Stephanie Wright My advice? DON'T GO THERE. Not Yet. Give them about 10 or 12 years to clean things up and get the place running again. I'm not sure why the cruise company planners thought that the island could handle that many tourists in about an 8-hour span of time. IT DOES NOT WORK. The city of Georgetown has a LONG way to go before it will be able to bring real enjoyment to the cruise set. Their hurricane happened a year ago. And it seems like it happened only a few months ago. We had to use births to get from the ship to the chain-link fence rocky area (looks like a prisoner camp of some kind). Then the waiting began. Our excursions was called the "Rays, Reef, and lunch Combo." We were loaded onto some old shuttle buses, driven for about 30 minutes, taken to a small pier where we were greeted by a somewhat friendly staff on a double-decker old boat. We were taken to what looked to be a sliver of a coral reef, and dumped in the water after being given mediocre snorkeling equipment and a short, but intelligent lecture on the animal life and precautions to take, such as not touching the coral. After everyone had a chance to snorkel for a while near the reef, we got back onto the boat and moved out away from the reef about 400 to 500 yards and suddenly were told we had just arrived in Stingray City. Which did not look like any of the pictures we'd seen. The staff were the only ones allowed to feed the rays, which was find with me. But I personally would have rather to have the introduction to them be on the beach or sandbar instead of in 12-14 feet of water. Anyway, I tried to get some pics on one of those disposable underwater cameras (not sure yet how they turned out.) After we all got back on board the shuttle bus, it started to rain. Once at dock, we had to board another shuttle bus to take us to what was called the "Beach Club and Resort". Apparently, our on group wasn't the only outside group expected for this thing. There were HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE. Very little shelter from the rain. My husband and I were both starving, but didn't feel like waiting in line forever, so thought we could get somebody to take us downtown to look around and get some food. It is $4.00 cash per person. To get back to the ship it was $5.00 per person. Nearly all of the shuttle drivers charged the same to take you back and forth. The problem is that they WILL NOT leave until the bus is TOTALLY FULL. Possibly even with people standing up inside the bus. So if you need one, grab one that is almost complete filled so you won't have to sit forever for the driver to fill the bus. The fiasco of getting back onto the ship from Georgetown was just unbelievably ridiculous. The guys driving the boats kept edging our berths out of the way (high school crap). So the line leading to the place to actually get back onboard the Rhapsody was at last 3/4 mile long and did not move for a VERY long time.