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"We book cruise line excursions for all of these same reasons. It's just so easy and pain-free. Also, we are never rushing to try to get off the ship to meet a tour, because we have a designated meeting time and place. The only time we did not book a cruise line excursion is when we overnighted in Maui and rented a car. That being said, we have never found ourselves stuck on a big bus tour, which seems to be the generalization of all cruise excursions. While those are out there, you just have to research and pick things that really interest you. Most of the time you can tell by the description if you will be stuck on a bus.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tSome cruise line excursions we have enjoyed are:\n \n\n\n\tHelicopter flight/dogsledding on top of a glacier in Alaska--only 4 people on this excursion\n \n\n\n\tVolcano hike in Hawaii--small group, about 6-7 of us. The van driver even made a detour to a black sand beach since it was 2 of our birthdays!\n \n\n\n\tRainforest hike in Hawaii--about 6-7 of us, it was awesome and everybody helped each other cross streams, etc.\n \n\n\n\tHelicopter flight over Kauai--only 4 other people with us and we were split into 2 helicopters\n \n\n\n\tKayaking the mangroves in Key West--about 10 people, doubled up in 5 kayaks. So fun!\n \n\n\n\tPrivate beach house in Cozumel--maybe about 8 in our group plus there was another group that arrived separately, so probably less than two dozen people altogether.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tAll of these experiences have been SO AMAZING that we have no reason to not book cruise line excursions, unless they are not offering anything we are interested in.\n "
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