MNice99

Hi like the title says, I'm looking for thoughts on this excursion from those who have done it. Was it crowded? Did it leave right from the ship? How "Strenuous" really is it. Do you have to swim super far to where you snorkel or is pretty much right by the boat? I'm also looking at going on our own with an outside company but sort of nervous about having to wait forever to catch a tender and then being late to the meet up point. So it seams going with RCCL on this one might make more sense. thanks in advance for any insights you share.

Is one better? Or if you went with one or another how was your experience?

Hi we are starting to plan for out up coming cruise one stop will be Belize and we want to do a snorkeling tour. Reading about Belize it's about a 20-30 minute ride to shore. That means it's at least an hour for the tender boat to drive to port unload passengers and get back to ship for the next group. My question is: Will they have enough tenders lined up to clear the ship, or will there be a point that all tenders are still heading to shore and we will have to wait until they unload drive back to the ship and get back for the next group? Those of you who have done it. How long of a wait time did you have? Do we need to get up super early and get in line early to get one of the first tenders or will it go fairly fast? About how many people fit on a tender? Then follow up question on the return how often to they run? is an every XX minutes thing or will they just sit in port until the boat is full, then head back to the ship?

Hi, We are starting to plan for our cruise next winter, we will be on the Explorer OTS next February. We really want to snorkel I'm wondering if they move the people off the ship at a reasonable pace. will have to worry about missing our tour operator. due to long waits to catch a tender? or on the flip side if we are lucky enough to catch an early tender will we have to wait an exurbanite amount of time for other people? Do Tour operators take people from multiple ships?