We docked at Mahogany Bay for the first time. It is well developed and you can have a good time if you just stay there (shops, beach area, restaurants, snorkeling, etc). We hired a cab for 2.5 hours and ate at a local restaurant. Roatan is beautiful but extreme proverty is everywhere as so much trash. Trash in the water, trash on the streets. ...
Took the AJ's Sloth, Monkey, etc... excursion through RC. Highly recommended. Loved it. Only down side is we didn't get enough time holding the sloths. LOL ...
The area around the ship is not nice, but if you do an excursion, then there are a lot a great things to see and do, especially snorkeling and scuba diving
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Love cruising out of Galveston. These ports are great, however we have been to all three multiple times. Would love to be able to do Eastern Caribbean cruises out of Galveston again, however we realize that some of the Eastern Caribbean ports cannot avccomodate the mega ships. ...
For those that cruise Carnival, this is NOT Mahogany Bay. This port is right in the middle of the island. Took a cab to West Bay Beach, water beautiful and lots to see and do on the beach. Expect to be hounded by hawkers and vendors of every kind selling fruit, shirts, beads, etc., over and over again. But very nice beach, had a good day.
DO NOT USE VICTOR BODDEN for taxi. Abandoned us on ...