stellarose #1 Posted November 24, 2019 do you have to pre purchase the "magical chair lift" to get to the beach via the ship excursion or can you purchase tickets at the port? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out of Iowa #2 Posted November 24, 2019 Unless someone in your group cannot physically make the not-excessively-long and very pretty walk, I suggest you hoof it. We just don't see the value for the cost. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grantbob #3 Posted November 25, 2019 And you can purchase tickets there if you decide you want to, no need to pre purchase. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aknguyen #4 Posted November 25, 2019 No, you just walk up to the ticket booth, purchase, and get on. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stellarose #5 Posted November 25, 2019 the chairs are free right? so I can just take the ride if we want without paying for excursion. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 2000 #6 Posted November 25, 2019 30 minutes ago, stellarose said: the chairs are free right? so I can just take the ride if we want without paying for excursion. Which chairs? The flying chair lift is payable at the ticket booth. No, need for an excursion. The loungers on the beach are free unless you want something other than a basic lounger. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aknguyen #7 Posted November 26, 2019 As others have said, it's free to walk to the beach area and use a basic lounge chair. It costs money to ride the magical flying chairs and rent things like clamshells, floats, lockers, etc. You do not need an excursion to ride the magical flying chairs and rent additional equipment...you can do that simply by walking up to the booth. However, you can rent them as an excursion through the cruise line if you're worried about availability. We went in June and had no problem getting everything we wanted. I don't know what it's like during other times of the year. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momtosandc #8 Posted November 27, 2019 We were just at Mahogany Bay last year, but how far do you estimate it is from the ship to the beach walking? I am thinking maybe 2/3 of a mile? My mother who is 80 and will be having a total knee revision when we return home form our cruise in March will be with us. She has pretty bad knee pain and I would like to limit her walking so when we are at the beach she can enjoy herself. I just don't remember the distance well. Anyone have an idea? Debating paying for the chair lift . 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crewsweeper #9 Posted November 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, momtosandc said: We were just at Mahogany Bay last year, but how far do you estimate it is from the ship to the beach walking? I am thinking maybe 2/3 of a mile? My mother who is 80 and will be having a total knee revision when we return home form our cruise in March will be with us. She has pretty bad knee pain and I would like to limit her walking so when we are at the beach she can enjoy herself. I just don't remember the distance well. Anyone have an idea? Debating paying for the chair lift . I think you are pretty close to the total distance from the pier. But remember just to get to the chair lift you are 1/2 way there and you have to navigate up the steep incline from the Dufry shop. You may wish to have a wheel chair available for your mother. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momtosandc #10 Posted November 27, 2019 46 minutes ago, crewsweeper said: I think you are pretty close to the total distance from the pier. But remember just to get to the chair lift you are 1/2 way there and you have to navigate up the steep incline from the Dufry shop. You may wish to have a wheel chair available for your mother. Thank you!! We didn't use the chair lift last time so I had no idea about the steep incline. Thanks! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crewsweeper #11 Posted November 27, 2019 1 hour ago, momtosandc said: Thank you!! We didn't use the chair lift last time so I had no idea about the steep incline. Thanks! Remember, this incline is from the dock/ Dufry shop up to the shopping area. Unless it's changed, the chair lift is in the shopping area near Fat Tuesday's So chair lift won't help from the dock. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ABQrobin #12 Posted December 2, 2019 there is a map.... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cc75 #13 Posted December 3, 2019 We visited Mahogany Bay last week. The walk from the Dufry shop up to the main shopping area is uphill. The flying chairs are are at the corner of the shopping area. We saw several people using wheelchairs to get up the hill to the chairlift, and then boarding it to go to the beach. You get off the chair lift basically on the beach so no issue from there. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kate P.C #14 Posted December 4, 2019 We just walked. It is so close and there is absolutely no point of the chairlift. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
