We’ve been on numerous catamaran tours like this before and this one is enjoyable/worth the money but important to have proper expectations.
- if you arrive and there’s a line to check in, and there’s time before boarding, no need to stand there and wait. Have a seat and wait till the line dissipates. (Note - there’s a 10% discount for Margartaville orders if on the cruise, so make sure you get that if getting food / drinks)
- If you have a strong preference for where you sit on the boat, be ready to line up before boarding (about 10 min before boarding time, pretty much our whole boat was lined up )
- snorkeling is a spot with other boats. No coral. A few fish. We didn’t go in because it wasn’t sunny. Relaxing time. Bar was open, no music.
- Rick’s Cafe is fun. Cliff jumping (jumping and watching others) and the views are the big thing to do.
- Boat ride is party vibe. Mostly hip-hop / dance music. Yes, played loudly. Chocolate Thunder was high energy and a great hype man. He called people up (eg people celebrating their birthday) to dance / twerk. If this will annoy you, this isn’t your cruise (may want to choose the family cruise). At one point he came around with a bottle pouring shots for everyone but a simple no thanks and he moved on to the next person.
- Rum punch was good. They had liquor bottles out if you wanted to add a floater. Short lines. Other basic drink options too.
- Snacks were bags of chips of various types.
- Saw dolphins on ride back
- Yes, cruise did not stay out to watch the sunset. It was going down while on the boat but we watched it on the beach walking back.
We did the adult tour out of Margaritaville. Walked there from our hotel so cannot comment on the bus experience except to note they even though our hotel wasn’t on the list, they said they would pick us up there if we had taken the Jamfest based cruise.