do these meeting instructions involve going outside the secure Falmouth port area?

here are the meeting instructions from Shore Excursioneer regarding our day pass to Royalton Sands. Does anyone know if this involves leaving the secure port area? Where is this large white tent? In or out?

Falmouth Cruise Terminal

For this excursion you will meet your guide at your Falmouth Cruise Terminal. After leaving the ship and

entering the terminal, walk on your right all the way to the end of the terminal building and towards the

car/bus park. At the end of the building, you will see the port dispatchers, tell the dispatchers you are

looking for Casita with CARIBBEAN WORLD TOURS and they will escort you to the Independent

Travelers large white tent.

I'd like to know same as post above - and how far from cruise port, Falmouth are the 2 Royalton resorts? I've seen 2-3 miles on one site, but others seem to indicate farther --??

when is your cruise, rjm11? we'll be on JADE; Falmouth, 19 Feb. -- have same excursion booked as you, but likely will cancel, then decide upon arrival if we want to try & get there on our own via taxi or maybe find same group/white tent, etc. and see if space available -- all yet tbd...

I'm on the Jade March 23 cruise. Please report back on what you decide. The resorts look fairly close (and the opposite direction from the area of Montego Bay where the current warnings are).... they are citing a 15 minute transfer time, so it can't be that far. But I don't think I want to go outside the cruise port, and those meeting instructions are a little vague at the end....

rjm11 : we're on same page w/this; I'll report back end of Feb. (we'll be home late on 27 Feb) on how things are/what we decide to do, etc. pls. feel free to send me email reminder after 27th in case I forget to look up this thread: lap3333 at hotmail

wish you (& us:-) un bon voyage! missing Jamaica completely or staying inside cruise port area, won't make or break the cruise!

yes- it's so hard to know. We've never been to Jamaica before, and the resort looks great- something we were excited about- but of course not worth it if it doesn't seem safe. We will have two kids with us too (12 and 10, so not little but still...) I'm also considering switching to an NCL sponsored excursion because it seems safer- but all of those involve at least an hour's bus trip each way so I'm not sure if that's actually better!

here are the meeting instructions from Shore Excursioneer regarding our day pass to Royalton Sands. Does anyone know if this involves leaving the secure port area? Where is this large white tent? In or out?

 

Falmouth Cruise Terminal

For this excursion you will meet your guide at your Falmouth Cruise Terminal. After leaving the ship and

entering the terminal, walk on your right all the way to the end of the terminal building and towards the

car/bus park. At the end of the building, you will see the port dispatchers, tell the dispatchers you are

looking for Casita with CARIBBEAN WORLD TOURS and they will escort you to the Independent

Travelers large white tent.

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These were basically the same instructions we got when we went on our tour from Falmouth and we were completely safe. We didn't use that same company but we did follow these same instructions. The dispatchers at the end of the buildings were very helpful and point you to the right location. There are several companies and tour guides in the same area picking up their guests. It's just a little chaotic but definitely not alarming and we didn't fell unsafe or lost at all. We were still within the secure port area when we met our guide and loaded into the van. Hope that helps some and that you have a great trip!

OMG

you survived??????????

in Jamaica??????

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These were basically the same instructions we got when we went on our tour from Falmouth and we were completely safe. We didn't use that same company but we did follow these same instructions. The dispatchers at the end of the buildings were very helpful and point you to the right location. There are several companies and tour guides in the same area picking up their guests. It's just a little chaotic but definitely not alarming and we didn't fell unsafe or lost at all. We were still within the secure port area when we met our guide and loaded into the van. Hope that helps some and that you have a great trip!

thank you! that was very helpful!

As stated above, the meeting area for independent tour operators at Falmouth is within the "secure" port area. You just stay to the right of the port area and you end up in a parking area with a white tent where they meet.

As stated above, the meeting area for independent tour operators at Falmouth is within the "secure" port area. You just stay to the right of the port area and you end up in a parking area with a white tent where they meet.

Thank you! I think I'm going to stick with this plan.... the resort is close by, and it looks great- I'll report back afterwards if anyone is interested. Sailing at the end of March.

As stated above, the meeting area for independent tour operators at Falmouth is within the "secure" port area. You just stay to the right of the port area and you end up in a parking area with a white tent where they meet.

ditto for us . we were there last week. after our tour we walked into Falmouth and had lunch at a local jerk shack (Peppers).No problems at all - there were 4 of us. some crew was at Peppers also.