Caribbean Islands

[colynne43]

Going on Holiday shortly on a cruise around the caribbean islands. Anyone got any tips ?

[he who dares]

colynne you are one lucky person enjoy. what sort of cruising? on a liner or small boat

[sddsddean]

Is this your first time on a cruise? if so, look at http://www.cruisecritic.com/
and
http://www.cruise-information-center.com/defau lt.htm
for loads of info.
Number 1 rule: You do not have to do anything you don't want to , except enjoy yourself!!!

Have fun!

[dot.hawkes]

I have said this lots of times now, but,

If you dock in St John's Antigua, as you walk off the dock there is a brilliant Heineken bar on your right, and to the left there is a duty free perfume shop and next to it some stairs that go up to The Adult Playpen, it is run by a Scouser and he is brilliant, pop up there have a nosy around and if u see him, can't miss him he had a long pony tail say Claire's Mum said hi lol

[dannydingbat]

Rather than get info on all sorts of places you are not going to, why not say which islands you are visiting?

[jno]

generally, don't take the excursions the ship offers - they're way overpriced. You'll almost invariably find someone on the quayside offering the same things at half the price, and doing a perfectly good job.

[handygran]

If you get friendly with more passengers it is easy to do trips together and share taxis. You get an itinery on the ships for places to see so you can do it on your own and it is cheaper if there is a few of you. On Tortola we went with the other 6 people on our table and there was 4 of us so we got a mini bus to got to the top of the island and then to Cane Garden beach (much cheaper than Ships).

[auntiebertie]

What cruise ship? What itinerary?
Go to http://boards.cruisecritic.com/ and select the cruise line to find tips/comments on the ship and scroll down a bit to find the section on Ports of Call to find info about your various islands.

[colynne43]

Hi, Thanks to all who answered, to answer a few questions:-
We are going on an Ocean village cruise liner at the end of November calling at: St Vincent, St Lucia, Grenada, Isla Margerita, Trinidad, Dominica, Antigua, St Kitts, St Maarten, Tortola then back to Barbados. This is our first time at cruising

[dannydingbat]

Check this previous answer

www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Travel/Question274680.html