Rare PattiPB Posted July 21, 2005 #1 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hello all! We very much want to book the stingray sandbar tour through a private company. This is my dilemma: We are on the Inspiration, and only in port from 7 am - 2 pm! I'm nervous about returning to the ship in time. If I book the am tour with Nativeways, it ends around noon. Is that ship time or island time or Hammer time!!! LOL!!! Please reassure me about the times! I DON'T want to book through Carnival, but I want to relax and be able to enjoy myself. Will we have enough time without running through the streets screaming!?!?!? TIA~ Patti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenandlaura06 Posted July 21, 2005 #2 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I know myself---I could only be relaxed if I felt I had more than enough time. That is why I am booking with the cruiseline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillian_lpn Posted July 21, 2005 #3 Share Posted July 21, 2005 My husband and I did the same thing last year with nativeway and we had tons of time to spare. Remember they make there somey from us so they dont want anything bad to happen. Dont worry they are great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por911 Posted July 21, 2005 #4 Share Posted July 21, 2005 we are using Captain Marvins. They have an 8:30 trip that we're taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenandlaura06 Posted July 21, 2005 #5 Share Posted July 21, 2005 My husband and I did the same thing last year with nativeway and we had tons of time to spare. Remember they make there somey from us so they dont want anything bad to happen. Dont worry they are great!!! Good point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PattiPB Posted July 22, 2005 Author #6 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Thank you all!!! We are a group of 7 people, and the cost is less than half if I book myself! I don't mean to sound cheap, but that's a lot of rum punches KWIM!?!?!?!?!? Patti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellya Posted July 22, 2005 #7 Share Posted July 22, 2005 Nativeway tours use Central time (with no daylight savings time). Your ship will use the time from whatever port it departed from (usually). Check Capers to find out the departure time and last tender time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunny852 Posted July 22, 2005 #8 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I found that when I emailed Capt. Marvin's about our stingray trip, Ruth emailed me back with all the details I needed to know, as well as assuring me we would be back in time! So, just email the company that you are interested in using, and go from there!! Have a great time! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrn Posted July 23, 2005 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2005 We used Soto's, and I highly recommend them. We did the 9:30-11:30 tour, and we were back on time. They have vans waiting to take you back to the pier as soon as the boat gets back. Grand Cayman does not observe daylight savings time, and our ship stayed on Miami time, so Cayman time was an hour earlier, than ship time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueandkent Posted July 23, 2005 #10 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Check with Mark at Moby Dick Tours. He seems to be pretty accommodating to the wierd port times this stop seems to have for all cruise lines. We have 12 booked from our CC roll call for November and he's been just great to deal with. Gets back to you very quick too when you send email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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