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We did the cave tubing in Belize a few years ago. It was very fun but is a long ride out into the mountains from Belize City. I'd do it again.   We did Maya Chan this past December. It was okay. The food, drinks and service were outstanding. The water, not so much. It is very shallow a long ways out, 300 yards or so, and nothing to see but sea grass. Not sure I would do it again.

Didn't care for the Central Park balcony room we had on the Oasis.  It's like being in an apartment complex and just looking across into other people's rooms.   We've done two other Oasis class ships, no inside balconies for us.

If you decide to dive in Aruba privately i.e. not through the ship consider happydiversaruba.com. Jeffrey Kost will pick you up at the port, drive you to his boat, be in the water with you and take you back to your ship.
If I remember correctly you step off the back of the boat to enter the water and there is generally no more than 6 people on the boat. No big cattle boat operation you get sometimes through ship excursions. Generally you'll be back to your ship by 12:30-1 pm if you do a 2 tank morning dive.
More than likely one of the dives will be on the wreck Antilla which was a 300' German freighter scuttled when WWII broke out. It's in about 50' of water. It's broken in half and you can swim through the break and see inside. Pretty good dive.
Last time I checked it was cheaper than the ship's excursion.  I have no connection to happydiversaruba.com other than being a happy customer.

Pre paid gratuities are automatically added to the bill. It's not needed to give double tips. People in the US are conditioned to give tips even if they've already been given in advance. It doesn't make sense.

Pre paid gratuities are automatically added to the bill. It's not needed to give double tips. People in the US are conditioned to give tips even if they've already been given in advance. It doesn't make sense.

We were emerald for some time and I insisted to my wife that we never got pins. We stopped at the loyalty ambassador's desk on one cruise and asked for them. The guy at the desk opened up a drawer, pulled a couple out and handed them over without even asking our names.  Still haven't picked up our Diamond pins. We will never wear them but they will go in our cruise memorabilia box with all the other junk we've collected over the years.