DO NOT DO THE HARLEY SHORE EXCURSION THROUGH THE CRUISE LINE!!!
Royal Caribbean, along with most of the cruise lines, charge an outrageous amount for this excursion. RCCL charges $295 for one bike for the two of you.
If you contact the only Harley Davidson dealer on Aruba, you'll find they offer the exact same itinerary for $150! You can check out their website at; Aruba Harley-Davidson Dealer - Big Twin
We went to Aruba with Princess and they wanted $355 for the 3-1/2 hour tour. I contacted the HD dealer and got the same thing for much less. There were 6 couples on the tour. Three couples were staying on the island and purchased the tour directly through the dealer and paid the same as we did. The other two couples purchased the tour through Princess and were obviously VERY upset that they spent $200 more than the rest of us for the same tour! Plus, for an additional $20, they let us keep the bike for the rest of the day to do our own thing if we wanted to. We had a wonderful time, saw some great sites, and really got to appreciate the diversity of the island. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and would take us anywhere we wanted to go. We stopped at Charlies Bar & Restaurant for lunch and enjoyed a fantastic meal.
As to whether you can do this tour, plus a horseback riding adventure is really up to you and how much you want to do. Our tour ended up being more like 4-1/2 hours and it left us just enough time to do a small amount of shopping (and there's some great shopping), then stopping at Carlos n Charlies for a quick drink. I don't think I would have wanted to try and squeeze anything else into the day.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Pete |