MissJ9 Posted May 20, 2017 Report Posted May 20, 2017 Hello Everyone, So I'll be sailing in June for one of the Cuba cruises on the Empress and I wanted to see if anyone else has came back and has any advice or tips for when we get to the island. I'm very excited to know more about the shore excursions and hopefully we can get some reviews on those. If you've visited renectly, please let us know what you thought. We are planing the 4 hour walking tour so we can get some great photos hopefully. Sorry if this is a duplicate thread, I wasn't able to fine one similar. Thanks in advance! Quote
PRC Posted May 20, 2017 Report Posted May 20, 2017 I'll be going first week of August. Have the Old City Sightseeing tour planned. As for pre-trip advise, many have said to bring some Canadian dollars to exchange for the local currency and avoid the 10% fee for exchanging U.S. MissJ9 1 Quote
DocLC Posted May 20, 2017 Report Posted May 20, 2017 Matt just did a podcast with someone who was on the first cruise the Cuba. Lots of good advice. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/podcast/episode-197-cruising-cuba Matt 1 Quote
cruise-y Posted May 22, 2017 Report Posted May 22, 2017 Does anyone know if RCCL will be adding Cuba as a cruise stop out of Galveston in the future? It's so close to Jamaica and sure would be nice to do something besides Cozumel for a change. Quote
Matt Posted May 22, 2017 Report Posted May 22, 2017 33 minutes ago, cruise-y said: Does anyone know if RCCL will be adding Cuba as a cruise stop out of Galveston in the future? It's so close to Jamaica and sure would be nice to do something besides Cozumel for a change. Nothing remotely mentioned. Biggest issue is Havana harbor can only support small ships. That precludes nearly all ships in RC fleet from being able to go there until the harbor facilities are improved/enlarged. Quote
DocLC Posted May 22, 2017 Report Posted May 22, 2017 We could start a rumor that this is the reason Vision is moving to Galveston. ;) Quote
MissJ9 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Report Posted May 23, 2017 On 5/20/2017 at 11:31 AM, DocLC said: Matt just did a podcast with someone who was on the first cruise the Cuba. Lots of good advice. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/podcast/episode-197-cruising-cuba Thank you for this link! This was great information!!! DocLC 1 Quote
MissJ9 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Report Posted May 23, 2017 Today I stumbled upon this blog. Lots of useful information so far. It's a day-by-day about being on the Empress and going to Cuba, https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2017/05/21/empress-of-the-seas-live-blog-day-1-embarkation-day Matt and DocLC 2 Quote
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