Bahamas

Re: Nassau advice

northerncruiser — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:31:02 GMT

From what I seen of Nassua, I would stick to one of the resorts for a Spa.

Re: Nassau advice

Mike — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:36:02 GMT

Hey Folks, Thanks for all the info on Nassau. We are sailing on the Fascination on 9/28 and one of our stops is Nassau. Has anyone visited a spa there? My wife is soooo loking forward to a relaxing massage. After reading the reviews of the onboard spa, I want no part of it. Any comments would be appreciated.

Re: Nassau advice

northerncruiser — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:08:04 GMT

Ok, thanks, I see you are in Pa. also!

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:28:31 GMT

I don't know anything more than what I wrote here, I didn't go to the beach myself, my friend did. Sorry. I do know that my daughter went to Atlantis for a week as a nanny of a main line family, and she said the beach was pretty bad. She stayed at the pool all the time.

Re: Nassau advice

northerncruiser — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:12:20 GMT

Could you tell me more about the free beach near Atlantis? We were hoping to goto Atlantis, but might not be able to afford it now.

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:46:33 GMT

cruise lover:
i truely believe in using the expensive carnival excursions rather than doing things on my own, but in the case of a beach.... you come and go at your own anyway.

I agree, but if like you say,. if you arn't sure of the weather, I'd rather take my chances than pre-pay for an excursion and wish you hadn't when it's too cool to really want to swim. They sure don't give refunds for cool weather.

Re: Nassau advice

cruise lover — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:36:33 GMT

thanks alot. my husband and i will gamble, but daughter, her husband and two kids (age 5 & 8) want to do the beach. we are worried now that it will be too cool (december cruise) we have done lots of winter cruise's but always to mexico. the hilton sounded like the best deal, but now that they have raised the price...not so sure. the free beach sounds sorta ??? but even the pay beaches, could have stealing, etc. but it keeps the low life off. sorta pricey for a 5 yr old... like he could drink/eat 30.00 worth of food. all in all it is still cheaper than atlantis beach, hopefully it will be as nice. the atlantis water park deal is too expensive for the time allowed.

i truely believe in using the expensive carnival excursions rather than doing things on my own, but in the case of a beach.... you come and go at your own anyway.

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:46:14 GMT

I don't know the name, she took water taxi to atlantis and walked past atlantis to get to beach. Then she found out a regular taxi car would have taken her right to beach for less money. Just need to ask taxi driver to take you to free beach next to atlantis. As far as watching belongings, that you must do. My friend found a family there who had a woman not swimming and she asked her to watch her things, the lady said she was the 2nd one to ask her that. I don't know if it was someone off our ship or not. When you come off the pier, there is a long building you need to walk through to get to the street, inside there is an information desk where she found out about the beach. I hope this helps.

Terri

Re: Nassau advice

cruise lover — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:31:22 GMT

what is the name of the free beach? carnival sells an excursion to the atlantis beach but it is pretty pricey. have also read once that the free beach had security issues. never got an answer as to what that was about. one lady mention having to really watch her belongings.

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:03:22 GMT

Well. just got back yesterday, What can I tell you about Nassau. We went shopping in morning, but someone else in our party went to Hilton to 'check it out' while we planned to go there after lunch. They found out it's been raised to $40.00 per person. no smaller amount for our 5 year old. That gets you a 30 dollar food/beverage credit. So it's only 10 for the beach. Which wasn't so nice anyway. Half our group took a water taxi to Atlantis and walked to the free beach next door, the rest of us stayed on the ship and laid out at the pool.

Hope this helps.

Re: Nassau advice

wubbie3me — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:35 GMT

I had exactly the same questions when I went to Nassau last August. I looked at the Sheraton, the Hilton, and Cabbage Beach. While Cabbage beach sounded nice, I wanted to swim and they warned that the water is a little rough and there's a pretty good drop off a little ways out. Sheraton was $40 for the pass, and the BCH was $20. We also looked at an excursion on Carnival for the all-inclusive resort on the island that was 5hrs long, and it included all food, drinks, and facilities. I also found out that you can get that same pass through the resort for only $50 and you get like 8hrs instead of 5, and it's cheaper than through Carnival.

We ended up going to the BCH. You just walk in, ask about a day pass, and it was $20 to use their private beach and pool. They give you towels, and there's a little stand to the side that rents snorkel gear for $5. FYI, their bar drinks are pricey though. I got a can of a local beer (Kalik) that cost $5. At least it was good beer. :D

Re: Nassau advice

SUMGEM — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:03:06 GMT

cruisemom:

Sumgem

i forgot to ask. Sorry

Don't be sorry, we will probably go take a look at it when we get off the boat and then decide if we want to stay there or head over to the Wyndham. And of course I will wait and see what you have to say about it when you get back.

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:53:05 GMT

The Wyndham/Sheraton hotels are at Cable Beach. They are a taxi ride away from pier. I stayed at the Raddison there a few years ago, then they sold it to Sheraton. The beach was ok, I think it was colder water in April and I used the pool much more. loved the hotel.

Re: Nassau advice

cruisemom — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:49:04 GMT

Sumgem

i forgot to ask. Sorry

Re: Nassau advice

SUMGEM — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:54:14 GMT

No Terri, I have not seen Carnival offer that as an excursion. I am pretty sure they do not. Did they mention anything about the rennovations they are doing?