The very last day of our cruise brings us to a new cruise port, Freeport.
Freeport is on Grand Bahama Island, and this is the initial time I’ve been in a position to examine this port of phone.
There are not numerous choices for what to do, so I booked a go to to the Grand Lucayan resort.
The Grand Lucayan is a renowned vacation resort on the island that Royal Caribbean is very likely buying to transform as portion of a new redevelopment job. I imagined it could be wonderful to see what there is to do now, and how it seems to be like.
Our instances in port ended up 7:00am to 3:30pm, so it produced for confined hrs on shore since very little in any Caribbean port opens prior to 9am.
We walked as a result of the port area, which had outlets and bars. These ended up all shut, even though some opened later on in the day.
We took a taxi to the lodge (~$35 each individual way) to the resort. Our taxi driver explained we had been his initial fare in a yr and a 50 %.
Once we got to the hotel, we checked in at the entrance desk.
There are two resorts: The Grand Lucayan and Lighthouse Pointe. The Grand Lucayan is shut, but Lighthouse Pointe is open.
We arrived ideal close to 9am, and I really booked a resort space on an all-inclusive rate. At the time of booking, the lodge was not getting working day passes, but they are executing that now.
The working day pass amount is $75 per adult, and $65 for kids.
With the all inclusive choice, you get foods and beverages at all the eating places at Lighthouse Pointe, household wines by the glass, nearby beers, and bottled beers and some premium liquors.
Perrier Water, Vitamin drinking water, Gatorade, Wine by the bottle, and major shelf brand names are not involved.
We quickly headed to the pool and beach front.
There is an infinity pool and lap pool out there, alongside with a scorching tub. The two seemed great, and there is chairs and umbrellas you can sit at.
The beach front was genuinely wonderful, and the sand was powdery gentle. If it experienced not been mostly overcast, it would have been truly fairly.
There was no waiter services, but the close by beach front bar was just ways absent from the pool and seashore. They opened at 11am and served drinks and lunch.
You can explain to the resort is in need of some upgrade get the job done, but for a day guest it was good.
What stood out the most to me was the simple fact there have been barely any other guests. For the to start with hour or two, we did not see any person else at the beach or pool.
By the time we left, we noticed perhaps 10 other friends in complete. It was strange.
We experienced lunch from the pool bar, and they had a awesome assortment of food stuff alternatives. Burgers, wings, fish and extra. Very great quality and new cooked.
We had a nice time taking pleasure in the infinity pool to ourselves. Becoming an all-inclusive, I’m certain we did not get our moneys worthy of in terms of food items and drink, but it was exciting to see this resort in person.
Would I go back? I am debating that proper now for our future sailing. It seems like a ton of other cruisers did not enjoy their excursions, so we may well just continue to be onboard the ship future time.
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