I always marvel at the number of people on Maho from ships. Makes me wonder what kind of information the staff provides to the guests regarding the beach conditions,especially when Maho is in it’s rocky state.
bob--considering the sand at Maho changes from day to day, I doubt the cruise ship staff has ANY idea what the current state of the sand is there, whenever they recommend it.
It is unique, something you can't do other places. Bars on both sides, and who doesn't have at least one picture of a jet coming or going from there that has been to the island? I know that was a "must" for our first time visitors that we brought last year for a bit over a week and it is a "must" again on the return trip. Not something we do much of any longer after this many trips, but I admit I do check the cameras sometimes because it is interesting! The cruise tour planners could in theory check the day of on the cameras as well but I doubt that they do or wish to mess up the tour schedules.
Yogi Berra - "nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"
If you are vacationing on the island on a regular basis, it is a silly stop. As a cruise tour for a few hours, passengers seem to enjoy it. I have talked with thousands of them. They just can’t get enough. But that is what they’re looking for….
Agree with you Todd. Its unique as far as the other beaches the cruise ship folks are going to visit on other islands. Where else can you see Air France fly right over your head. I probably wouldn’t visit it but then again I probably wouldn’t get on a boat with 3000 other people.
We go at least twice during our two week visit...in the afternoon of a slow cruise ship day and when they are returning to ship, bring a small soft cooler with a couple of Carib (and buy a couple for the "free" parking), sit on the wall and experience humanity...and aircraft arrivals.
We went out to go for a dip Fall-2023 trip) , watch the planes. I don't know what was more fun, watching the planes, or people watching the planes and getting blown away!! It's always fun to watch, having a rum punch at Driftwood!!!
We went there in the 80's to watch planes land and even got a good photo of me with hands raised as plane passed. Looks like I was holding it up. But back then the airport was small thus planes were too. American always had to stop in Puerto Rico for fuel because plane couldn't make it over the mountain if tanks were full.
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