Your day, step by step
08:30
Leave the terminal by licensed taxi. Agree the fare and a 15:00 pick-up time on the Hip Strip.
09:00
Arrive at Doctor's Cave Bathing Club (open from 08:30) while it is still quiet; pay US$8 and claim a spot.
11:30
Walk along the Hip Strip, browsing shops and the Reggae and Dancehall Wall of Fame.
12:30
Lunch at the Pelican Grill on the Hip Strip.
13:30
Swim again or have a drink at Margaritaville on the Hip Strip.
15:00
Meet your taxi on the Hip Strip, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Hip Strip (Gloucester Avenue)15:00
15:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Hip Strip (Gloucester Avenue)Licensed taxi, about 10 min15:00
- Doctor's Cave BeachLicensed taxi, about 10 min15:00
- Rose Hall Great HouseLicensed taxi14:30
Where people get Montego Bay wrong
Trying to walk out of the Freeport terminal, or heading out without agreeing a fare and return pick-up time.
Built from our Montego Bay guide, checked against 22 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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