Such a fun 3 night booze cruise!

We booked the Norwegian excursion to Atlantis and played at Aquaventure. This is probably one of the few excursions through the cruise that had the same cost as if you booked it on your own. Its definitely pricey by SO MUCH FUN. however, if there are thunderstorms, they will temporarily close the slides until the storm passes and resume service. Remember to bring your credit cards because a lot of the services like food and locker rentals are card only.

Tendering is a bitch. if book an excursion you get an automatic tendering ticket with your excursion ticket. if not, you have to wake up early to get an assigned tendering time OR wait until tendering is open for all. give yourself 1hr-45 minutes to get through the line to get on the tendering boat, and get onto the island. (ACCIDENTAL HACK: if you take the farthest elevators instead of the stairs, it will open towards the front of the line. if we didn't have an excursion, I would have waited to tender in the very beginning or later.) BOOK THE JETSKI EXCURSION! We booked the two person jetski tour and had an amazing time. the entire session is about 1.5hrs - 45 minutes of orientation/prep and 45 minutes of actual driving. BRIAN, RICO AND BENSON, led our tour group were THEE BEST. They made you feel safe but also, made the experience so much fun. halfway through the driving tour, you can jump in the water (its shallow and you're also wearing a life vest) and you can switch drivers at this point. during this break time, the drivers do some pretty cool tricks to entertain you. if youre a first time driver or dont want do go fast, they separate you into 2 or 3 groups.. fast, medium and slow. once your on the jetski, youre assigned a number and take off one by one and drive off in a single file line. They assess who should be which number in line, and will reassign numbers. so dont worry about feeling like you have to go fast. you can also let them know you wanna drive medium or slower. I let my boyfriend drive the entire session because it was his birthday present. he also drove with the fast group, and it was much more enjoyable for me to be the passenger and enjoy the scenery and the speed. our tour was booked for 10:45, however there were thunderstorms close by so out tour was postponed for 1:15 if weather permitted. luckily, weather was on our side! worst case scenario, we would have been refunded. Our boat, the Norwegian Sky, was the only boat there that day. we got to the beach around 1030/11 and there were still TONS of seats under the shade, if there was a another boat or a mega ship there along with us, It would have been packed. the first two sections are very shaded, and the last beaches closer to the cabanas have less shade, but have clam covers for rent. there will be less people in the farther beaches, but you can't head the music as well, so it just depends on what kind of vibe youre looking for.