Where to Stay / What to do - Nassau

[Cat3C]

There have been some very bad things happen to some cruise excursions over the past few months. Nassau is perhaps creeping to a new low. I would not be out at night unless I was very close to my hotel

 

[Fernando]

There have been some very bad things happen to some cruise excursions over the past few months. Nassau is perhaps creeping to a new low. I would not be out at night unless I was very close to my hotel

what happened?

 

[nismo611]

Uh No.....Nasty as you're a little white kid who clearly stands out as a pilot tourista wandering around with a Spring Break buzz and $80 in his pocket.

Thats enough to get you killed in Nassau at night.

:laugh:

Enjoy!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/cruise-news/6669176/Nassau-crime-wave-hits-cruises.html

Get you killed? that place is safer than half the cities in the US. Philly, Vegas, Sewark, New Orleans, Cleveland?????????? Would you walk around any of those places during the day the day let alone at night? Sure if you walk around like a little ************************* and dress like an ass master you might get robbed but that goes for just about anywhere. The British Colonial Hilton puts you close to the fish fry best food in town, the beach sucks though. Most hotels are pretty close to the same half assed conditions down there.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Get you killed? that place is safer than half the cities in the US. Philly, Vegas, Sewark, New Orleans, Cleveland?????????? Would you walk around any of those places during the day the day let alone at night? Sure if you walk around like a little ************************* and dress like an ass master you might get robbed but that goes for just about anywhere. The British Colonial Hilton puts you close to the fish fry best food in town, the beach sucks though. Most hotels are pretty close to the same half assed conditions down there.

Well enjoy the fish fry and the colonial Hilton man...I'll take ANY of those cities over Nassua ANY day. Hell....aside from the distance away, I'd take Mumbai or Jakarta over Nassau.

If thats the best food in town you are likely on a fractional or regional per-diem. Save up a few weeks worth and try out Chez Willie on Bay St. Far better. Hilton points must make Nassau an exotic layover?

I'm with the others here, any extended stay I'd check on the ability to repo or airline out of dumpy Nassau. If not, like anywhere, I'd just use common sense and keep in mind there's a new crime scene in Nassau - simple robberies of white tourists are now done with shotguns and beat downs..http://blog.lipcon.com/2009/11/nassau_crime_wave_hits_cruises.html.

Google more yourself - plenty of cruise ships have ditched MYNN in the last year or so. Would I insist I'd NOT stay there because its unsafe? NO...but I'd jump on the opportunity to catch a flight to KFLL etc for the week.

and really....

"ass master"............"dude"....are you 12 yrs old?

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

After a couple of dozen trips there I am of the opinion that Nassau is simply a recreation of mid-80's Atlantic City, albiet with warmer water. I've never understood how wealthy people that can afford their own plane (or at least a share of one) travel to Nassau. I am sure this does not reflect the rest of the Bahamas, which as mentioned above, are much better places to visit.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I believe the wealthy usually go to MYNN for the One and Only Ocean Club....(at least that's the only reason I have ever been there...)

Also, until very recently, there was no other place in the Bahamas for very large yachts.

They certainly don't go for the beaches, hospitality, Atlantis, or Cable Beach....

 

[nismo611]

Well enjoy the fish fry and the colonial Hilton man...I'll take ANY of those cities over Nassua ANY day. Hell....aside from the distance away, I'd take Mumbai or Jakarta over Nassau.

If thats the best food in town you are likely on a fractional or regional per-diem. Save up a few weeks worth and try out Chez Willie on Bay St. Far better. Hilton points must make Nassau an exotic layover?

I'm with the others here, any extended stay I'd check on the ability to repo or airline out of dumpy Nassau. If not, like anywhere, I'd just use common sense and keep in mind there's a new crime scene in Nassau - simple robberies of white tourists are now done with shotguns and beat downs..http://blog.lipcon.com/2009/11/nassau_crime_wave_hits_cruises.html.

Google more yourself - plenty of cruise ships have ditched MYNN in the last year or so. Would I insist I'd NOT stay there because its unsafe? NO...but I'd jump on the opportunity to catch a flight to KFLL etc for the week.

and really....

"ass master"............"dude"....are you 12 yrs old?

Would you like me to look up crime stats on US cities? I bet I can find more than just one mugging that someone got beat up and a shotgun was used.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Would you like me to look up crime stats on US cities? I bet I can find more than just one mugging that someone got beat up and a shotgun was used.

Do I want you to look up crime statistics?.....uh sure, if you want....

Oh, why you're at it, why not ask the Bahamian Government about the crime rates in Nassau. Im sure you will get an accurate answer. After all, tourism is really only a small part of their economy...they wouldn't lie.

Seriously, enjoy MYNN. To each his own. To some its Paradise and adds to their "International Experience"..lol.... To me its a F'n ghetto that I'd be happy to never see again.

 

[54fighting]

To some its Paradise and adds to their "International Experience"

Damn straight!!! And everytime I go to ACK that is another crossing. :beer:

 

[NCherches]

Anyone know if the Wyndham is nice down there?

 

[SabreFlyR]

Anyone know if the Wyndham is nice down there?

I spent a week there last June and it was a decent place with clean rooms. It's a few miles from town, but you can catch a bus out front for a a $1.50 or so to get into town.

 

[JSky26]

If you're on Paradise Island, walk across the bridge to Potters Cay, the straw market with the brightly colored shacks and walk around. You can get beers and food at different ones. Make sure you hit Uncle Tellis' conch stand and get the wild boar if he has it. Tellis is a nice guy and was featured on the front page of the USA Today Money section in January in an article about the economy affecting tourism. If you have a grill, you can buy a fish from other vendors and bring it back with you. With your back toward Atlantis, take a left along Eastern Road, and the first dirt parking lot you come to usually has a family or two selling conch and fresh caught fish.

Senor Frogs is where all the drunk cruise girls go. Make sure you hit Crazy Johnnies as well.

And explain to me what's wrong with this?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Damn straight!!! And everytime I go to ACK that is another crossing. :beer:

The problem is ya do it every weekend......its like saying that going skiing in Vail is "vacation"...:erm:

Stop by and say HI sometime if you are around the next few weeks....