Diving

[windrose]

Has anyone taken advantage of the dive certification program offered on the Caribbean cruises? I'll be on the Crown in July and I'm curious about the program.

[shygnome]

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[shygnome]

Windrose - I was juts about to post the same thing, as I'm looking to get my among the PADI certified. Grand in March.

 

Bump.

[shygnome]

Windrose - I was just about to post the same thing, as I'm looking to get my among the PADI certified. Grand in March.

 

Bump.

[CruiseKing]

Has anyone taken advantage of the dive certification program offered on the Caribbean cruises? I'll be on the Crown in July and I'm curious about the program.

Hello,

I did the Padi Open Water Diver Certification on the Caribbean Princess May 2005. I had chosen to do the course work and DVD at home. Here is what the onboard schedule for the 7 Day Western looked like. I should think it is similar to the Eastern route with your dives in St.Thomas and St.Maarten.

 

NEW WAVES FULL CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

Western Caribbean – Caribbean Princess

Students that HAVE seen video or DVD

 

Saturday

Port Everglades

Tour Office

Grand Plaza, Deck 5

Before 6:00 pm

Meet your instructor

Register for class

Bring Knowledge Reviews, Blue Folder, Medical form & Logbook

 

Sunday

Princess Cays

7:00 am - 10:30AM

New Waves Dive Locker

Sun Deck, Deck 16, Forward

Starboard side. (Near the Tradewinds Bar)

Confined Water Sessions 1,2&3

Wear your swimsuit bring a towel.

3:30-5PM Knowledge review 1,2&3 and quizzes

 

Monday

7:00 am - 10:30AM

New Waves Dive Locker

Sun Deck, Deck 16, Forward

Starboard side. (Near the Tradewinds Bar)

Confined Water Sessions 4&5

Wear your swimsuit bring a towel.

4-6PM Academic session 4&5

Review of knowledge reviews, write quiz 4 and final exam.

 

Tuesday

With the double sessions Sunday & Monday we were off to have the whole day to enjoy our cruise on Tuesday.

 

Wednesday

Grand Cayman

7:15 am – 1:00 pm

New Waves Dive Locker

Sun Deck, Deck 16, Forward

Starboard side. (Near the Tradewinds Bar)

Open Water Sessions 1&2

Wear your swimsuit bring a towel, Cruisecard and water.

 

Thursday

Cozumel

7:45 am - 12:30 pm

New Waves Dive Locker

Sun Deck, Deck 16, Forward

Starboard side. (Near the Tradewinds Bar)

Open Water Sessions 3&4

Wear your swimsuit bring a towel, Cruisecard and water.

 

Friday

At Sea

3:00 pm

The Wheelhouse

 

Complete Logbooks.

Bring RDP and Logbook.

Congratulations Diver!!!

 

Please note: Schedule may change, your Instructor will advise you

I hope you find this info helpful.

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[windrose]

Thanks CruiseKing! This is great info. The early mornings may be a little rough while on vacation, but well worth it I think.

 

A few other questions - how much is the program and how many people were in the classes when you did it? Did you miss a lot of port time while doing this?

 

Thanks again for the info!

[CruiseKing]

You're welcome. There were 5 people in my class and 1 instructor. She was great. In fact I'm off to the Caribbean Princess in about a week for a reunion of sorts and to dive with her. We did some double sessions on the sea days which gave us the entire day off in Ocho Rios. As far as port time in Grand Cayman and Cozumel, we were done with our certification dives by 1PM which did leave us with some port time. The way I looked at it the dives were my port time/excursion. The cost of the program was $359 charged to your shipboard account. For more info go to http://www.newwaves.com