Golden Eagle or 5 Star Adventure

[joedadof3]

We' ve booked both of these excursions for our 10/16 Magic cruise, but will do only one(to much $$$$ for both). Has anyone out there done both, if so which one is better. Any opinions about either excursion will be helpful as well. There is six of us for this trip Myself, dw, dd9, ds7, dd5 and nana.

thanks

Joe

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

We have done both. While the scenery on the 5 Star was breathtakingly beautiful (see photo below), a gorgeous beach, we had a lot more fun on the Golden Eagle.

5 Star is a boat ride over to the beach area. A dinghy brings you to shore, or you can snorkle right off the boat (Leylon Sneed?). There were no floats or anything to play with in the water provided, but it looked like the snorkelers had a good time. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, so it was worth that alone.

The Golden Eagle is a funfilled adventure (about five people got seasick, so take your Bonine) with an extremely fun crew and great island music. When you get to the beach area, you must swim over to the beach, which isn't far, but the water is over your head. It is very easy to get off the boat, even with kids, as you have noodles for floating. They provided mini-submarine sandwiches and drinks on the ride back. We had a great time, one of the highlights of the trip.

On both excursions, some feel there is not enough time to enjoy the beach. I found it worked out for us, though, because the Golden Eagle early morning excursion left us plenty of time to shop.

You can't go wrong with either. I guess I prefer the Golden Eagle, if I could only do one.

Here are some previous threads on the subject:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=5970160#post5970160

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=612661

Have fun!
Tink

 

[MrsMork]

We also have done the Golden Eagle and it is VERY fun. Great crew, great music, good rum punch We have booked it again for our 12/18/04 cruise. Enough fun to do it again!!

 

[kmiles]

Another vote for the Golden Eagle here. As the others have stated, the excursion is a LOT of fun!!!

 

[tinkfan]

I have also done both of these excursions. They are both wonderful, but very different. I guess it depends on what you are looking for.

The Golden Eagle was a blast! Very fun crew. The ride was a little rough though and many people got sick , including my then 8 yr old son. He did not feel much like snorkeling , so my husband and played with him on the beach some. The ride back was great. They had food and drinks, including champagne.

The 5 star is much more layed back. You take a quite boat ride through some beautiful areas. The St John's beach is gorgeous. The snorkeling was very good too. Then you take the same lesiurely trip back. I think you could purchase drinks onboard.

So if your in for fun and partying , go for the Golden Eagle. If you like quite and beauty , do the 5 star!

Hope that helps!

 

[Olsons]

Golden Eagle all the way! It was fantastic, it is the standard by which we measure all excursions. Enjoy.