If you're going to exit the port gates, realize that you're entering a town that wants to do business with you. Expect to be approached immediately by locals when you step past the gates, asking you if you want to smoke, drink, etc. Experienced travellers, or pick up a guide and give them a tip to take you around.

Pepper's was quite good for a quick stop for food. Then I popped back into the gated port for a "safe" bit of quick shopping for rum cake and coffee...

So having the opportunity to sit and relax in the waters of the Caribbean was good, but the crowding was not. Funneling the number of people from a ship the size of the Harmony onto the private area was bound to lead to some serious crowding issues on the beaches. The food was... well, I'm one that would rather have local cuisine, not hot dogs and hamburgers like a company picnic. I especially didn't appreciate that for a private resort space, they then allow high pressure hustle in the marketplace area. Either build a full private resort or don't, the halfway methodology didn't work well.

Of the three spots, it felt like Labadee was the shakiest of the ports.