Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but I'm guessing that someone who subscribes to this thread will know the answer, since we're all currency-exchange-minimizing obsessed...

I'm headed for Aruba tomorrow, and I've heard that a lot of places will accept USD cash for payment. I'm guessing that the places that do this will not be giving out favorable exchange rates, so that I should get a chunk of Aruban cash out of an ATM as soon as I land. Am I right about that?

I'll be primarily using my Washington Mutual ATM card and my Capital One Platinum Mastercard - I assume Cap1 is still my best option for foreign CC spending, and sadly I don't have any ATM cards that give no forex fee, so I think WaMu (1% + $2 or $3 according to the wiki) is better than BofA (1% + $5) or Merrill Lynch (wiki doesn't say, but I seem to remember flat 2%).

Let me know if anyone has experience with Aruba...

-huge