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Mariner of the Seas - August'22


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Hello all  - first post on here so be nice please. ?

Going on our 2nd ever cruise on our honeymoon - on Mariner of the Seas departing Orlando on August 13th, 2022. We are calling at;

Oranjestad, Aruba.
Willemstad, Curacao.
La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Perfect Day at CocoCay. 

We were on Anthem of the Seas on the 8th of March (the week before RC suspended sailing worldwide) - our first cruise together, it was amazing and has given us the bug! Luckily nobody on the ship was sick and we managed to get into all of our ports without problem.  I proposed onboard and our date is set for July'22 with this being our honeymoon.  We are looking for recommendations for our upcoming August'22 cruise, we are quite independent and happy to-do RC excursions or go it alone as well, only thing we have already done that we don't wish to re-do was swimming with the pigs at CocoCay. 

Also, has anybody been to Aruba and had any luck seeing the Flamingos? This is something we would love to-do but it looks as though it may be quite difficult! 

Thanks in advance of any replies/help! ☺️

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10 hours ago, DTMCD said:

Also, has anybody been to Aruba and had any luck seeing the Flamingos? This is something we would love to-do but it looks as though it may be quite difficult!

We actually were looking to this just last week while we were in Aruba.  In order to get to the island with the flamingos you have to take a private boat over from the Renaissance resort as the island is owned by them.  The Renaissance is easily walkable from the cruiseport if you wanted to do this.   You can get a day pass which will allow you to visit the island and I think it runs $125 per person.  Alternatively you can get a room and will have the same access as a resort guest does, but that's only going to be a benefit if you can land a room that costs less than your day passes would cost together.  The thing to keep in mind that they only sell a certain number of day passes and they won't sell them once the hotel hits a certain capacity.  They don't sell the passes far in advance, so it's something you would need to look at closer to your cruise if you want this to be an option.  The site for the passes is: https://renaissancearuba.idaypass.com/

We had four people and we decided it wasn't worth the visit for us since we were in Aruba for an entire week and there were plenty of other beaches to visit for free.  It would have been a fun experience, but the price didn't make sense for the type of trip we were on.   You get lunch and a drink with the day pass according to the site.  I don't know what the refund policy would be if your cruise port was missed or the date got changed, though so it might be something you would want to chance as a walk-up last minute.

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On 2/12/2021 at 1:56 AM, AshleyDillo said:

We actually were looking to this just last week while we were in Aruba.  In order to get to the island with the flamingos you have to take a private boat over from the Renaissance resort as the island is owned by them.  The Renaissance is easily walkable from the cruiseport if you wanted to do this.   You can get a day pass which will allow you to visit the island and I think it runs $125 per person.  Alternatively you can get a room and will have the same access as a resort guest does, but that's only going to be a benefit if you can land a room that costs less than your day passes would cost together.  The thing to keep in mind that they only sell a certain number of day passes and they won't sell them once the hotel hits a certain capacity.  They don't sell the passes far in advance, so it's something you would need to look at closer to your cruise if you want this to be an option.  The site for the passes is: https://renaissancearuba.idaypass.com/

We had four people and we decided it wasn't worth the visit for us since we were in Aruba for an entire week and there were plenty of other beaches to visit for free.  It would have been a fun experience, but the price didn't make sense for the type of trip we were on.   You get lunch and a drink with the day pass according to the site.  I don't know what the refund policy would be if your cruise port was missed or the date got changed, though so it might be something you would want to chance as a walk-up last minute.


Thank you so much for this! Agreed $125 is steep but its been on the better half's bucket list for a long time so guess we will keep our eyes peeled for tickets going on sale in the run up to our cruise. 

Thanks again! 

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