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    Cosol Tours vs RCL Tour in St Lucia

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Looks like RCL lowered the price for some excursions on our cruise next week.  In St Lucia, we booked a tour with Cosol Tours that will cost $310 for the 4 of us.  With RCL, the tour will cost $209 for the 4 of us for pretty much the same tour to see the Piton,  do mud baths and local lunch.  The only main difference I can tell is RCL doesn’t do the snorkeling/beach stop to jalousie beach.  So I’m torn between saving $100 and going with Cosol.  Anyone have any experience?  Duration of both tours is around 5.5 hours.

    Here we are again...need a beach

    in St. Kitts & Nevis

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    On 3/9/2019 at 1:38 PM, mitsugirly said:

    I just emailed again....I'm getting nervous (especially since there will probably be 10 of us wanting this tour) and only a month away. 

     

    Fingers and toes crossed. 

    Mitsugirly, were you able to contact Javin?  I was able to book a tour with them for late April. His assistant was the one who’s responded to my emails.  

    One month til our cruise on Freedom of the Seas - tips please!!

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    21 hours ago, SG65CB said:

     

    I enjoy walking laps around the promenade deck. On the Freedom, 2.25 laps around the ship on the promenade deck is one mile. You can walk but no jogging. At the front of the ship you actually go up a set of stairs, around past the helicopter pad, then back downstairs. 

     

    Do you know if the jogging track goes completely around?  The deck plan doesn’t show that it does.  I love that we can walk around the ship on the promenade deck.

    One month til our cruise on Freedom of the Seas - tips please!!

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    7 minutes ago, smilz said:

    Please report back!! We have 32 days!  I agree with the previous poster that there doesn't seem to be much chatter about FOS. I have never sailed that class before so I too would like just some "tips". 

    Agree. Haven’t seen new trip reports lately. I think we are on the same sailing. Also our first cruise on FOS. Actually fist ROyal cruise. We’ve been on NCL, Celebrity, Carnival and HAL but haven’t been on a cruise for about 5 years. So we are excited. 

    One month til our cruise on Freedom of the Seas - tips please!!

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Hi, so so excited!!  We are now only one month away til our sail away.  I can’t seem to find the “secrets” thread and I’m desperately looking for hidden secrets on FOTS.  On NCL a few years back, there were hidden food venues like fish and chips and on Celebrity sushi, etc.  I’m looking for stuff like this and other things to do around the ship that are not very well know.  They don’t have to be free but reasonable as far as cruise pricing go.

     

    So far I remember from reading the elusive secrets thread are: Cafe Promenade is free and has good coffee and snacks, we can access the helipad through some secret door.  Ugh I can’t believe that’s all I remember.

    Possible to walk between beaches - Darkwood and Valley Church

    in Antigua

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    Hi, I think we might take the bus from the cruise terminal to either Darkwood or Valley Church.  I can’t seem to make up my mind which beach to spend the day.  Is it possible to walk from Darkwood to Valley Church - either on the beach or the road.  How far is the walk and is it safe?  We will be there in April and will be with 2 kids age 12 and 16.

    DIY in St Lucia a bad idea?

    in St. Lucia

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    Thank you Ashland.  I think you are right.  After much thought and some advice from tripadvisor, I came to realize I won't be saving much doing it on our own and then dealing with the hassle.  After considering Cosol, Real St Lucia, Spencer and Serenity, I think I've decided on booking with Cosol.

    DIY in St Lucia a bad idea?

    in St. Lucia

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    Hi, we will be in St Lucia in April as a stop on our cruise.  I've been combing through the posts here trying to finalize our day and now I'm wondering if renting a car and doing it on our own is a really bad idea.  Some background, we are family of 4 (kids are 12 and 16) and we love to travel.  My husband love to drive and is a great driver - we did an Ireland driving tour on our own last year - so he is used to driving on either side of the road.  I did tentatively book a car reservation but can be cancelled.  

     

    Some of the things that worry me are the reports of crime against tourists as well as finding our way around St Lucia on essentially an 8 hour period.  Do many cruise passengers opt to do this port on their own?  St Lucia doesn't seem to be a great beach destination as other stops on our cruise.   

     

    Thanks in advance for your feedback!

    Arriving day of cruise

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    I checked several alternatives, like LAX to SJU and by the time I pay the shuttle up & back or even a 1 way ticket over out of LAX then back to Palm Springs, Ca, it is far easier & less costly to fly from Palm Springs and back. My best route right now is PSP non stop to EWR to SJU and back on united or with Jet Blue over PSP to JFK non stop & back through JFK or EWR with United.

     

     

     

    Yeah I came to the same conclusion trying to depart from “nearby” airports - the few bucks saved on airfare is not enough to make up additional costs from transfers/driving to another city. Incidentally I am also looking at either United or Jet Blue from EWR to SJU. From my past experience with they are both decent airlines.

     

     

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    Arriving day of cruise

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    OP- what are your travel dates? If you want help searching, I love that stuff. Always help friends and family.

     

    Alternatively, it is still pretty early in terms of flights. You could take a way and see approach.

     

     

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    We are on April 21-28 FOTS. Have been wondering if the wait and see approach will bite me later. The most important part is getting back on the 28th as kids have school the next day.

     

     

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    Arriving day of cruise

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Hi everyone, we will be on Freedom sailing from San Juan in April 2019. Flights to SJU has gotten so expensive. Considering flying in the day of cruise arriving around noon (direct flight from NYC). I normally wouldn’t do this but since the cruise doesn’t depart til 8pm this seems ok to me. A part of me is hesitating though. Anyone with experience doing this?

     

     

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    Reservation question

    in Royal Caribbean International

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    Hello everyone. First time RCI cruiser here. Have cruised on Celebrity, Norwegian, Holland America and Carnival. So excited to try out RCI. We will be on the Freedom of the Seas next year April 2019. I made the reservation on RCI website. However the only confirmation I received is the deposit confirmation and when I log in to my account on RCI website, there's no document that's shows the total cost and breakdown of cost for the reservation. Just the cabin number and passenger names. Is this normal? I want to transfer the booking to a travel agent but I want to make sure it transfer with all the right info.

     

    Thank you so much!!

     

     

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