Grand Cayman
Hayley Arnold
Hayley
Arnold
Rays and Reef Combo with Lunch
We had to get on tender boats to get to shore.
These were ok with exception of their bumping up against the ship during
boarding, which jarred most of us on the tender boat. We did the Rays
and Reef Combo with Lunch ($94 per adult). This allowed us to snorkel
around a coral reef and then visit Stingray City, where we mingled with
friendly stingrays. Then we were taken to a beach club resort (which
didn’t seem like a resort) and had a lunch. The water and wildlife were
really great for snorkeling. We saw eels and friendly sharks as well as
some beautifully colored fish. The excursion staff were terrific and
friendly. The stingray city was definitely a unique experience that is
worth having. The lunch was advertised as “sumptuous” but was really
wasn’t all that good (hamburgers, grilled chicken, pasta salad, etc.)
The lunch’s only saving grace was that we were really hungry. After
eating and lounging on the beach for an hour and a half or so, we were
given transport back to the ship right on time for all aboard. In
retrospect, we might have done better to do the combo without lunch ($66
per person) and found lunch at a beach club with better food that would
let us use their lounges and gotten a cab ($5 per person) back to the
ship.