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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I wasn't terribly impressed with Atlantis. However, we flew into Nassau, then got on my in-laws' boat that was docked at the Atlantis, and the next day when to a small island 3-hours away, where we stayed. Spent 2 days at Atlantis on the way home. After the beauty of staying on the tiny island, my opinion may be skewed.

The aquarium is not some hours-long adventure like the Baltimore aquarium would be. It is pretty cool, but takes maybe 10 minutes to walk through.

I found the rest of the areas (the sharks etc.) to be unimpressive. I dunno. I just couldn't believe how expensive that place was for what it is.[/quote]

We did this too but spent a little longer at Atlantis on the front-end of the trip.  I found it to be Disney-like and crowded for my taste, but a LOT of people like that kind of thing.  They do have great food and service.  Did you go to Harbour Island - the little island with no cars and pink sand?  That's where we went and LOVED it.... but probably too hard to get to for OP. I think you have to take a small plane from Nassau, then short boat ride from there.[/quote]

PP here. Nope, we did not go to Harbour Island but I've heard good things about it. We took the boat to Compass Cay, in the Exumas. The boat is one that we lived on, full kitchen, etc. We docked at Compass Cay, which is a small island with no stores or anything like that. Our days consisted of hiking to various places on the island, snorkeling (either right at Compass Cay or at nearby places we would take the dinghy to, such as Thunderball Grotto), scuba diving off the boat, socializing with other people docked in the marina. Sometimes we would take the dinghy to a nearby island for lunch. Extremely relaxing trip. [/quote]

Sounds heavenly. We were staying on boat too but went off to Harbour Island from Atlantis - pretty remote but Compass Cay sounds even more so. There are so many little islands to explore. I do think you're right - Atlantis is nice after something like that because you're getting the natural, secluded fix first. [/quote]

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