Eastern Excursions - Opinions on These:

[shmoogrrrl]

Has anyone done any of the following and have an opinion they would like to share, good or bad? We will be adults with kids. Three of the kids are three year old girls, and two are little boys under two. I've been on the Eastern twice, but that was before kids so now we have to be more creative:

St. Marrten
Island Drive & Explorer Cruse
French Riviera Beach Rendezvous
See & Sea Island Tour

St. Thomas
Coral World Ocean & Island Drive
Magens Bay Beach Break
St. John Island Tour
St. Thomas Island Tour

Thanks!

 

[castlegazer]

My only comment would be that a number of these excursion can be done on your own for a very hefty savings off the cost that they will charge you to book through the cruise line.

We did Magen's Bay by our selves and it was OK but we had a cloudy day and a broken down taxi issue - all was fine, though.

But with kids, you may want to stick with the cruise line excursions. Have fun, they are all neat excursions.

 

[Jsme]

Has anyone done any of the following and have an opinion they would like to share, good or bad? We will be adults with kids. Three of the kids are three year old girls, and two are little boys under two. I've been on the Eastern twice, but that was before kids so now we have to be more creative:

St. Marrten
Island Drive & Explorer Cruse
French Riviera Beach Rendezvous
See & Sea Island Tour

St. Thomas
Coral World Ocean & Island Drive
Magens Bay Beach Break
St. John Island Tour
St. Thomas Island Tour

Thanks!

I have not been to St Marrten, we cruise the special itinerary last year and went to Antigua instead of St Marrten.

In St Thomas we just went to port and had planned on going up the tram but we got roped into taking a taxi that would show us around the island. It was very nice and I truly loved the tour. For a family of four it was $50. We were able to go to Sapphire Beach Club for a while and I loved it there. We did get to see Magens Bay but we did not go down there. It was very lovely to look at.

 

[tvguy]

We did the 12 metre regetta in St. Maarten, highly recommend it, but probably not for kids under age 8 or so.,

Did Coral World and the Tram in St. Thomas. Both would be very good for young kids. But, don't expect a Monterery Bay Aquarium type set up, it is small, and has limited exhibits, but it would be great for such young kids.