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speedlady's Port Reviews of San Juan, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Falmouth
Celebrity Silhouette cruise in January 2013

Member Name:	speedlady
Cruise Date:	January 2013
Embarkation:	Fort Lauderdale
Destination:	Eastern Caribbean
Member Review:	speedlady's Celebrity Silhouette Review

	San Juan Port Rating: El Morro is a must-see. We've left on cruises from San Juan before, but always at night, which is a beautiful sight. This time we arrived in daylight, and had a spectacular view of El Morro from the sea. Great photo opportunity. Lots of history in Old San Juan, within walking distance of the dock.
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	St. Maarten Port Rating: Love this island! This time we walked to Philipsburg instead of taking the water taxi. The walk is very doable. There were a lot of ships in port, so the streets were crowded with cruisers. We should have gone over to Marigot, but that was probably crowded too.
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	St. Thomas Port Rating: We usually go to the beach in St. Thomas but this time we shopped for jewelry downtown. On the past couple of cruises we've been docked at the new cruiseport, but this time we were back at Havensight, which I prefer. It's been expanded a lot since our last dockage there. Many of the shops are the same as downtown, but downtown has its own special charm. We walked, and the walk was quite doable, even though it looks like a long way. This is a wonderful island, whether you shop, beach or tour. And if you haven't been to St. John, that is a must. Take a cab to Redhook and then the ferry to St. John. A short ride up the coast and you're at Trunk Bay, with its snorkel trail and beautiful unspoiled beach.
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	Cozumel Snorkeling Rating: Found these guys at the cruiseport. They offered us 2 hours and 2 places of snorkeling for $35. We went with another couple from the ship. Waited 40 minutes for them to get more people, then they took the 4 of us out. We picked up another couple at a marina down the way, so there were 6 total on the boat. It was a beautiful day, the water was warm, the fish were beautiful and we drank all the beer. Great excursion, especially for the money.
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	Grand Cayman Port Rating: Nice once you get on land. The tendering is a pain. We've been here a lot, so we decided to try walking to 7 mile beach. It's a long way to get to a place with a public beach, but we found one. It wasn't large and it wasn't particularly nice. We didn't even get wet, just sunbathed a while. Walked back to town, shopped a bit but didn't buy anything. Tendered back to the ship. Uneventful day, but we got our exercise.
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	Falmouth Port Rating: New RCL cruiseport. We don't care much for Jamaica from previous experience, so we just walked around the designated area, looked at some jewelry (to compare it to what we bought in St. Thomas and reinforce our purchase) and got back on the ship. They are still building the cruiseport so maybe it will have more to offer in a couple of years. As it was, pretty boring. You have to take a shore excursion if you want to see the island, and, though we usually book our excursions privately, on this island I would recommend going with the overpriced ship's excursions for safety reasons.
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	CocoCay Port Rating: Lovely place! Lots to do (or do nothing). Plenty of lounges, nice beaches. Lots of seagulls, one of which deposited a "gift" on my husband. Made for a great beach picture, though he didn't think so. Food was great, area was very clean and well-kept. The only negative is the high prices in the little market area. Will definitely enjoy coming back to CocoCay.
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