Has anyone done the BOB excursion?

[Kooma]

We're going on our 1st cruise (yay!) on the Caribbean Princess and are trying to decide what to do on St. Thomas. We've reserved the "BOB Underwater Excursion," but can't find much info about it? Has anyone done it? How long do you get underwater, how large are the groups, much swimming experience needed, etc.? Any advice appreciated.

[dazee8]

I am glad you posted this question. We were signed up for this excursion last Christmas on our Caribbean cruise, but it was cancelled. I look forward to hearing if it's worthwhile to sign up again. :)

[losuds63]

We're going on our 1st cruise (yay!) on the Caribbean Princess and are trying to decide what to do on St. Thomas. We've reserved the "BOB Underwater Excursion," but can't find much info about it? Has anyone done it? How long do you get underwater, how large are the groups, much swimming experience needed, etc.? Any advice appreciated.

http: //www.bobusvi.com/----heres a link to the website ----------------------------heres my review-----------

[losuds63]

Well getting to the BOB excursion i would highly recommened this excursion its a great experience even for those who cant swim ,the guys who run this are really cool have a great sence of humor ,,by the way my wife lost our tickets for this and at 5 to 1 they let me run up to my room to find them with no avail i came back down and they made me sign a card that they were purchased and they found my reservation so the tickets really didnt mean anything ,they still let us go,,they took like 60 of us and we walked down the boardwalk in front of the ship and their boat was docked right there and we all boarded and took a 20 min ride to buck Island were they proceeded to Turtle Cove and they anchored and on the way they gave us our instructions on how this was going to go and we all took turns riding these under water scooters in a breathing bubble and as 1 team is going the other waiting teams get to go snorkleing ,they supplied all the equipment for this and they had juice and crackers for everyone and they take the crackers and feed the fish with you right there and they all come to your face to eat the crackers then if you bring a underwater camera or you can buy one from them for $20.00 like we did ,they will take your pic while the fish are eating around your face its real neat and worth every penny ,,,and on the way to buck Island i made a smart comment about something when the guy was doing his instructions and he made me come front and center and made me an attraction for everyone else that was there while i was rolling my 8 mm camera so everyone got a kick out of that and it was all in fun ,so it turned out to be a very humorous and fun day for everyone and they did not hesitate to tell everyone that they work for tips so they passed a jar around and had it out at the end after we were departing their ship ,,this cost me $228.00 for a couple and we gave a $20.00 tip and bought the camera from them and the pics came out real nice so that was the end of our St Thomas stop ----------

[negc]

Did the BOB underwater adventure a while back when we were in St. Thomas on a cruise and thought it was one of the best excursions we have taken anywhere. You are underwater for about 20 minutes and need no swimming experience. The scooter has a float attached which keeps it eight feet under water as you ride along. It is very popular so book it as soon as possible to insure that you aren't left out. Friends who waited until they were onboard our cruiseship found that it was sold out when they tried to book. While others are using the scooters, you can snorkel or relax on the boat. Bring an underwater camera so that you have a souvenir of this special event.

[oldmancurtis]

ditto great time the only thing that was better was our helicopter out to and on glacier. told the captin of our opinion!!!!!!

[OnlineMom]

We were on the CB 2 weeks ago (*sigh*) and everyone we spoke to who did it absolutely LOVED it. Have a great time!