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Originally posted by scoreman
Here are some more suggestions:
Booze is super cheap on St Martin with St Thomas a close second. Cheap as in A liter of Absolute for $3. A liter of Crown Royal cost $13.
Your dinner table guests that the cruiseline will place you with can be a crap shoot. If you are into meeting people you might get a good family or some real crab apples. If you prefer to keep the dining table to just your family, hit the maitre d immediately upon boarding and seek out a four top or even a two top table.
If you are somewhat physically active, and are doing a caribbean cruise, I recommend the mountain bike trip on St Thomas. They start at the top of the island, its mostly downhill and it ends at one of the better beaches on the island where you have time to hit the beach prior to being shuttled back to the boat. This excusion always seems to sell out.
Internet access is really expensive on the boat. I spent $100 in seven days the and the speeds were like dialup. They might tell you its high speed but that BS. Its more like an ISDN line shared by the entire ship with bandwidth being consumed by resources outside of the internet cafe (like for example the ship webcam). I recommend skipping the boat and hitting the internet cafes on shore. Most are usually located right near the wharfs.
Cruising with infants is a chore as most ships will not allow kids under 3 to even enter the kids facilities. They basically will be with you the whole time. I have cruised every year and have a 3 and 1 yr old so it hasnt deterred me but be forewarned, it alot more convenient to bring along grandmas to watch the infants late night so you can have time with you and your spouse alone.
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Great tips David. I really want to do the St Martin trip for my next cruise. That mountain biking excursion seems like a fun time for sure.
- Brent Axford