I would be interested in booking the excursions directly from the tour operators, but couldn't find a website. The cruiseciritc website doesn't really tell you much about excursions. It just tells you historical stuff about the ports and favorite drinks and stuff. I don't really need to know all of that. Plus. I can't even see all my ports listed. Maybe I am looking in the wrong section. The restaurant and bar sounds cool, but I doubt it would be the proper setting since I am going with my parents.