Harvest Caye is a private island in Belize owned by Norwegian Cruise Line that has a beach, pools, shopping, zip lines, cabanas, wildlife exhibits, bars and eateries. The nice thing about Harvest Caye is it eliminates the lengthy tender boat ride to shore required with other cruise lines in…
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I booked the Black Swan Electric Boat Cruise. though Norwegian. It’s a $49 excursion which makes it free with the $50 More At Sea discount. It’s just a 45-minute tour. I’m hoping to see some manatees out there.Â
I headed to the tour sales desk at the Marina and they showed…
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Good morning! We’re on our way to Belize. Or maybe we’re already there. This is a tender/water shuttle port so we don’t actually dock here. Today is my big port day for the cruise. I’m heading out on a long journey to see some Mayan ruins.
That could be one…
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I booked Journey to Cahal Pech through Shore Excursions Group for $92. Due to the lengthy water shuttle rides in this port, I would typically recommend booking long tours through the ship. But this excursion was not available to book through the ship. I have already done Lamanai, Xunantunich,…
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Good morning! Today we are in Belize. It’s the last port day of the cruise. I have the Altun Ha Mayan ruins excursion booked through Carnival. Fortunately the meeting time is 8:30 so I should be able to get a real breakfast in. The last time I was here…
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I booked this tour through Carnival on the first day of the cruise. I have already done Lamanai and Xunantunich–The other two Mayan ruins excursions Carnival offers in Belize. At $75 this was by far the cheapest of the three. The other two were both over $100.
These came the day before the…
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Good Morning! I don’t put my phone in airplane mode on the ship as they recommend. Because of that I occasionally I have to deal with my time being an hour off of ship time. This time of year in Cozumel is one of those times.
The last time…
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The last time I was in Belize I did the Lamanai Mayan Ruins tour. This time I had Xunantunich and Altun Ha to choose from. Xunantunich is the more impressive ruins between the two. It’s also a longer excursion and costs about twice as much.
I decided to book…
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I actually booked Vista four times during the cruise shutdown. All were canceled. I booked it then because I knew Vista would be one of the first ships to return to service and because it’s an easy drive for me to Galveston. That would allow me to avoid having…
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Lamanai (Mayan for Submerged Crocodile) is an archeological site located in the northern portion of Belize. It dates back to 1500 BC and was occupied until 1680 AD. Much of the site has not yet been uncovered but there are three incredible temples and a ball court you can…
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