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I have a slight preference for ship-sponsored shore excursions most of the time, most places I cruise...it's less risky, the logistics are easier...cancellations/refunds easier, they take you right from the ship, the ship will wait if you are delayed, etc.The relative incremental difference in cost is not a major consideration to me (for example, the ship offers a small jet-boat whale -watch trip virtually identicalk to the Capt. Larry thing and the price is within about $5 per person...and people who have taken it tell me it's excellent)...Where I do look for non-ship excursions is where the offered selection doesn't give me what I want...For example, for my upcoming Summit cruise, I have booked the four of us onto the Southeast Tours Horseback trip in Skagway...My daughters want to ride horses and the only horseback option offered by Celebrity is short and ill-timed, conflicting with our dinner seating time...
I have a slight preference for ship-sponsored shore excursions most of the time, most places I cruise...it's less risky, the logistics are easier...cancellations/refunds easier, they take you right from the ship, the ship will wait if you are delayed, etc.
The relative incremental difference in cost is not a major consideration to me (for example, the ship offers a small jet-boat whale -watch trip virtually identicalk to the Capt. Larry thing and the price is within about $5 per person...and people who have taken it tell me it's excellent)...
Where I do look for non-ship excursions is where the offered selection doesn't give me what I want...
For example, for my upcoming Summit cruise, I have booked the four of us onto the Southeast Tours Horseback trip in Skagway...My daughters want to ride horses and the only horseback option offered by Celebrity is short and ill-timed, conflicting with our dinner seating time...
