My oh my what a GORGEOUS beach….. All I can say is if you haven’t been to HMC and don’t have a cruise booked that has HMC in your itinerary, you are missing out. We took the first tender (Priority tendering) and thankfully the beach was empty when got there, so we walked down a bit (knowing further down = less crowds) and grabbed some first row lounge chairs (no charge). Beach did get crowded by a few hours which was expected but didn’t take away from its beauty. There is delicious BBQ/food available also at no charge.