Matt Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Since eastern and western Caribbean itineraries are so common for Royal Caribbean, which of the two do you prefer? Or better yet, if you could go on a Royal Caribbean cruise today and had to pick, which would you pick and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBird Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 I prefer western caribbean. Falmouth and Cozumel are great ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer734 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Virgin islands are wonderful so I vote for eastern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylor Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 I feel like both offer something different. Eastern is certainly the most traveled path. You'll most likely end up at islands with lots of other cruise related traffic. But that is not to say that you won't see another ship while doing the Western route either. Having been to St. Maarten, St. Thomas, and Puerto Rico many times, it was refreshing to do the Western route for something different. I really liked Grand Cayman. It had a totally different feel to it. I could tell there was a lot of money (major Caribbean banking center) there, as there were lots of fancy cars around and most of the locals had jobs and were working during the day. Mexico was typical and what I saw was what I had expected, only the charm Mexico can provide. Although I still feel that parts of Mexico can be very dangerous to go to or travel through. And I will say that danger lurks on all the Caribbean islands (and throughout the world) but some feel safer than others. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I really like western. The beaches in Mexico are so lovely and palapas on the beach are perfect jbrinkm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyG12 Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I like St. Thomas (love a bar called Palm Passage) and i like St. Maarten (Maho beach is incredible) on the Eastern itinerary. I really enjoy Cozumel (we always go to Mr. Sanchos and drink lots of tequila) on the Western itinerary. Jamaica is not my favorite port. Sooo, I guess I prefer Eastern! Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownHolly Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Eastern. Or actually southern! Loved the ABC islands (kinda sad you don’t see Bonaire as much). Been to Mexico many times already, and Roatan twice. Offerings out of Galveston are limited. Looking forward to our first time to St Thomas and St Maarten out of Miami PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 We were all 10 years younger when this thread was first started Reigert2008, Neesa, teddy and 3 others 1 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigert2008 Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2608 Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Eastern Caribbean, I like the islands over the Mexican Riveria and Mexico itself. HtownHolly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCVoyager Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 It really depends on which islands you get and which ship you get. Eastern or Western can mean many different things I prefer an itinerary which includes San Juan and Grand Turk. I love Cayman, but there can be as many as 6 ships in there each day in the middle of the week. I don't get the fascination with Cozomel. I wouldn't avoid a cruise that goes there, but it's not a great port in my mind. The sweet spot is finding a ship you want combined with a nice itinerary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Did western once on Song of America in 1990 and vowed never to go back. Grand Cayman was fine but zero desire to ever step foot in Mexico again. Eastern or Southern only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyandBo Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Eastern. St Thomas is much nicer then Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownHolly Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 hours ago, smokeybandit said: We were all 10 years younger when this thread was first started My fault, lol. I clicked on the >> That goes all the way to the oldest posts, rather than the next page… and didn’t notice these were from 2013, haha. Still a valid topic of discussion Ryan79 and steverk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaggio Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Easter, wouldn’t go near Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorCruiser Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 I wonder how many of the posters from 2013 are still on this Board tjcruisers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroyr55 Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 This may be a little off topic but I’d like to see the cruise search options broken down to east west and southern on the web page. I was looking for southern options the other week that took numerous searches to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownHolly Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Agreed. Gotta navigate to the specific port’s page, and then look for sailings from there. It works, but it’s not the most intuitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustfsu Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 I like the Eastern better. The islands are much prettier. It's been a while since I have done western, but I've had a few friends that have gone on that side and I would give it another shot. Just don't think you can beat the Virgin Islands. I've never been disappointed by any of the ports. Some disappointments with some Western as far as a few excursions I took weren't as good as anticipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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