It's a good place to snorkel or just play around in the water! Hope to go back there again!
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1/09 B2B (20 days) Emerald Princess
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Only been there once and the day was pretty much taken up by a visit to an orphanage. So therefore, we didn't get to see much. Would like to go back as the people seem quite friendly
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If you rush into every port looking for the inevitable Diamonds International, Margaritaville, and maybe a McDonalds, all surrounded by concrete, don't bother with Roatan.
If you want to see what someplace looks like BEFORE all those "improvements" arrive, get to Roatan QUICKLY, before Carnival finishes their masterpiece there.
Now, for the WATER (which, hopefully, they won't try to improve) is some of the most amazing I have ever seen! When the ship is docked, you can stand on the TOP deck and look at the BOTTOM!
The coral reef is so close in that you can shore snorkel to it! The sea life is fabulous.
The people are warm and open... at least the ones I ran into were.
Coxen Hole is poor... some hight say the name is appropriate, but it really is REAL!
I had a bad experience there, but not due to Roatan. I had to fight like a wild beast to get our donations for the orphanage off the ship and into the hands of the locals. It required intervention by the local Secretary of State and my dumping everything in a heap in the atrium lobby on the Carnival Valor, while creating quite a scene.
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Coming up: Norwegian Pearl(10/10/08), Carnival Splendor(11/15/08), RCCL Navigator Of The Seas(1/22/09), Norwegian Jewel(4/3/09) & RCCL Explorer Of The Seas(7/23/09)
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Majesty Royal Majesty,
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Dolphin Ocean Breeze,
RCCL Majesty Of The Seas,
Carnival Paradise,
Celebrity Century,
Carnival Imagination,
Caribbean Princess,
Carnival Valor,
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Carnival Legend,
Carnival Valor,
RCCL Enchantment of the Seas,
Carnival Triumph,
Coral Princess,
Celebrity Century, Celebrity Century, Carnival Miracle, Norwegian Sun
I thought that Roatan was beautiful and unspoiled but we didn't see a lot on our last visit. We are going back in December and hope to see more and do some snorkeling.
Next Cruises: NCL Pearl Nov 2008, NCL Dawn Jun 2009
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