Did the Lucayan excursion last month and absolutely loved it. They have one very long (and dark) twisting slide, two huge gorgeous pools, the beach, lunch and some organized children's games. Tourist shopping is 5-10 minute walk. It seemed that we had one particular area virtually to ourselves. Plenty of chairs and not crowded in the pools. Other people may say to stay on the ship because you can get these things for free on the ship(or rather we have already paid for them as part of the cruise) and CC but i liked doing an excursion (and that was my only excursion as well). It was a 20 minute bus ride to the resort and we stayed from 10am to around 3pm. Did the Blue Lagoon years ago (without children )and enjoyed it too, although not as much. Lucayan seemed better and more suited for my 6 year old to fill her day.