Going on the Carnival Liberty out of Ft. Lauderdale for the Western Caribbean. Has anyone done this cruise?
Booked the downhill bike/snorkling in Jamaica. Has anyone done this excursion?

Just got back from this cruise on Carnival Liberty. Ship was beautiful and cruise was great. The excursion was not good.
I fell off the mountain bike going 25 mph. Got alot of bumps and bruises. This is a very dangerous excursion. After you finish mountain biking (if you survive) then they take you to the ocean to snorkel. Very pretty spot but dangerous. You have to jump off a 20 foot cliff into the ocean which is about 50 feet deep. They throw the snorkling gear at you in the water and don't give you any fins at all or a swimming vest to keep you afloat. Hardly anyone in out group would jump off the cliff and when you tried to get out of water you had a hard time because the waves kept slamming you up against the rocks. They guides were very nice but I think that this excursion should be taken off of the Carnival Cruise line list of excursions for Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

That shore excursion definitely does not sound like it is for senior citizens.

Gee do you think I'm a senior citizen. I probably was the oldest person on the excursion. But not senior citizen yet.

No, I did not think you were a senior citizen. But if you want to be one someday, I would stay clear of these type of shore excursions.

I am even thinking of getting rid of my bicycle at home. How sad is that.. .. .. .

No, don't get rid of the bicycle. I still ride mine but only on the local asphalt-paved bike trail where there are no vehicles.

OK I will keep it. It's good exercise. First I have to fix the flat tires.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Don't fix the flat tires. The exercise is more rigorous if you ride the bicycle while the tires are flat. I had to do that one time.

[quote="maximagxe"]No, I did not think you were a senior citizen. But if you want to be one someday, I would stay clear of these type of shore excursions.[/quote]

OH MAX!! TO FUNNY!

To the OP,sounds like someone is trying to do you in.Scary stuff!

All in good fun I am sure. Or maybe not???????????

Yes, I do have a less serious side and sometimes it is reflected in my postings.

[quote="Fabbenn"]All in good fun I am sure. Or maybe not??????????? [/quote]

Of Course,all fun! glad you were not hurt. Think I'll stick with my safe hobby of riding horses!

Fabbeen, where is your next cruise going to be to?

We are doing the Celebrity Mellinium cruise to Australia/New Zealand in November. We had been planning on doing the transatlantic from London to New York stopping in Iceland but my husband didn't want to be gone during the hurricane season since we are from Florida. It was supposed to leave on Sept 15th, the height of the hurricane season so we cancelled that one and booked the Australia/New Zealand cruise. I am waiting for the excursions to appear on the Celebrity web site so we can book them. Have you been to New Zealand?

We are considering New Zealand in 2010 on a combined Holland America cruise and a land tour.

We cancelled our cruise to Australia/New Zealand and decided to do a 14 day to South America on the NCL SUN leaving in Dec.
We really wanted to see the penguins and there are 3 different ports where you can see penguins
Celebrity took almost one whole day off of Melbourne, Australia which is the place where we would have seen the penguins so we decided to change to South America.

The US dollar is still strong in South America.

I gave my bicycle away. Sad but true. Didn't want to fall of it anymore. Just walking now.. .. .. .. .