Thread: Help!

I only want to do a Atlantis excursion and i am wondering is it cheaper to book on my own or through the cruise line ? Because i can not find any website that has the all day aqua adventure and tour other than carnival .Any one know of a site or my best option?

The cost is very pricey...even direct from Atlantis.

How long will you have to explore Atlantis? That would determine which package would be your best buy.

A Discover Atlantis Tour
This tour is the best-known to day-trippers, in part because it is sold as an excursion on cruise ships. Expert "Navigators" guide visitors through the ancient city streets of Atlantis during a visit to "The Dig," a faux-but-believable archaeological exploration of an 11,000-year-old lost continent. The attraction is full of interesting artifacts and hieroglyphics, along with great water effects and glimpses of exotic sea life, including piranha, moon jellyfish, venomous lionfish, and a resident manta ray.

A Discover Atlantis Tour wristband allows visitors to explore The Dig and its exhibits as well as the Ruins, Predator and Water’s Edge Lagoons -- but not the waterpark. Wristbands can be purchased at the Temple of the Moon in the Atlantis casino or at any Discover Atlantis Sales Centers located throughout the property. Cost is $35 for adults, $25 for children ages 4-12.


Atlantis Beach Day
The Atlantis Beach Day program that provides all-day access to the exclusive white sandy beaches of the Atlantis resort, with lounge chairs and towels provided. Also includes access to the marine habitats and lunch at an outside venue. Price is $60 for adults, $35 children 4-12. Beach Day tickets may be purchased at any Discover Atlantis Sales Centers located throughout the property.


Atlantis Aquaventure Package:
For $110 adults or $80 for children, day-trippers can purchase an Atlantis Aqaventure package that provides all day access to pools, beaches and Aquaventure, a 141-acre waterscape containing over 20 million gallons of water with water slides, a mile-long river ride with high intensity rapids and wave surges, and more. Aquaventure wristbands can be purchased at any Discover Atlantis Sales Centers located throughout the property. Children under age 3 are free.

we will dock in Nassau at 7am and depart at 7pm thats long enough for us..i think the all day pass is enough for us..especially being this is the only excursion we will be doing when we dock the first time we will just roam on our own..Thanks!!

You will have more than enough time to enjoy Atlantis!
Some ships only stop there for part of the day, leaving around 3 in the afternoon.

Be sure to take some pictures so you can share them with us!

I sure will i think its time to invest in a hand held camcorder.. the digital camera is not gonna cut it!

Personally, I don't like cruise line shore excursions - usually cost more, very regimented, and often very crowded. I much prefer to do my own thing or if it's something that requires a vendor, I'll use an independent company like www.shoretrips.com We've used them for years and have had excellent experiences, often being the only ones on the excursion.

For example, we were in Skagway and the cruise line had a tour around the town, lasting 2-1/2 hours for $75 per person. We did it through shore trips and paid around $45 per person. Since the owner picked us up and we were the only two people on the excursion, she ended up spending 4-1/2 hours taking us around the entire area - it was awesome.

On more than many occasions I've heard from clients saying they did an excursion through shore trips and saw the same excursion through Carnival and they were so glad they didn't book it through Carnival. Our daughter did the cave rafting in Belize - they had really nice tubes that had backrests and were tied together, plus there were only 10 of them. They saw the group with Carnival, who paid more, and each person had to put their feet under the armpits of the person in front of them so they could be connected. The tubes were just plain inner-tubes and they had more than 20 people in their group. She said they had much more fun than the Carnival group at a much better price.

I could give you a whole bunch of examples, but you get the picture.

And don't believe these people who will say they would never book through anyone other than the cruise line because they could get left behind. I talked to the president of shore trips and she confirmed in the many years they've been doing business and the thousands of excursions they book each year, they've never had anyone miss a ship. I've booked my clients on hundreds of excursions through them and Cruise Planners has over 800 agents booking excursions through them. None of our many thousand clients have ever come close to missing the ship. So people who spread false rumors have no idea what they're talking about.

Do your homework, decide what you want to do, then look at all the various options available to you, but don't limit yourself just to the cruise line's excursions. Often times, there are ways to do the same thing on your own. We just got back from a one-week cruise on the Pride of America in Hawaii. We rented a car in each port and did our own thing everywhere we went. Cost a whole lot less and we did what we wanted when we wanted. In fact, in one port, we rented a new car from Dollar for $17 a day! With tax, the total was $40 for two days - sure beats paying the high price for an excursion, that's for sure.

Pete

I looked on shoretrips.com and they did not have one for Atlantis i will keep looking thanks anyway!

If you want to do Atlantis, you can contact them directly and do a tour.