lovetotraveltx
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- Dec 30, 2011
Disney, without explanation, just cancelled everyone from the Deluxe Stingray City Port Excursion on Grand Cayman Our Cruise is mid October. What would be your plan B? Anywhere to walk? Thank you!
We hung out there on our last trip and had a good time talking to people from the cruise. We ended up talking to them several times on the ship later. It was nice to use their free wifi for a bit to track Hurricane Irma.We found a Margarittaville just outside the main port
I think this is the way I would go. Nothing wrong with excursions, but the beaches in Grand Cayman are really nice.You can take a cab (4$/pp each way) and go to Royal Palms (more or less 5 minutes from the port)... It's only 2$/pp to get in and you can rent chairs and umbrellas if you want. They have cabanas too. The beach is amazing, the food is good, clean place, nice staff. Loved it.
I think this is the way I would go. Nothing wrong with excursions, but the beaches in Grand Cayman are really nice.
Our first time we snorkeled in the morning and did some shopping in the afternoon (I think we went back to the ship for lunch before heading back out). The second time we did a tour of the turtle farm. The third time we spent it on the ship; never bothered to disembark. But we're not beach people at all so beaches don't interest us. We did the stingray excursion on Castaway Cay a few years ago so haven't bothered to do it on other islands.
Just did the turtle farm in May. My 12 y.o. daughter really enjoyed it. Great educational experience and fun too. The turtles are beautiful and you get the chance to hold/get in the water with them. Took the city bus (vans) out there. Cheap and you get a mini tour of the island and how they live. Now that was very educational for my daughter!! This is the safest I have ever felt in a Caribbean island. The people are very welcoming.Was the turtle farm worth seeing? And, can you walk to good shops? Anywhere different to eat? Thank you!