Excursion ? - Tabyana Beach Break

[sazcruiser]

We booked the Tabyana Beach Break excursion because we’ve done that on prior cruises and really enjoyed it. As I’m looking close though to double check all details, it says it is just from 8:30-12:30. We don’t leave the port until 6pm and would probably prefer more of a 10-2 timeframe. I feel like there was flexibility on previous trips. Anyone been recently to know if the 8:30-12:30 is a strict start and end or are there multiple shuttles running later than 12:30? Second question… has anyone gotten out there a different way that would give us more flexibility for timing?

 

I can call tomorrow to check, but you all have been a wealth of information! So appreciative of all your posts as we get ready to sail!

[lasekeye]

We did the same excursion in May.  I did contact the excursion supplier, since we too wanted to stay there longer.  I was told that there are multiple busses going from ship & back through the day & that it would be fine if we wanted to take a later one back to the ship.  We were told to confirm when we got on the bus & again at the “beach resort”.

 

We did take the 8:30 bus (to give us the best choice of loungers), by 12:30 we were ready to head back…so I wasn’t able to confirm that a later return time would have worked.

[ninjacat123]

13 hours ago, sazcruiser said:

We booked the Tabyana Beach Break excursion because we’ve done that on prior cruises and really enjoyed it. As I’m looking close though to double check all details, it says it is just from 8:30-12:30. We don’t leave the port until 6pm and would probably prefer more of a 10-2 timeframe. I feel like there was flexibility on previous trips. Anyone been recently to know if the 8:30-12:30 is a strict start and end or are there multiple shuttles running later than 12:30? Second question… has anyone gotten out there a different way that would give us more flexibility for timing?

 

I can call tomorrow to check, but you all have been a wealth of information! So appreciative of all your posts as we get ready to sail!

Hi sazcruiser!  I see you are new to the CC boards, welcome!! A great way to get more info about specific ports is the Ports of Call board.  Here's a link to Roatan:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/15-roatan/

 

I've been to Tabayana Beach and it's wonderful!  Have a great cruise!!

[ABQrobin]

The FIRST bus leaves at 12:30, but you can stay until the last bus call, which is usually an hour before your back-on-board time.  When we were there last week, we didn't go on first bus, we took our time and wandered up to the waiting area.  When there were 8+ people, a van pulled up and took us back to port.  Easy peasy.

[fbe2228]

I agree.  Last week we did this excursion.  We arrived in port at 11am, and we met at 11:30.  Our bus left shortly before 12 (it could have been more efficent, but that's another story).  There were busses that left Tabyana once they were full.  I believe we left around 4.