Reenie75 Posted March 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Sailing to Amber Cove, St Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turks. Best family beaches & deals. Do I go with carnival excursion or are their better ones. Not sure of the distance either. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpagejr Posted March 16, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Sailing to Amber Cove, St Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turks. Best family beaches & deals. Do I go with carnival excursion or are their better ones. Not sure of the distance either. Thanks! Head over to the port of call forum...Click on Caribbean and you have lots of information to review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutumbojimbo Posted March 16, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 16, 2018 For Grand Turk, you walk down the pier, through the duty-free are and back on to the beach. The blue (I think) chairs are free of charge. It's beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&Jfamily Posted March 16, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Sailing to Amber Cove, St Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turks. Best family beaches & deals. Do I go with carnival excursion or are their better ones. Not sure of the distance either. Thanks! Amber Cove is not a beach port - they have the nice Carnival facilities but it is not a sandy beach, but rather a rocky coast. I would highly suggest looking at the ports of call board and the cruise line and chose an excursion to some place nice if you want sand. In St. Thomas you have many to chose from that are a cab ride away - Magen's Bay and Sapphire in St. Thomas being two of the most popular. San Juan has a very small beach to the left of the port as you walk along the wall, but again, not the nicest. Many people just chose to explore the history of Old San Juan, but if you want a beach, look at excursion options. And as other have said, Grand Turk is a perfect beach day right off the ship for free. Be aware that beach plans can change on a cruise. Just last week both Magens and Sapphire were closed, along with many others due to the storm surge the night before. The access roads were covered with sand. We have also had various water based excursions cancelled on many cruises due to rough seas. So the main thing is just to go with an open mind and flexibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reenie75 Posted March 16, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Amber Cove is not a beach port - they have the nice Carnival facilities but it is not a sandy beach, but rather a rocky coast. I would highly suggest looking at the ports of call board and the cruise line and chose an excursion to some place nice if you want sand. In St. Thomas you have many to chose from that are a cab ride away - Magen's Bay and Sapphire in St. Thomas being two of the most popular. San Juan has a very small beach to the left of the port as you walk along the wall, but again, not the nicest. Many people just chose to explore the history of Old San Juan, but if you want a beach, look at excursion options. And as other have said, Grand Turk is a perfect beach day right off the ship for free. Be aware that beach plans can change on a cruise. Just last week both Magens and Sapphire were closed, along with many others due to the storm surge the night before. The access roads were covered with sand. We have also had various water based excursions cancelled on many cruises due to rough seas. So the main thing is just to go with an open mind and flexibility. Ty for your info! Much appreciated. I' Going to split island some beaches then excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micahs Grandad Posted March 16, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 16, 2018 No reason to pay cruise line to take you to a beach. Cheaper and better to go on your own to come and go as you please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 17, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 17, 2018 When you get off the ship in Grand Turks you will walk a few minutes to the beach as mentioned. Some photos. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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