for Allure we will go as a group...

There are many threads and suggestions on the Florida board, but we have used Cortrans and they were fantastic. $20.00 per person.

 

http://www.cortrans-shuttle.com/ <--Cortrans Shuttle website, click here

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=495 <--Florida departures board, click here

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I can second this recommendation.... they are great. We stayed at one of the hotels on their pickup list. They were on time, courteous and very inexpensive. The trip back to MCO was just as good.

I would go with an independent, small boat operator. I've done both the large boat through the cruise line and the small boats through Harv and Marv. If you are hoping to get pictures, the crowds on the large boats may preclude you from doing so unless you happen to be in the right spot. In my opinion, they put too many people on the large boats for a good experience.

 

With not more than 6 people on Harv and Marv's small but fully accessible boats, you have a lot better chance of getting good pictures, including the coveted but harder to photograph full breach.

I second Harv and Marv we had a wonderful experience 5 people on our boat

This is what I carry attached to my lanyard. No need for anything else while on board. Going off ship large beach bag with this tucked inside.

https://www.verabradley.com/us/product/Zip-ID-Case/Modern-Medley/10125-10125H91?Ntt=VB-PDP-ACCESSORIES-IDS-AND-LANYARDS-PDP-VB

We have done it several times. All with success. The lines getting off the Oasis in March were long but they kept moving. I was told 1500 people were doing self debark. The terminal has ramps which makes it easy to pull your luggage.

We have stayed at Gallery One. There is a water taxi dock right there. The rooms are huge and it is near some restaurants. Not real close to cruise ship dock.. we liked it!

Go for lunch... cheaper and then I thought I got my money's worth!

We were in the last cabin before the Aqua Theatre on Oasis deck 9 it was perfect. We booked it on Allure for next April. I think any cabins 4-5 back from AFT and on decks 9/10/11 are great

I am a TA and know that overtime there is a change there is a log and all the notes are there. I also know that this does happen from time to time and they will send an email to the TA indicating the change after it has happened and it may be and upgrade or not.

Since they were booked under different agents.. those agents "own" those reservations. I am a TA and I have had to work with the agent to give permission to link the reservations.... Royal cannot link them unless both agents call and say it is ok one to give permission one to accept the permission. It is crazy. I have 16 cabins on my reservation and for the life of me I cannot get the other 2 booked with another agent linked without 4-5 phone calls... keep trying