Port was convenient and we actually walked from our Downtown/French Quarter Hotel to the ship. The city is a lovely place to visit, and we always enjoy the food.

Great little town to walk around, and nice carts with local arts and crafts. The people were friendly, but didn't pester you. We had great fajitas at Wet Wendy's. Ask for Abraham. He's awesome.

We didn't get off the ship at Roatan. We had nothing scheduled, and it rained for several hours starting around lunchtime (as forecast when we checked in Cozumel). I rated average because other cruisers said nothing to do unless you took a tour or excursion. After researching the port before leaving I would only take a Norwegian Shore Excursion, though some had great luck with local guides.

Norwegian and Belize did a wonderful job here. We could have spent hours watching the pelicans fish off the walkway from the ship. The beach is beautiful and there were plenty of chairs. The flowers are gorgeous. We ate lunch on the ship and then came back. The walk has been criticized in reviews, but it's not a long walk at all back to the ship for lunch or there is a Belize owned pay restaurant on the island that guests said was very good. There's also a shuttle if you don't want to walk to the ship. Don't miss the Nature Center and Blue Morphos Butterfly Exhibit. We've been to Belize before, but learned a lot in the Nature Center from the tour guide. Harvest Caye also has zip lines and fun water vehicles. We'd like to return to try some of them.

We were approached by hawkers the minute we exited the port. In the tourist area they are thick, but well dressed and polite. In the main town there is really nothing to see. The locals there are more aggressive, telling you about their town and asking for tips. We loved the Jerk Centre Restaurant. It's not downtown, is walk-able from the port with the best Jerk Chicken and Jerk Pork we've ever had. Several tour guides were bringing their groups here.

It's near Turtle River Park, which is quite pretty. Treasure Beach used to be free, but they've changed the name and charge $3 per day. We decided to just go back to the shopping area and then the ship. We heard good things about the shore excursions.