Labadee, Haiti - Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas - Travel With Kids DVD
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wow good job guys for the first time i saw a foreign video talking about some good side of haiti and documentary is so well done i enjoy it
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@Hawkszone the earthquake only happened in Port au prince
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Yes...Stopped there Dec 2011
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love it
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@travelwithkids I know! Why isolate the poor people? The earthquake didn't really affect Labadee anyway but the city side of Haiti. People shouldn't feel guilty when Royal Caribbean just built a school in Haiti which they sponsor. It's still a beautiful place to visit but people shouldn't stop just because the people faced major destruction.
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This place is amazing. Just don’t like to watch videos like this too much ‘cause it makes me miss it even more.
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I'm stopping here in July 2011 on the Oasis of the Seas! I can't wait!
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i dont understand goin to a country just to experience jumping on a water float 50 yards from the cruise. do they not have any on island excursions??
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what the hell? i went here in 2002 when i was 12 years old and they didnt have half this stuff such as the waterpark, waterslide, and the giant inflatable mountain. it was still fun though!
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I went on a cruise last year 2009 , i went haiti i remember. i went on jewel of the seas i loved the dinner a restaurent called the tides
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I was there in 2008 . It was amazing.
Could anyone tell me if Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas is still stopping there?
speroup 2 years ago
Yes, they are still making regular scheduled stops to this port. It was decided not to abandon the 300 Hatians they employ at this time, which I have to agree with.
travelwithkids 2 years ago 4
Look kids - earthquake victims! Oh well, back to the jetskis.
Hawkszone 2 years ago
Funny. I'm sure you realized this video for the Travel with Kid Cruise DVD was filmed last year and posted 8 months ago. Royal Caribbean is continuing to dock at this port. Good for locals who continue have jobs in the coming months. The ships are bringing relief supplies. They employ 500 Hatians at this port. Odd to be living it up while thousands are suffering just 60 miles away? Probably, but I think it would be worse to pull out and shut down the port at this point.
travelwithkids 2 years ago 2
bsolute scum. port of prince harbour is unusable. WHY is this harbour NOT being used for the relief effort? these scum floating around on their polluting monstrocities with their armed guards deserved to be stormed by the people. I will be posting about it on every Haitin site I can find and giving directions.
batttyboi 2 years ago
Point well taken. However, the Labadee "port" is not a port at all. The ships have to stay 15 minutes off shore because they are too big to dock in fact, there is no dock, but a small concrete jetty big enough for a couple of locals to tie up their row boats. I stood on it to take some of this video. The large ships are offloading some supplies to smaller boats and bringing them ashore, but this is 60 miles away from the capital, and the trucks would be attacked and looted No easy solution.
travelwithkids 2 years ago