Lori Curtis

We booked the Stingray tour through Captain Marvin’s. Tendering off the ship is no problem. This was our worst day though!! It was raining a little as we tendered off the ship. We took the very quick walk to Captain Marvin’s (highly recommend this Company). We got on their boat about 40 minutes later (you take a 5 minute bus ride to the dock) and headed out to sea. The seas were a little rough. We got in the water and it started to POUR. I mean, hurt your skin, waves crashing over us and everything. A lot of people stayed in the water, but we chose to get out after 5 minutes. I kept getting hit by waves and just choking on the salt water. The Captain of the boat called everyone in after about 20 minutes because it was just getting to rough and windy. The skies were black. Pretty awesome sight if you weren’t on a boat shivering in a wet towel! The Captain then said we would NOT be snorkeling at the Reef because it would be too dangerous. I think he made a good decision, most of the passengers agreed. We did make one more stop at the Coral Gardens, the weather calmed down a bit. It was beautiful! However, pouring rain on the ride back.

Now here’s a heads up. There were FIVE ships in port. It took us 2 and a half hours to catch a tender back. The line was unbelievable. People were pushing and shoving…it was a mad house. I have to say DH and I were cursing Carnival out at this point. Though in retrospect, it wasn’t truly their fault. We were now in a tropical Storm and everyone wanted back on the ship at the same time. They estimated that there were over 500 passengers trying to get back at one time. Looking back, I can laugh at the whole thing. But during this time, I just felt bad for all the families with small children and also the older folks. They wouldn’t even let them go to the beginning of the line. Once we did get back to the ship, we took a hot shower for about 10 minutes. The air wasn’t that cold, but after 3 hours in a wet swim suit and soaking towel, it just froze you to the bones.

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