wife and i are taking our 7 year old grandaughter with us this cruise. where is a good place to spend the day at the beach and do a little shopping. we do not like taking excursions from carnival, so some advice would be helpful. thanks david

 Sunset Beach Resort is fantastic, great beach for adults and kids, pools w/ slides for kids, all drinks and food included and is very close to the port. (5 mins at the most). Prices are 60 per adult and 40 per child.There is a mall close to it, you can take a taxi to the mall.

Hope this help. 

Sunset Beach is VERY close to the Cruise Terminal and I think your 7 y/o Granddaughter would really like the water slides.

We pre-booked on www.jamaicaforaday.com and went ahead and paid for transport too. That way, we didn't have to think about anything. A driver was waiting for us when we went thru the terminal.

You are welcome to have a look at my photos from our cruise. Sunset Beach Montego Bay will be the first shore excursion in the album.

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a196/angielewwho/Carnival%20Cruise%202009/

thanks for the help. we most likely will go to doctor's cove, then grab something to eat and do a little shopping. i roatan this past feb. we paid a taxi driver to stay with us all day and take us around the town. do they do this in jamaica?