Cruising to the Bahamas next month. Anything I should do?

[Bengalzona]

(07-27-2019, 02:26 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Cruises are nice in that most everything is included with it.  The pool, the shows, the food, the room cleaning/bed linens etc.  Ships have casinos, if you like, you will need money for that.  Drinks, you generally run a tab, as they collect your credit card up front, you will need one, and they total it at the end of the cruise.  You will need tip money at the end also...for servers and the room cleaners, generally an envelope left.  I have been on about 5 cruises from Bermuda to Cozumel Mexico and never had a bad one.  I would say most activities on the island are boat friendly from.  They know you are coming and things are close by when you port.  There are pamphlets on the boat, and you can do sign up tours, but we basically would leave the boat and find a local, who can provide transportation to places.  They have knowledge of things to see at a reasonable price and you are not out there on really a schedule.  Make sure you get back to the ship though.  When they leave, they leave.  There is usually a formal night for 1 dinner so consider that clothing wise.  The water is awesome, blue, you can jet ski, scuba, parasail, zip line, beach it...plenty to do....er at least that was the Goalpost type of itinerary.

Oh..and prepare yourself for a muster...it's a requirement on the 1st day

^This. Especially the "get back to the boat" part!