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Hello! My family will be going on our first Disney cruise on Sept. 7th. We love WDW and are excited to try the four night cruise after spending a few days at WDW. My question...we need help with our day at Nassau. Our traveling party consists DH , DS ten and seven; DD twenty one, thirteen, and four...plus me. We had planned on booking Blue Lagoon Dolphin Observer until we read that some travelers didn't have a good experience. Please let us know if anyone had a great experience with Nassau excursion or did something on your own that you would highly recommend. Thank you in advance for all your help...we appreciate all the advice we can get.
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My family and I are also going on our first Disney cruise also on Sept 7th. We are not doing any excursions. We are just going to visit the straw market and do the pirate meuseum and perhaps do a horse drawn carriage historical tour. After that we will enjoy the rest of our time on the boat. I went on the Nassau website and ordered their free vacation guide to see what might be there to do outside of the excursions (For instance they have horseback riding on the beach.) It all comes down to what your interests are. A doctor I work with grew up in the carribean and he suggested seeing Atlantis. He thought the aquarium was a spectacle to see. I don't care much for aquariums however so we will be passing on that this time around. I hope any of that helps.
We booked a room at Atlantis and spent the day at their waterpark, Aquaventure. It was a blast and cheaper than doing the excursion through Disney. We took a taxi from the port to the hotel, checked in and headed to the waterpark. In your case you would have to book two rooms because each room only provides four wristbands for entry into the waterpark and pools. There is also a Comfort Suites across the street from Atlantis that gets you the same access to the waterpark by booking rooms there (and they are usually cheaper).
Thanks for everyones help. Tinkerbell, we are really interested in your idea. How are you guys getting around? Taxi, rental car, or are most things in walking distance?
It's only a few blocks from where the boats dock. DH and I did Nassau on our honeymoon, and I wasn't highly impressed. I feel strange going and not even getting off the boat, but I'm thinking that Timkerbell's idea of shopping and doing the museum, and then maybe heading back to the boat by lunchtime sounds good! I am curious for those who have done the museum, how big it is though. They want $12 for adults, and $6 for kids. Is it a decent museum, or will we be done in 15 mintues?
good luck with your decisions!
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I have not been to the meusum yet but I have read in other posts to allow an hour.
We are walking to the straw market and the Pirate meusum. They are just a few blocks from the dock. Then of course we will get a carriage ride from the dock.
We were just planning to stay on the boat (we've been to Nassau before, and didn't love it), but now I think I'll book some horseback riding in the morning and just spend the afternoon on the boat. THANKS!
I'm staying on the ship again this time with DS6. However DH is taking DS10 on a 3 stop snorkeling trip that we are booking through ShoreTrips.com. DS's teacher has assigned him to teach an oceanography unit next year to his class so we thought this would be a great way to add some real pictures. The third stop is snorkeling over reef sharks! I also know people who get a room at the Comfort Suites so they can go over to Atlantis and several people who have done the Dolphin Swim through ShoreTrips. ShoreTrips has one that gives you more time actually in the water swimming with the dolphins instead of the one that DCL offers.
We had never been to Nassau with the kids so we wanted to get off the boat. I wish we would of done some kind of tour or horse carriage ride instead of walking around downtown. I didn't feel safe and not very clean. So we know for next time we visit Nassau.
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We did the Discover Atlantis Tour, but didn't really enjoy it and wished we had stayed on the boat!!
I went on the Nassau website and ordered their free vacation guide to see what might be there to do outside of the excursions (For instance they have horseback riding on the beach.) It all comes down to what your interests are. A doctor I work with grew up in the carribean and he suggested seeing Atlantis. He thought the aquarium was a spectacle to see. I don't care much for aquariums however so we will be passing on that this time around. I hope any of that helps.
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