Poor Grand Cayman. Arrived via cruise ship but had to tender in because the dock was gone from the hurricane. The island is pretty much destroyed; no hotels were open because they had no roofs or windows. Not a tree left standing on the island, and venturing inland it looked as if a bomb had went off. The locals told us they had a 50-foot tidal surge. Almost all of the jewelry stores were open downtown but no restaurants. I had pre-booked a snorkel cruise to Stingray City through Capt Marvin’s www.captainmarvins.com. It is a short 4-minute walk from the cruise ship and they were wonderful. We had about 12 people on our boat compared to the ship’s shore excursion with 100. We each had personal attention from the Capt. Marvin’s crew they were great! We went to Sting Ray City and wow; I have never had an experience like that. There were 100’s of rays and one was about 5 feet across by 7 feet long it was huge. The kids on our boat were scared to death. I wouldn’t recommend this to the faint-hearted child or adult for that matter. But just standing on the boat checking everything out was a blast. We snorkeled at the reef, water clarity was great, and a lot of fish but most of the coral are dead. Even with the damage, I would recommend staying in Grand Cayman they are working had to get everything cleaned up. Almost every hotel had a work crew at it. Check out almost 30 different shore excursions in Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Shore Excursions