We managed to get most of our party tickets for the first two tenders, so after eating breakfast in the main dining room we headed to the beach. The water temp was a little cold for come of us, but I thought that it was just right. In spite of the 2000 passengers on the same beach there seemed to be an adequate number of beach chairs. We spotted sting rays, a large barracuda, flounders, octopus, lots of jellyfish and so on. We actually got onto the beach at about 10:30am, and left for the ship at 4:30pm. We had filled out the card for the snorkeling vest on the ship, so we didn't have to fill out the release forms on the island, even though we hadn't brought the tickets with us. Those that didn't fill the out the form onboard had to fill one out before they could get the snorkel vest. The lunch was the same as the Great Outdoors Restaurant. There was a tour available that took you around the island, and from the tour you could see lots of empty beaches on the other side of the island, so even with 2000 fellow passengers on the island, you could find some time to be alone. The island was very nice.