thanks in advance.
we are wanting to try a cruise next year, and fancy ocean village around caribbean area, i wondered how much spending money would be reasonable for a 1 week cruise(family of 4 2adults and 2 kids ) obviously most standard meals are included, we probably would want to do some excursions, and have drinks on board ship( hubby a couple of pints in the evenings , myself glass or two of wine and kids soft drinks, fresh orange etc). i understand some of the ports can be explored without going on an organised excursion, so i will have alook at some of the tips on here. thanks in advance.
thanks in advance.
Quite a few of the ports can be explored without the need to take up Ocean Village's organised tours, however you really will get the most out of the island doing some of the organised tours. I am a big fan of going off the beaten track and doing your own thing(personally cant stand package holidays and things done for me) but when you are ashore for such a little time as you are on a cruise apart from the more mainstream islands such as Barbados and Antigua I would tend to go on the organised tours, Montego bay also for safety reasons.
As for spending money I cant help you on that, I have visited extensively the Caribbean area but never on a cruise ship.
As for spending money I cant help you on that, I have visited extensively the Caribbean area but never on a cruise ship.
hi
i will respond to your queries for you in the next few days. have just this morning got back from an OV2 cruise around the caribbean and can hopefully answer any questions but right now need sleep and have to sort out washing.
review will also follow
ian
p.s. it was fab.
i will respond to your queries for you in the next few days. have just this morning got back from an OV2 cruise around the caribbean and can hopefully answer any questions but right now need sleep and have to sort out washing.
review will also follow
ian
p.s. it was fab.
We spent a week on OV2 last year - 2 adults and 2 children. We did 3 organised trips and our total bill for the week was just over £400. This included a couple of gifts, lots of alcohol, numerous bottles of water for the 2 cabins and the deal on soft drinks which basically worked out half price. Hope this is useful.
with regards to trips, it depends on what you like and with having kids it is a harder choice.
we did one trip independently and the rest with the ship.
we did the dolphins on our own because it worked out at £20 cheaper per person and we got to do more with the dolphins than the ships trip. this was in tortola.
yes most of the trips can be done independently and the majority will be cheaper but you have to ask yourself if you want the hassle taken out of it by letting the ship organise it and if the extra is worth having that hassle taken away.
if you want to do the st kitts railway, it is only available through the ship. (apparently)
i thought some of the trips were more reasonably priced than i thought they would be. we did the jeep trip in isla margarita which was great, but think kids have to be 13 (could be wrong - i didnt see any on the trip) trips can range from £30-£150 but the ones in excess of £100 are usually helicopter trips.
as for drinks, we don't drink but i thought drinks were reasonably priced and if you go on their website you can check out all of the drinks prices.
st maarten is the best port we went to for duty free.
we did one trip independently and the rest with the ship.
we did the dolphins on our own because it worked out at £20 cheaper per person and we got to do more with the dolphins than the ships trip. this was in tortola.
yes most of the trips can be done independently and the majority will be cheaper but you have to ask yourself if you want the hassle taken out of it by letting the ship organise it and if the extra is worth having that hassle taken away.
if you want to do the st kitts railway, it is only available through the ship. (apparently)
i thought some of the trips were more reasonably priced than i thought they would be. we did the jeep trip in isla margarita which was great, but think kids have to be 13 (could be wrong - i didnt see any on the trip) trips can range from £30-£150 but the ones in excess of £100 are usually helicopter trips.
as for drinks, we don't drink but i thought drinks were reasonably priced and if you go on their website you can check out all of the drinks prices.
st maarten is the best port we went to for duty free.
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