DollyJ

Thank you, I did not think it made any sense at all either; of course, I wonder why they bothered to reply, again, to my original email 2 months later with contradictory info. O well, if I don't like what I get, I'll just make lemonade. :p

I appreciate all the info; we really liked St. Martin our last visit and really look forward to returning.

:'):D

I had a reply from Carnival that this was indeed Orient Bay Beach.....then today, I had another reply from Carnival that it is Marigot Bay Beach.:confused:

When i responded that I'd already been told a different thing, their response was: "Orient Bay ( nude beach ) its 5-10 min walking from Marigot Bay."

I don't have great interest in a nude beach:cool:, however, I can't fine a 'Marigot Bay Beach' on a map a 5-10 minute walk from Orient Bay Beach. Am I missing something here?

Do a search on cc reviews - your cruise line : port of St. Maarten and my guess is you will find reviews on this excursion that mention the name of the beach

Thanks, good suggestion. All I could find was a couple of older (2+ yr) posts that mentioned Orient Bay Beach. I've asked Carnival Tour Operations, but so far they've only quoted back what's on the web site. :rolleyes:

Has anyone taken this Carnival excursion? Can you tell me which beach this goes to? I've read the reviews on Carnival's site, and they all say it's a beautiful beach, but I can't find one that says which beach it is. Thank you.

The rare side of medium-rare; just enough to melt the fat.

My original plan was to check out the new port area and then go to West Bay to check it out. But, our time in this port was short and I decided to just chill out and relax. Four ports in a row tends to wear one down and this was our last port.

That was our original plan too, but the review has changed our mind. Thank you so very much!

Are you going to post a review? How was TS Arthur? Did the tropical storm affect the weather in your ports?

I'm having surgery next week so I'm too busy trying to get things organized at home & work to post a review now, but hope to be able to during my recouperation.

The weather was great in all the ports, even though the forecast was for t-storms every day before we left. Friday on the ship was pretty rocky though - the dining room crowd was a bit thin, and they had to modify the show that night so the dancers wouldn't tip over! :p They also posted signs asking people to stay off the decks; we had an aft balcony & stepped out there to look around, but it was too dark to see anything except the wake. Winds were around 50 MPH, I don't know how high the waves were - but overall, it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, and none in my party were ill.

Just off the Legend Sunday. :(

We had table 286 in the dining room, and it was wonderful - a smaller quieter room, not right at the window but great view without the glare (early seating).

The closet had hangers with 'nubs', but not like I've ever seen before - three fit into each ring that's attached to the rod. In any case, if you want to hang something anywhere but the closet, bring your own hangers.

I enjoyed all the comics (3 stand-ups, and one ventriloquist), and the balancing act would have been even more interesting if it had been the night we had the winds from TS Arthur!! :eek: