One Of The Greatest Cruise Ship Shore Excursions Of All Time!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2019
- While in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, I experienced one of the best cruise ship shore excursions out of all of the 48 cruises I've been on. I had a lot of fun at the Blue Hole, jumping off the rocks and in to the water... which was a lot warmer than I expected.
After a long adventure at the Blue Hole, we went to the top of Mystic Mountain for a ride on one of Jamaica's top tourist attractions: the Jamaican bobsled ride.
Our ride on the bobsleds was the first time we had ever been on an alpine coaster, similar to a roller coaster, but much smoother. It was a thrilling ride!
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This man could make reading a phone book interesting
That's very nice of you to say, Caleb. Thank you.
Yes!!! I would go back to Jamaica just for the Blue Hole! Hands down the best excursion I have ever been on.
Mr. Jim you sure do have a voice for broadcasting! I love your cruise ship videos, they are very well done.
Thank you, Derek.
I worked in radio back in the 1970s and 80s.
Couldn't make any money at it, so I had to get a "real job".
In my heart, I'm still a broadcaster.
Agreed!!
Jamaica is just sooo beautiful
Thanks Jim. The scenery was gorgeous.
I feel like I was there Jim. Thanks!
The Blue Hole totally looked amazing and a lot of fun. The bobsled though it's totally peaked my interest thanks for sharing. Sincerely Adventures of David and Aaron
Thanks Jim Zim. I enjoyed it.
Jim, I am so pleased to be able to comment on your videos again! Now I have to go back through some of your other videos to leave some.
This video is absolutely fantastic!! I love the scenery, and the thorough job that you did in giving a full and honest report of this port of call.
Perfect video Jim! Great job 👍 This one going on the list, looks fun 🎢
Jim - your videos help my family decide which cruise and excursion to pick! We are excited to visit The Blue Hole. Thank you!
Love your reviews! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks, Jim! Makes me want to go back to Ocho Rios! :)
48 cruises! That's amazing! Great video! Water looked refreshing! Looking forward to your video on The Horizon ship! Thank's Jim!
The official headquarters of the Jamaican bobsled team is in a tiny little Wyoming town. I've met Winston, he's a lovely man.
You began the vlog with the ending music! I loved the Jamaican bobsled in Jamaica too! I really loved this excursion!
One of the best channel's for cruises >>> thanks Jim, for another great vlog you can count on
that looked like a really great excursion! I haven't been to Jamaica yet. but someday will I am sure! thanks for sharing!
That looks like so much fun! Thanks for sharing.
Yes Kellyhaston mad fun you will surely enjoy it to the fullest 😊
Jim Zim I love your videos, they are the absolute best cruise vlogs.
Terrific. Thanks!
Great video! Love Jamaica.
this is beautiful i will be on carnival horizon soon looking forward to another cruise vacations, i will be waiting on your review of the horizon. i love your videos keep it up !
Great video ! thanks! hope to visit next trip
The first time I went to Jamaica on a cruise, I did this excursion. To this day it is my favorite, along with cenotes in Mexico. It’s great to see comments back too.
Great video!
Great video thanks for sharing.
Thanks for showing your experience on the island of Jamaica. This was an absolutely beautiful video. I recently watched a fellow vlogger completely trash this island and showed pics of locals in local areas. Then continue to urge people of the reason why you should not get off the boat for shore excursions in Jamaica. This is a shore excursion that I would love to go on during my next trip there. Looks like you had a great time. What a contrast, this is how to cruise.
I'd be curious to see that video that was so negative about Jamaica. Do you recall who the vlogger was?
Jim Zimmerlin
Yes, it was Traveling with Bruce. “Cruise Ports where more and more Passengers don’t get off the ship”
@@sharrainerigg8784 You're right!
I watched that same video in my You Tube feed, and so many people commented- "we dont even get off the ship in Jamaica"!!! I dont understand paying $$$ to cruise to a Caribbean Island, but then you're too afraid to get off the ship??? 😲 This video showing the Blue Hole, the lift-ride thru the rainforest & bobsled ride in Jamaica is great!!! Makes ME want to go there!!!!! 👏 🏞
Thanks for sharing this. We love cruising but haven't found an excursion that was really neat. We were suppose to here where you are in Jamaica. They changed us to Montego Bay. What a disappointment. Now I NEED to book for here again and hope we get there. We are 63 young and do so enjoy an andventure
Jim, i really like these videos, especially the Blue Hole, as a Tour Operator here, i always introduce my guest to Blue Hole I hope i can be your Tour Operator, certainly i would take you to even some more cooler spots, Bamboo Beach, Rafting on the Rios Grande, are Rios Blanco, etc.
Im new to Crusin' but really like the sounds of this ship..How would i find these spots?
On a cruise to Jamaica, you have a long list of shore excursions to chose from... and you'll see tours to the blue hole and the bobsled on the list.
Jim Zim: You sound very scholarly, haha. I so enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to see comments are back. Great video as always!
Looks nice!
Wow very nice I’m thinking to change my excursion for my next cruise this August
Thank you
Comments are back on! Woo hoo🙂. Love both the excursions. Thank you for the video!
Another excellent video Jim 👍
Thanks, Jeff. There are more videos of our cruise that will be coming out over the next week or two. I shot a lot of video... now I need to get home and do some editing!
@@JimZim love the excursion videos. I never know which to take when visiting a port. This will definitely be on my bucket list for Jamaica
So looking forward to these vlogs! We are going on the Horizon and doing the same itinerary.
Carolyn G. We are too but not until April 2021. We are taking 2020 off from cruising 😡
Very good footage
You would this experience beautiful 😊
Wow! I was on the Horizon that week too! I wish I got the chance to say hi! 😂
I'm 24-36 hours away from posting my video review of the cruise. It will be interesting to see if you agree with my observations in the video. Let me know once you've seen it!
Will Do!
yay we can comment again! i was disappointed they disabled comments to your great videos
Jim, was it $90 to do both the Blue Hole and Bobsleds or $90 for the Blue Hole and $90 for the Bobsleds? We are taking 5 of our grandkids. Is it less expensive for minors?
Yay! You got your comments back! Any other cruise lines go on this specific excursion?
Every cruise ship visiting Jamaica probably offers an excursion to either one of those two places. I don't know if the other cruise lines offer a combination tour of both places all in the same day like Carnival did, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did. Those are two of the three top tourist destinations in Jamaica... with the third being Dunns River Falls.
nice video jim!!!
how could anybody give it a thumbs down?
angry people go away !!
I do wish that when someone clicked on the thumbs down, they would be asked to type a brief comment about what they didn't like about the video. That would help me to understand the thumbs down a lot better. But from TH-cam's perspective, they are only looking to calculate a ratio of thumbs ups to thumbs downs... as an easy way for their algorithm to spot "good" videos that it should suggest to others. That's why it's so helpful to me when my viewers click the thumbs up button... it sends a signal to TH-cam that it's a good video that TH-cam should be recommending to other people. If TH-cam doesn't recommend the video to other people, one of my videos would typically only get a few thousand views. If TH-cam decides one of the videos is a "good" video, and starts recommending it to people besides just my subscribers, it can end up getting hundreds of thousands or even millions of views... and that can lead to some nice advertising revenue for me. So, it is definitely appreciated by me when someone takes the effort to click the thumbs-up on one of my videos.
@@JimZim The thumbs down are coming from fellow *Caribbean Islanders* who are fed up with what they see as *Jamaica* over exposure and numerous non beach activities. Every island within the *Caribbean* have some form of disdain for *Jamaica.* .....🤔
Amazing video, that looks beautiful. Have you ever done a Disney Cruise? I think you’d love them. Believe it or not, they cater well to adults.
Maybe someday. Their cruises seem pricey to me, like everything Disney is. The other cruise lines seem to be a better value to me. I do understand they have adults-only areas, but it seems to me that no matter what, you'd be running in to kids an awful lot.
Great video Jim - have you seen the film ‘Like Father’ on Netflix? It’s shot on board Harmony of The Seas and the characters visit the Blue Hole in one of their excursions.
I have seen that movie, although I had forgotten the Blue Hole scene. I may have to go back and watch that one again some time.
I came here to comment that too!
I love that movie and I recognised it right away and had to google it to check if I was right
I'm happy to see I can comment Jim! You are braver than I in this video 😁
I'm delighted to have the comments back, too!
I read every one of them, and I enjoy hearing what people have to say.
i would jump in but i can't swim 😂
Hi, thx for great informative video. I have one question since I am considering doing this same excursion with Carnival in April, do they give you any time to have lunch?? Just curious cause from the description seems like we may not have time. Seeing as how the excursion itself takes like 5 1/2 hours before I purchase I want to make sure we will have time to grab a bite to eat. Thanks in advance for any info.
Yes, no problem. There is a restaurant at the top of the mountain and there's lots of time after you take that ski lift up to the top of the mountain.
Like Jamaica, last time we did Dunn’s Falls. Want to do Bobsled. Did You stay off the brakes going down..... Great video!
I used a little braking, since it was my first time and I didn't know what to expect. I wish I could have gone on it a second time... with no use of the brakes!
This popped up in my feed do I checked it out and wanted to drop a comment
Great video! What month was this? Just curious about weather for when we go in October.
It was in May of 2019
For Blue Hole, did you book through Carnival? Seems there are two options to choose from. Both also include tubing and one also has zip lining.
Yes, I booked it through Carnival.
It did not include tubing or zip lining...
Just the blue hole and the bobsled
This is awesome. I'm thinking about booking this cruise for September. Where did you put your personal things such as mobiles and wallets?
You can leave them in the tour bus. The driver stays back with the bus and protects everyone's stuff.
Hi Jim! We are going to this same spot and i was wondering if you booked your excursion thru your cruise line or somewhere else? We are looking at one on tripadvisor. By the way we love you videos being new to cruising they are very informative. Thanks Dorian
We booked that excursion through the cruise line. These are two of Jamaica's biggest tourist attractions, so you'll have no trouble finding a ship-sponsored shore excursion to both places... no matter what cruise line you sail with.
Great thanks! If we were going to do one of the extra pay restaurants the carnival horizon which was your favorite?
Guy's Pig & Anchor Smokehouse, for dinner. The food was fantastic!
Was the excursion called the Mystic Mountain Bobsled & Blue Hole? it says the activity level is difficult. was it a hard hike? Thanks for your help.
There is some hiking on some trails that are steep for brief periods. Nothing a normal, healthy person could not do. Anyone with mobility issues should not do this excursion.
perfect! Thank you!
Thinking of doing this!! Question: if some of my family members opted out of going on the Bobsled, could they swim in the pool while waiting for others to ride?
Definitely yes. That would be no problem.
Hi Jim, nice video of you jumping into the blue hole. Did your wife join you or was she still on the cruise ship? Love your videos so please keep on taking them.
She came along, but she has a bad foot... so she stayed back in the parking lot with the tour bus while I had fun at the Blue Hole. The bobsled is very gentle, so she fully participated in that part.
Hi Jim! I’m doing this excursion with Carnival. Did the Blue Hole have any safe place to store your belongings or backpacks while swimming? Thank you!
Yes, the easiest thing to do is to leave your belongings in the tour bus. The driver stays with the tour bus while you are having fun at the blue hole.
Jim Zim thank you so much! And the bus takes you around to each stop?
what was this excursion called?
How long is the ride down the mountain on the ski lift?
Something like 15 minutes or so.
No height was terrifying, just fun, and nice looking place to go, i would of rather did this over zip lines in the jungle
Jim I want your carefree lifestyle!!
Highly envious, must be nice to go on Cruses and adventures and live that carefree lifestyle. Wished I could afford to go to Alaska. Hell I'd settle for a round trip And never get off the ship. Never happen on retirement funding !!
Is the blue hole and the bobsled included in the same shore excursion?
It was, although there are other variations of shore excursions that are available where you don't go to both. So, choose the excursion that includes whichever combination of Jamaica attractions you're interested in.
Omg i need to visit this place
Do you have to jump in the blue hole during the tour or can you just watch and enjoy the views and entertainment of others jumping
You can just watch and enjoy the views, if you'd like to.
Tidy bowl.
I never considered the bobsleds as a Shore Excursion. How are they for people with bad knees?
No problem at all on the bobsled itself, but...
There is a LOT of standing around in line prior to actually getting on the bobsled. If you have trouble standing for 15+ minutes, you should skip this excursion.
You when on a day. It doesn't always look like that. Water get brown sometime.
I guess I got lucky!
what video carera are you using
Almost the entire video was shot with a GoPro.
@@JimZim Thank you
Are there staff there willing to record or do you have to have other people record you?
No, that's up to you and your friends & family.
Book with tag Jamaica company if you stay at a resort, my mom and I had a private driver and instructor for everything who took pictures, videos stopped to show us local spots. Oreal was our drivers name he was amazing I highly recommend using them we’ve been twice and used them both times. We went here February 2020 so we got lucky and were the only 2 people there at the blue hole besides the tour guide and workers at the blue hole, it is beautiful!!
1st comment!!!!
What was this excursion called? Was it through carnival?
This particular one was called something like Blue Hole & Bobsleds. There are lots of different excursions that go to one or the other, so don't get hung up on the name. Read the description of each of the excursions that are available to you and pick one based on what you want to experience. What I'm trying to say is that there might be four or five different excursions available to you that go to the Blue Hole... plus some other Jamaica attraction. There might also be four or five that go to Mystic Mountain for the bobsleds... plus some other Jamaica attraction. Find the one with the combination of attractions that are most interesting to you.
Is there any pool that is not deep? Asking for ppl doesn't know how to swim or kids
There are quite a few little pools along the river. I bet some of them aren't deep.
Comments ?
Water depth: 8,5344M....Let´s say 8,5M 😂
Hi Jim, your wife look too young to be married for thirty years. I love cruises too. My husband and I always go by ourselves, but I wouldn't mind joining you and your beautiful wife. We live in FL. Which cruise line is this and month it goes to Ochi Rios?
We were on the Carnival Horizon, which currently visits Ocho Rios every other week. Quite a few other cruise ships also visit Ocho Rios... it's a popular port.
If you'd like to join me and Kellyn for a cruise, we do have two group cruises coming up over the next two years. One will be an Alaska cruise on Princess and the other is a Caribbean cruise on a brand new Carnival ship. You'll find details on my web site at www.jimzim.net
Y’all older people say the darkest things… why would somebody born after 93 not know the movie…. I was born in 94 I saw the movie a MILLION TIMES…
I’m guessing you meant darndest.. darkest extra af