HORRIBLE--DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 7/4/09
Let me start by saying this was the worste experience traveling I have ever had. The best way to sum this up is it is water taxi. The smell, food and overall atmosphere of the boat was disgusting. You are literally on a water taxi to the Bahamas for 5 hours. There is absolutely nothing to do but sit. The breakfast buffet was horrible. When you get off the boat, you have no choice but to take a cab to the hotel area they recommend. We watched drug deals and had the most expensive lunch for hamburgers and hot dogs. The location they take you to is deplorable. The shopping is overrated and you only have about 2 hours to go to the beach and shop. You then have to take another taxi back to the boat and good luck with that -- the taxi drivers fight over who is taking you and the cabs have no air conditioning. Once you get back on the boat, it is torture riding back for five hours. To add insult to injury, once the boat docked in Ft. Lauderdale, it took us an hour and a half to get off the boat. Customs clearance is horrible and they put you in one area to wait without air circulation. We found out this happens all the time, because they catch people going to the Bahamas buying drugs and you have to wait for them to take them off first. The dinner was a half grade better than breakfast, but don't order anything but water, because sodas are an extra charge. We had kids with us and they were miserable -- there was absolutely nothing for them to do. I would not waste your money or your time. Drinks are expensive, the snack bar is expensive and the entertainment--a joke. There is so much to do in Ft. Lauderdale, I would recommend spending your money in the US and skip the taxi ride all together. I cannot even sum up how miserable this was for us. It was 14 hours of misery.