Bookster99 Posted April 24, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The wife and I are heading to Cuba in July on the Paradise, and we are very excited. We are looking forward to enjoying a show aat the Tropicana. We are also booking another excursion so we meet our people-to-people requirement. That could potentially be a lot of activity for one day! So, I am wondering how hard it is to ditch our day excursion if we get tired, so we can head back to the ship for a nap before the evening festivities. Yes: a nap. Has anyone done this? How was the experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyp Posted April 24, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm going next week and had this same thought. Love afternoon naps! I'll let you know how I make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted April 24, 2018 #3 Share Posted April 24, 2018 We'd probably only book what was most important to us. By trying to do too much we don't fully anything. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevanb Posted April 25, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 25, 2018 We where there Monday on our own tour with our guide meet him at 10.00am spent all day with with went to ship at 6.00 freshened up and changed went back out meet him again and went to dinner and then took us to Tropicana then a taxi back to ship around 12.30 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travlbug Posted April 27, 2018 #5 Share Posted April 27, 2018 We where there Monday on our own tour with our guide meet him at 10.00am spent all day with with went to ship at 6.00 freshened up and changed went back out meet him again and went to dinner and then took us to Tropicana then a taxi back to ship around 12.30 am Stevanb - any details about your guide and what you did with him from 10AM to 6 PM? Would be very interested to hear more about this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevanb Posted April 27, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Stevanb - any details about your guide and what you did with him from 10AM to 6 PM? Would be very interested to hear more about this. Thanks. Go to Blexie on Face Book that is where the places he took us to and more as we had a list of things we wanted to see also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccersharon Posted April 27, 2018 #7 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Here's Blexie's itinerary posted on his FB page. This is for the 6 hour tour. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstcruizin Posted April 27, 2018 #8 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I'm going next week and had this same thought. Love afternoon naps! I'll let you know how I make out. We're going next week too, :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunned Posted April 27, 2018 #9 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Here's Blexie's itinerary posted on his FB page. This is for the 6 hour tour. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Do you know how much this tour is for two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevanb Posted April 27, 2018 #10 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Do you know how much this tour is for two? I think 130.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccersharon Posted April 27, 2018 #11 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I think 130.00 Yes, that is the price we were given. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzalady1 Posted April 28, 2018 #12 Share Posted April 28, 2018 You do not have to select "people-to-people". If you select "support of the Cuban people" you can do anything you want. You do not have to do a ship excursion nor do you even need to take any type of organized tour. We are doing a 3 hour tour on day 1 and a 2 hour tour on day 2, both with www.oldcartour.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitzel Posted April 28, 2018 #13 Share Posted April 28, 2018 We where there Monday on our own tour with our guide meet him at 10.00am spent all day with with went to ship at 6.00 freshened up and changed went back out meet him again and went to dinner and then took us to Tropicana then a taxi back to ship around 12.30 am We are planning to do something similar. We have a tour booked for 2 days with Fertours. On day 1, we will tour from 10 am to 5 or 6 or so. We will then go back to the ship, freshen up, and get picked back up around 7:30 or 8 to head out to dinner and a show. We get picked up and returned to the ship around midnight. On day 2, we get picked up again at 10 am and have our guide until 6 pm or so (we sail away at 8 pm). For us, it was cheaper and easier than piecing together multiple shorter tours or paying for an evening taxi to go out for the evening. We get the same driver and guide both days, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevanb Posted April 28, 2018 #14 Share Posted April 28, 2018 We are planning to do something similar. We have a tour booked for 2 days with Fertours. On day 1, we will tour from 10 am to 5 or 6 or so. We will then go back to the ship, freshen up, and get picked back up around 7:30 or 8 to head out to dinner and a show. We get picked up and returned to the ship around midnight. On day 2, we get picked up again at 10 am and have our guide until 6 pm or so (we sail away at 8 pm). For us, it was cheaper and easier than piecing together multiple shorter tours or paying for an evening taxi to go out for the evening. We get the same driver and guide both days, too. Make sure what times the show is as you need same time to get there after dinner our dinner took about 2 hours price was prefixed also the currency exchange is only open till 8. pm in Havana at the pier . We figured out how much we needed and cashed in the extra before we left for dinner after paying everything we had 31.00 left and cab was 25.00 so it worked out prefect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitzel Posted April 28, 2018 #15 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Make sure what times the show is as you need same time to get there after dinner our dinner took about 2 hours price was prefixed also the currency exchange is only open till 8. pm in Havana at the pier . We figured out how much we needed and cashed in the extra before we left for dinner after paying everything we had 31.00 left and cab was 25.00 so it worked out prefect We are planning to go to a bar/club to listen to music rather than go to one of the production shows. We want to get there early enough to get a good seat, but we aren’t too worried about “missing the show” if dinner runs long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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