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Thanks soon I'll find out. We used Island Marketing. I think I found them originally through tripadvisor.

My understanding is that Island Marketing goes through Action Watersports (can be found by googling 'action watersports grand cayman'--ciactionmarine). We went through Action Watersports when we went to Grand Cayman and the tour was $70/person for two people sharing a waverunner (it is now $75/person). They took our credit card number in case we were a no-show but did not charge a deposit. We paid by travelers cheque when we got there.

We had a slight problem at the beginning of the day. We told them that we would use their transportation ($5/person one way). They told us to "Please meet at the Blue Iguana at 12:20 . When you tender off you will turn right and walk about 4 minutes to the blue iguana. It is also next to the Church of God. your bus will be a Blue and White coaster bus the driver should be Deano God's willing." We went to the Blue Iguana early and looked around (it is a shop) & went and looked at other nearby stores before returning around 12:10 local time. We ended up sitting at the Church of God waiting to see the blue & white coaster bus (we saw other people being picked up in other vehicles outside the church because they have a little driveway. By 12:30 we hopped in a taxi that charged us $12.50 total to get to Grand Caymanian Resort. Our tour was at 1pm so we got to the resort on time still. When we got to the resort there was no one at the Action Watersports shed. We were assured by the front desk that they were on tours and on their way back. I rested in a double-hammock & had a snack (that we packed in our bag) while my DH was freaking out a bit. We then saw the wave runners heading towards us and were much relieved. We also met Deano then and DH said that he had recognized Deano from the Blue Iguana when we were there around 11:15am. So I think it was just a communication problem, even though we never saw the bus--but it all worked out fine.

The tour lasts about 2 hours. It was a very small tour--the two of us and one more family of 3. After paying we put our stuff in the shed, which was locked or occupied while we were gone.

You jet out on the wave runners to stingray city. It is maybe a 20 minute ride? The tour guide anchors and ties the other wave runners to his. You can immediately see how much more personal your tour is compared to the other boats that are anchored in the area. The guide 'wrangles' a female stingray for you to hold and kiss (7 years good luck). They also give each person squid to feed the stingray, which was cool. We stayed there for a maybe 30-45 minutes.

We were then given two options--(a) go to Rum Point to grab something to eat & sit on the beach or (b) go snorkeling for a bit. We snorkeled for about 20 minutes & then headed back to the resort.

It was a lot of fun, I recommend it.

deeno1 - There is a nice quiet place on deck 13. Go forward on deck 12 from where you can see below into the solarium up a flight of stairs. There are plenty of chairs. Half of the area is covered for shade and half in the sun. On our 3/21 sailing there were few people there.

 

TIP: I remembered this when buying toilet paper the other day. The toilet paper is very cheap. If this will bug you for a week - bring your own soft stuff.

I was going to suggest the exact same place. The signs call the area "St Tropez." Very secluded on the 3/21 sailing. I was up there for about an hour and a half during the afternoon and no one else came up there once. I almost wanted to sleep out there one night because it was so quiet and peaceful.

If you're reading the above Windjammer times and thinking where am I going to eat between 3:00 and 6:30 your options are:

Sorrento's Pizza - Salads, Pizza, Pannini's and Desserts 11:30 am-2:00 am

Cafe Promenade - Sandwiches, cookies and desserts 24 hours (pastries in the morning). This is also the coffee bar.

Sprinkles Ice Cream - self serve soft yogurt on the pool deck

For a fee: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Johnny Rockets ($4.95)

We did have Crown & Anchor coupon books in our room but they expired 3/31.

 

TIP: Sign up for the Meet and Mingle. We had 100 people sign up, probably about 50 came. We won two very nice bags of stuff.

Sprinkles hours were 11:00-6:30pm. You can get ice cream in the Windjammer during dinner time. Also, the Windjammer is open for "afternoon tea" from 3:30-5pm (some days from 3-5). "afternoon tea" was just snacks, a smaller version of the buffet. Hot dogs, nachos, etc.