Carnival's "Pineapple Tour"??

[Catrin]

Has anyone taken the tour to the Pineapple Plantantion in Costa Rica???

 

It looks like a great alternative for me and my Mom... while the boys do the more adventurous excursion.

 

Any experience?

Catrin

[Kirsten T]

Haven't been on Carnival, but did this excursion last year with Princess and I'll bet it's largely the same. Probably the same grower in both cases.

 

DH & I really enjoyed it. Short bus ride with narration to the ranch where they grow the pineapples. Stroll through a demonstration garden where they had plants of various ages so we saw the development, then tour through the processing and packing plant on site. Then a tour through the separate building where they make and package dried pineapple. Samples all along the way. Then stop in a small gift shop and return to ship. Bring water as the bus was air-conditioned but everything else was outside or in non-AC buildings; it was quite hot. It wasn't an expensive excursion, and was really interesting. Not a lot of walking, so it would be good for most people, even with limited mobility.

 

Have fun!

Kirsten

[hermang]

Haven't been on Carnival, but did this excursion last year with Princess and I'll bet it's largely the same. Probably the same grower in both cases.

 

DH & I really enjoyed it. Short bus ride with narration to the ranch where they grow the pineapples. Stroll through a demonstration garden where they had plants of various ages so we saw the development, then tour through the processing and packing plant on site. Then a tour through the separate building where they make and package dried pineapple. Samples all along the way. Then stop in a small gift shop and return to ship. Bring water as the bus was air-conditioned but everything else was outside or in non-AC buildings; it was quite hot. It wasn't an expensive excursion, and was really interesting. Not a lot of walking, so it would be good for most people, even with limited mobility.

 

Have fun!

Kirsten

Best $45 we ever spent - we learned how to select a select a ripe and sweet pineapple - have not picked a bad once since we came back