Royal Caribbean calls this their ‘private island’ when in fact it’s actually a small peninsula located on the north side of the island of Haiti.  Because there is no pier, all passengers must be tendered to the beach, which was handled relatively quickly since they have increased the number of tenders.  Getting back on board took a while longer only because everyone waited until the last minute to get in line. There are three beaches, but most passengers park themselves in the first beach they come to, which leaves the second beach not as crowded and the third beach hardly used at all.  If it had been just my wife and I, we would have opted for the third beach but the youngsters wanted to see and be seen, so we found some lounge chairs under a big tree and staked out our area for the day.  It was a beautiful day and the water was very warm and clear – truly a lovely day at the beach to relax.  I only had two complaints about our day; Royal Caribbean requires all snorkelers to rent an inflatable vest for $6 each.  Although we understood the need to have these for some people, we all had our own snorkel gear since we are accomplished scuba divers and found them to be more of a gimmick to earn money than anything else.  You could swim without one; you just couldn’t snorkel without one – go figure the logic.  The other complaint centered around the environment.  There were many small conch shells on the bottom and I saw several people picking them up and carrying them out of the water.  I asked one of the lifeguards if this was permitted and he said it was not, yet there were no signs and no enforcement of the rule.  Being a conscientious scuba diver, I found this to be rather disconcerting. The food was all brought over from the ship and is free of charge.  It wasn’t all that great and the choices were few, but given the circumstances, they did a pretty good job of providing for everyone. The Haitian Market was filled with the usual island tourist wares and the locals were only slightly pushy, but you get that pretty much everywhere down there so it wasn’t a problem. For those more adventuresome, there were jet skis and parasailing available as well as a ‘water park’.  I would not recommend the water park only because it had very little to offer and costs $15 for 50 minutes of use – something we all found ridiculously expensive. But overall, it was a nice day to relax and enjoy the sun, sand, and water.