Went to Orient beach. Paid 6 dollars per person to get there. Wacky taxi system down there in the islands. It gives you rates on the door but then we got charged a flat rate. Just make sure you know how much it will be per person before you start the ride. Orient beach is beautiful. Be prepared to see bikini's minus the tops on this beach. I was surprised to see a charge for chairs at anywhere from 7-11 dollars. You get a chair and a drink (run punch or beer) for that rate. Being from Hawaii it seemed strange to pay for sitting on the beach. There just wasn't any room for laying your towel down and relaxing. 



St. Maarten

Dominica was great.  We had a really fun time doing a river rafting excursion (it was more like a stream with some tiny rapids).  The crew that took us was great and the tour fantastic.  When you get into the van to get to the rapids you'll have about a 45 minute drive to get there.  If you suffer from motion sickness request to be in the front seat.  The roads are incredibly skinny and the driver's rival those on the Nascar circuit.  It's a little hair raising and one of the guys in our group was getting sick halfway there (he switched seats to the front).  All in all you'll have a great time if you give this excursion a try.

Dominica

On Grenada our friends did an excursion to the waterfalls and had a great time. My wife and I decided to just look around the port town on foot. Be prepared when you walk off the ship you will be bombarded with those wanting you to buy spices and other wares. We turned down an offer for a "walking tour" and not 50 feet down the road were offered another "walking tour". We asked how much and it's on a "donation" basis. We were a bit harassed but in a kind way and we caved and said yes. Wow! We are glad we did. If you are interested in this you can ask for Roger (everybody seems to know him) and for about $40 (or whatever you decide) you'll get a hour and a half to two hour tour. He really knows his stuff and you'll get a bunch of history and he'll help you out at the market too. 



Grenada

No need to do an excursion here. Get off the boat go right and you'll hit a beach that's perfect for snorkeling. It'll cost you $20 per person for a chair (no drinks included in this deal) or if you do what we did you might get it for less. Walk on the beach like you don't know about the charge and find a seat. Sit, sun, snorkel and wait for someone from the beach hut to pass by. They'll ask for 20 bucks each and then you start to negotiate. We told them we didn't have that much on us (which was the absolute truth) and we got the chairs and pass for 10 bucks each. 
snorkeling was unbelievable. Much better than Hawaii. It's a must for this port. I'm sure an excursion would get you to some different spots that may hold even better snorkeling. Had we know how good it was we would have booked a snorkel excursion here instead of Aruba. But like I mentioned before this beach was great for seeing tons of fish. 



Bonaire

snorkel and sail on this Island. Water was rough, wind strong and snorkeling disappointing. I'm sure it's great on a better day, but sometimes you just hit it at the wrong time. It was fun anyway. 



Aruba

Get a balcony if you can afford it.  This was our first time with a balcony room and will never cruise without a balcony room again.

Cruise ship entertainment leaves a bit to be desired to begin with but the entertainment on board was, by a mile, the worst yet.This ship was just as nice as the ships for Holland America but seemed to be lacking compared to Royal Caribbean.

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