Zaffaris Posted January 27, 2006 #1 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I am taking my mother and grand-mother on a June or July sailing on the Navigator. Although we have all cruised before, none of us have ever done the Caribbean and we can't decide between the Eastern route and the Western route. Any advice? Pros and Cons for both? Any advice (especially from those who have been both routes) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentS Posted January 27, 2006 #2 Share Posted January 27, 2006 IMO Southern is best, then Eastern... I don't care for Western at all, they're boring islands to me, and Jamaica is downright nasty & dangerous. Navigator's Eastern itinerary is my favorite Eastern itin. The islands are beautiful and have everything - Awesome beaches, great shopping, great sightseeing! They're everything the Western isn't... It's no contest to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffie Posted January 27, 2006 #3 Share Posted January 27, 2006 If they want to see Mayan ruins, the Western is where you find those. (I agree w/ skipping Jamaica.) The Eastern islands are hilly and pretty. Aruba and Curacao weren't very interesting (IMHO). We are going to the Southern to the east on our next cruise, so I don't know about those yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbt2 Posted January 27, 2006 #4 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Same order here for me as well: 1 - Southern 2- Eastern 3- Western Have a great cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted January 27, 2006 #5 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Southern, Eastern, Western here too. Too much tendering on Western for older woman, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnlars Posted January 27, 2006 #6 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Depending on when you are cruising - it might be a moot point. For the last two summers, our July "Eastern" cruises have been rerouted for weather. If you are planning to go mid-June through Sept - there's definitely a good chance you won't do the planned route based on the last two year's storm activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentS Posted January 27, 2006 #7 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Depending on when you are cruising - it might be a moot point. For the last two summers, our July "Eastern" cruises have been rerouted for weather. If you are planning to go mid-June through Sept - there's definitely a good chance you won't do the planned route based on the last two year's storm activity. That can happen to ANY itinerary in the Caribbean during hurricane season, Western is just as likely to get rerouted as Eastern is at that time of year... Hurricane season is June 1st through November 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelQN Posted January 27, 2006 #8 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Don't make a decision - do both!:p For me it would depend on island choices and ship choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtypnts Posted January 27, 2006 #9 Share Posted January 27, 2006 If you're into beaches and shopping then eastern or southern is the way to go. If you're more into interesting excursions, then (imho) western is the way to go. we most recently did western and we did cave tubing and mayan ruins amoung other things. although another poster was right about tendering. more tendering can be the way with a western route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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