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Grand Turk Island

Just beautiful! We never really even got off the beach so I can't comment on the rest of the port but our family very much enjoyed this day. We will be back! We brought our on snorkel gear and snorkeled right off the beach to the right off the pier. The farther to the right the bigger fish and better the snorkeling. Bring water shoes if this is the side of the pier you plan on spending the day. Makes it a lot more enjoying because there is a lot of coral on that side. The shells are beautiful. Found a huge conch shell snorkeling down at the end of the boat dock. Perfect day!

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

We loved this port. We purchased an excursion to Ocean World with dolphin encounter. Our family truly enjoyed this day. We have 18, 16, 13, and 3 yr old and they all had a great time! I think our surprise favorite part past the dolphins was the bird cages. They were amazing and we all really enjoyed that. We were able to hit every part of this park in the 5 hrs except the VIP beach which I think we would have to pay extra for. We also got great family photos in digital format. Love, love, loved our time at Ocean World!

Nassau, Bahamas

This port was busy. We hopped on Bus #10 for $1.25 A person and took a quick 15 min ride to Melia Resort where we purchased a day pass to use their 4 pools and beach. Beautiful resort. There were women and men selling t-shirts, bracelets, necklaces, and cover ups as well as hair braiders on the beach. I was surprised by that but They were not harassing. They came walking by every so often, not too pushy like when you first get off the pier. The cost of the day pass was $45 which included a Starbucks coupon for the Starbucks in the hotel. Towels & wifi were included. I asked about a food package but I was told they didn't offer one. Pretty sure I saw an offer online for a buffet. Nonetheless we are a good breakfast on the ship and headed over there for a few hours then back to the shop for a late lunch. It turned out perfect for the weather we had because it was windy and 75 degrees. A little cool for the beach so the pools and hot tub were a great option. There was almost no one at the family pool. Very relaxing day. The bus drops you off right near the straw market so we quickly walked through there as well.