We did not have much time in Nassau. We slept in and our ship was only in port for 5 hours. We wanted to do the Atalntis, but too expensive for a short time. We ended up going to Junkanoo Beach. Within walking distance to the ship. You can rent chairs. We did not. Took our towels and set them in the sand. We did have several people come up and ask us to buy things but they were very polite when we said no. You can see the ships from this beach. Probably not a favorite, but, it met our needs for the short time we had. Beach was clean, water was clean..... extremely cold.
 

Nassau

We had a tough decision when deciding which beach to go to. We choose Sapphire Beach. No disappointment here. Absolutely amazing. We did not take the open air taxi, which cost $10.pp one way. We took the Safari Bus (which looks the same) but it is considered the local bus. It cost $2.pp one way. We felt very safe. I found info on cruise critic about how to catch the bus. Ask where the local Kmart, McDonalds, and hospital are. It is around that location where you catch the city bus. It is within walking distance.
At Sapphire it was amazing. We rented chairs ($7. ea) You can walk up and down the beach to decide who you want to rent from. I can't remember the name of the company we choose but they rented Kayaks. We paid $20. hour for a two person. We had a blast. My husband and kids also went snorkeling. You can rent the equipment there. Less than $10.00 We took good pool goggles. Worked fine. Did not see amazing fish, but saw some. Was able to take pics with an underwater camera. Kids were pleased. The water was a beautiful blue.
At lunch there. If you walk down the beach a little ways they are grilling burgers, hotdogs and Maui Maui sandwiches. My husband said it was the best ever. It did cost about $45.00 for the 4 of us. Sandwiches are huge. My advise, split them. Eat enough to hold you over until you get back to the ship.
We did take a taxi back to port. Didn't want to take any chances. My son left his back pack on the taxi. Of course, we were in a panic. 15 minutes later..... here comes the driver with his bag and everything in it.
 
 

St. Thomas

St Martin was a beautiful port. we wanted to go to the Orient Beach but it did not work out for us that day. We slept in. After that we took the water taxi to the island. I think it was around $6pp both ways. We went to the beach that was on the left. The sand and water was beautiful. We rented 2 chairs and an umbrella and a float for $20.00. That also included a bucket of beer. We traded out the beer for cokes and bottled water. I will say locals drove me crazy wanting to sell things. They were not rude just so many of them. We did eat a little lunch there. Around $40.00. The beach and water was clean. Not my favorite.
 

St. Martin

We were in room 8371. Lots of storage. We did take an over the door shoe organizer and hung it on the bathroom room. Worked great. For a family of 4 we had stuffed in every place. But, it worked out well. We put luggage under the bed. Great location. Balcony view was great. Very quiet. Short walk to the stairs and elevator. But still, no noise.

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I will say everyone on the ship worked so hard.They felt that one cruise might be a little better on one thing while another cruise would be better at something else.

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