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quote:Ocean Village goes for action ashoreNovember 21, 2005Ocean Village's new Action Ashore options for the winter Caribbean season range from adrenaline-junkie action like river tubing, sea kayaking and jeep safaris to more relaxing whale and dolphin watching and beach break options.For something in-between, there are new activities such as yacht hire for a day, flightseeing trips to circle the Angel Falls in Venezuela's Canaima National Park and helicopter rides for a bird's eye view of the Virgin Islands.A 'Highlights by Harley' experience enables passengers to hop on a Harley Fat Boy or classic Harley Heritage for a cruise along the coast before burning rubber in St Maarten capital, Marigot. Prices are £220 per bike which carries two people and includes lunch, fuel, helmet and insurance.Ocean Village is offering 87 different Action Ashore activities in total for the 2005/06 Caribbean season. Seatrade Insider
Ocean Village's new Action Ashore options for the winter Caribbean season range from adrenaline-junkie action like river tubing, sea kayaking and jeep safaris to more relaxing whale and dolphin watching and beach break options.
For something in-between, there are new activities such as yacht hire for a day, flightseeing trips to circle the Angel Falls in Venezuela's Canaima National Park and helicopter rides for a bird's eye view of the Virgin Islands.
A 'Highlights by Harley' experience enables passengers to hop on a Harley Fat Boy or classic Harley Heritage for a cruise along the coast before burning rubber in St Maarten capital, Marigot. Prices are £220 per bike which carries two people and includes lunch, fuel, helmet and insurance.
Ocean Village is offering 87 different Action Ashore activities in total for the 2005/06 Caribbean season.
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10 are the same thing (bike hire) simply in different ports
Many more are duplicate trips with different departure times: for instance "river tubing" in Dominica counts as 4 trips, departing 8.15, 10.15, 12.15, 2.15; also there are 4 "Aerial adventure" in Dominica, 2 "ride above the rainforest", 2 "wacky roller" and so on.
Several more are different variants on the same trip: swim with dolphins, swim with dolphins whilst wearing a snorkel, touch the dolphins, watch the dolphins............
I don't want to denigrate Ocean Village: They provide a fresh approach to informal cruising and have a good range of activities, but why oh why do they need to exaggerate.
Can you really 'burn rubber' in Marigot?
Pam
quote:Originally posted by Meldrew of the Seas:I don't want to denigrate Ocean Village: They provide a fresh approach to informal cruising and have a good range of activities, but why oh why do they need to exaggerate.
It's call 'marketing'!
Don't most of the cruise lines offere some action/soft-adventure excursions?
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