elliot520

Miami, Florida

Miami is, miami. Been here many times, but usually just flying in here, or getting on/off the boat here. I dont do excursions or anything else here really.

La Romana, Dominican Republic

We did the monkeyland excursion here. Was a cool experience. My 4 year old was afraid though. Took a little over an hour to get there. On carnivals website it states a 30 min drive, not the case. the entire dominican republic is a very poor area. You are really better off booking an excursion. It's not really a place that you can just get off the boat and look for something to do.

Willemstad, Curacao

Also beautiful, similar to Aruba i felt like. We rented a tuk tuk! which was pretty fun. Drove around and found a beach here as well. If your looking into renting one of these, you NEED to know how to drive a motorcycle and have experience. It's similar to a motorcycle but doesnt seem like they keep up on service on them at all. No breaks really, had to downshift to stop, stalled a few times. They offer a map, which is electronic, but again, if you don't have phone service you can't use it.

Oranjestad, Aruba

Aruba was beautiful. We got off the boat with no plans really, found some guy that rented cars, and picked one up for the day, drove around and found a few beaches. We DID need an actual map from the rental people though as navigation doesnt work in the vehicles, and no gps on your phone.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

similar to la romana. However, when you get off the boat, there is a touristy area right there with a free pool, bar, music, $ zip lining, bathrooms, cabana rental, kayak and paddle board rental etc. We stayed in this area.