Ditto Katlaughing's advice. Antigua is a great place. It's one of the few remaining islands in the West Indies that isn't entirely spoiled by tourism. As dey say, "Me cahn say becaz me know, mon." I spent almost two years there, and loved every single minute. The annual Antigua Sailing Week is probably the best time to be there. That's the last couple days of May through the first week of April. People from all over the world bring their sail boats and yachts down there and race by day, and party by night. I mean SERIOUS PARTAY on the beach! Free beer and food (at least at most of the parties I went to.) Best kind of parties, too, because they are spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment. Laid back and care free. Serious ting, mon, Antigua is crucial to a truly good Caribbean cruise experience.