Frenchsnowhite Posted January 12, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I've been to Roatan a couple of times but with Carnival, never been with NCL. Can you tell me where we will dock?? Is there a beach near by??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathubia Posted January 12, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The two times we were there we docked (we were on the DAWN). There is only room for one ship at the dock. There was one other ship there in November (NCL JADE), the people on the JADE tendered. We booked Maya Key and used the beach there. I don't know if there are any beaches close to the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdchiefthom Posted January 12, 2016 #3 Share Posted January 12, 2016 When I was there last April, we docked at the city dock downtown Coxen Hole. I've docked there each time I've been to Roatan, and there is a relatively new port built to replace what used to be nothing. Personally I would take an organized tour to West Bay, or West End beaches. I would be very careful leaving the confines of the Port.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted January 12, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Just there on the Jade last week and the Dawn was also in port. RCL had the dock, NCL tendered. Although they used the ship's life boats, which are smaller it seemed to go smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchsnowhite Posted January 12, 2016 Author #5 Share Posted January 12, 2016 They only ship other than us in port that day will be the Emerald Princess, and since it's from Carnival family they will dock at Mahogany Bay. So that means that we should be docked!!!! Yeee :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropical83 Posted January 12, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I was wondering about this as well. I have been reading a lot on this site that Norwegian ships always dock at Coxen Hole. But today I was looking on the NCL website, and under Roatan information it says: Port Name & Location Mahogany Bay Cruise Center Ship will DOCK at this port. Has anyone been to Roatan recently with NCL and docked at Mahogany Bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted January 12, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 12, 2016 We've been to Belize three times on NCL in the past year and always stopped at Coxen Hole. Weve stopped at Mahogany Bay twice on Carnival owned lines - HAL and Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthlessBoss Posted January 12, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I was wondering about this as well. I have been reading a lot on this site that Norwegian ships always dock at Coxen Hole. But today I was looking on the NCL website, and under Roatan information it says: Port Name & Location Mahogany Bay Cruise Center Ship will DOCK at this port. Has anyone been to Roatan recently with NCL and docked at Mahogany Bay? Why not start a thread specific to this question instead of it being mixed in with this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookeysmom Posted January 13, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) I went to Roatan last month on the Jade. Only the Dawn had permission to dock, but we got there first, so they gave us an hour to walk off before we had to leave to anchor at sea & tender in. We walked off at 6:45am. It was great, but even tendering wasn't bad there, since the Jade uses its own lifeboats instead of local boats. They were fast. But by walking off so early, we got an extra 2 hours in Roatan! Edited January 13, 2016 by pookeysmom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew9551 Posted January 13, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You will dock on the south side of the island and when you disembark go out of the facility and there are many taxis/tours tell them you want to go to West Bay Beach and pay no more than $20 a person and they will stay with you for the day and make sure you get back in time. You may need it as several places have 2 for $5 rum punches and they hold nothing back lol. I took a pic of my wife in the water and everyone thinks it is a swimming pool so clear and relaxing. CNN had it as a top pic for 3 months on their travel site click or copy and paste below and see the pic - it is the second one. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/travel/ireport-beaches/index.html When you go to this beach you go over their little mountains and can even stop and zip line down from the top to the beach. Also Google west bay beach Roatan and you will find it to be one of the most gorgeous beaches in the Carrbbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattio Posted January 13, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 13, 2016 We went to Bananarama on the other side of the island and enjoyed the beach there immensely! It was maybe a 10 minute ride at most. The water was beautiful and if you swim out far enough you can snorkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropical83 Posted January 13, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Why not start a thread specific to this question instead of it being mixed in with this one? I did in the Roatan forum. No one had responded yet when I seen this thread so I didn't think it would hurt to post it in here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted January 13, 2016 #13 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You'll be in Coxen Hole and will need to take a taxi or some sort of excursion to get to a beach. Enjoy Roatan! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bananas Posted January 13, 2016 #14 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I was wondering about this as well. I have been reading a lot on this site that Norwegian ships always dock at Coxen Hole. But today I was looking on the NCL website, and under Roatan information it says: Port Name & Location Mahogany Bay Cruise Center Ship will DOCK at this port. Has anyone been to Roatan recently with NCL and docked at Mahogany Bay? We were scheduled to dock at Mahogany Bay once as Celebrity had the dock at Coxen Hole. At Mahogany Bay due to the way the docks are the captain has to back into the channel. This is often missed if wind is there as it's too dangerous. We dropped anchor at Coxen Hole and tendered in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bananas Posted January 13, 2016 #15 Share Posted January 13, 2016 We've been to Belize three times on NCL in the past year and always stopped at Coxen Hole. Weve stopped at Mahogany Bay twice on Carnival owned lines - HAL and Princess. Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay are in Roatan Honduras not Belize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted January 13, 2016 #16 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay are in Roatan Honduras not Belize Oops, brain still on vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacationdreamer<>< Posted January 13, 2016 #17 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) We went to Bananarama on the other side of the island and enjoyed the beach there immensely! It was maybe a 10 minute ride at most. The water was beautiful and if you swim out far enough you can snorkle. Oooo thank you! I'm planning to go there. I did in the Roatan forum. No one had responded yet when I seen this thread so I didn't think it would hurt to post it in here as well. I'm glad you asked! Edited January 13, 2016 by Vacationdreamer<>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacationdreamer<>< Posted January 13, 2016 #18 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You will dock on the south side of the island and when you disembark go out of the facility and there are many taxis/tours tell them you want to go to West Bay Beach and pay no more than $20 a person and they will stay with you for the day and make sure you get back in time. You may need it as several places have 2 for $5 rum punches and they hold nothing back lol. I took a pic of my wife in the water and everyone thinks it is a swimming pool so clear and relaxing. CNN had it as a top pic for 3 months on their travel site click or copy and paste below and see the pic - it is the second one. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/20/travel/ireport-beaches/index.html When you go to this beach you go over their little mountains and can even stop and zip line down from the top to the beach. Also Google west bay beach Roatan and you will find it to be one of the most gorgeous beaches in the Carrbbean. Excellent picture!!! WTG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookeysmom Posted January 14, 2016 #19 Share Posted January 14, 2016 We went to Bananarama on the other side of the island and enjoyed the beach there immensely! It was maybe a 10 minute ride at most. The water was beautiful and if you swim out far enough you can snorkle. We've been to Bananarama also. It's a little crowded but beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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