ANTIGUA BEACH WITH LOBSTER LUNCH

[Smiley7863]

Has anybody done the Antigua Beach with Lobster Lunch excursion with Freedom of the Seas?  If so, do you think the $103.00 price is worth it?  Can you get a beach umbrella for your chair while your there?

 

Thanks for any guidance that you can give.

 

Happy Sailing!!

[PORT ROYAL]

On 9/29/2019 at 6:03 PM, Smiley7863 said:

Has anybody done the Antigua Beach with Lobster Lunch excursion with Freedom of the Seas?  If so, do you think the $103.00 price is worth it?  Can you get a beach umbrella for your chair while your there?

 

Thanks for any guidance that you can give.

 

Happy Sailing!!

 

For that spend pp I would chose Jacqui O's or Cecelia's, and have better food, drinks, service with a shabby chic ambiance, all on a fabulous beach, with no T'erds.   Usually ship's tours end up at a beach full of T'erds

 

Book your lunch and day in advance.

[Smiley7863]

On 9/30/2019 at 3:04 PM, PORT ROYAL said:

 

For that spend pp I would chose Jacqui O's or Cecelia's, and have better food, drinks, service with a shabby chic ambiance, all on a fabulous beach, with no T'erds.   Usually ship's tours end up at a beach full of T'erds

 

Book your lunch and day in advance.

Thank you for your recommendations.  I am going to check them out.  What are T'erds?

[PORT ROYAL]

1 hour ago, Smiley7863 said:

Thank you for your recommendations.  I am going to check them out.  What are T'erds?

 

T'erds is a word constructed by my Bajan friends, being a combination of two words

Towels and Herds.  The T from Towels and 'erds from Herds to describe some tourists. 

 

TOWELS:

Arrive by the cheapest means; deliberately take the most annoying spot to spread their Towles on the beach so to deliberately spoil the view of paying clients; constantly repeat the mantra "beaches are free" like a demented parrot; do not spend anything at the resort; bring food and drink browsed from the ship's buffet, all wrapped in a ship's napkin; bury their picnic debris in the sand; use the sea, beach and all the venue's facilities for free; if there is charge for toilets, decline and use the sea; return to the ship by the cheapest means. 

Then when back in the Ship boast they spent the day at Carambola (Kim Sha et al) taking lunch and drinks there.

 

 

HERDS:

Arrive loudly en masse; stay loudly; have shouting conversations on their mobiles, or with other herd members, albeit 2 feet or 20 yards way; bring coolers full of Supermarket bought beer and food, then demand ice for free; bring boom boxes and play on highest volume; sometimes pay for beds but insist a colony of friends is created; complain about the price of venue's food as the reason for buying a single slice of pizza.  

Seek to use Hotel or Beach facilities for free, failing that, turn the sea into a Urinal (aka going for a swim)

Abuse or ridicule other guests, and members of the venue's staff, solely for the group's amusement.

Basically, it's a group who knowingly do everything possible to spoil the genteel ambience of the venue, and to annoy as many people as it is physically possible. 

Then leave loudly en masse.

 

Other items of annoyance can be added to each of the above definitions as required.

 

 

Edited October 5, 2019 by PORT ROYAL
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[PORT ROYAL]

1 hour ago, Smiley7863 said:

Thank you for your recommendations.  I am going to check them out.  What are T'erds?

 

To these recommendations add Christine's Cafe and Sheer Rocks.

[Arzeena]

On 9/29/2019 at 1:03 PM, Smiley7863 said:

Has anybody done the Antigua Beach with Lobster Lunch excursion with Freedom of the Seas?  If so, do you think the $103.00 price is worth it?  Can you get a beach umbrella for your chair while your there?

 

Thanks for any guidance that you can give.

 

Happy Sailing!!

Just did this excursion while on the Serenade. Loved it, but it is a one time thing and would not go again.

The catamaran was great. Drinks were served as and when you asked for them. The lobster was delicious and was grilled on the boat. There were two beach stops. These did not include chairs, umbrellas or any other amenities. The first beach was great. the second one was kind of mosquito island and filthy. Repeat people were saying that this was not always the case and they usually took people to two good beaches. Catamaran had ample shade, bathrooms and enough room for every one to sit.

One thing that I absolutely hated was that they allowed some people to smoke. Had I known that, I would have not done this excursion. The smokers could have waited till we got to the beach.

 

[OCruisers]

20 minutes ago, Arzeena said:

Just did this excursion while on the Serenade. Loved it, but it is a one time thing and would not go again.

The catamaran was great. Drinks were served as and when you asked for them. The lobster was delicious and was grilled on the boat. There were two beach stops. These did not include chairs, umbrellas or any other amenities. The first beach was great. the second one was kind of mosquito island and filthy. Repeat people were saying that this was not always the case and they usually took people to two good beaches. Catamaran had ample shade, bathrooms and enough room for every one to sit.

 

That's the one we did and very much enjoyed the catamaran & lobster ... not the beach stops.  

Edited November 17, 2019 by OCruisers