Stinkybaby Posted March 19, 2016 #1 Share Posted March 19, 2016 We are arriving at grand Cayman at 8:00 am (according to NCLs website... Does that mean local time or ship time) and want to go to stingray city as early as possible to beat the crowd. I emailed captain Marvin and he has a group leaving at 10 am but I'd like to go earlier if possible. Should I just book with the cruise line? The NCL excursion website has a stingray city and snorkel excursion but it has 2 reviews, one good and one bad. Should I just stick with captain Marvin? Our ship leaves at 4 and I'm afraid of getting left behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifes-a-beach Posted March 20, 2016 #2 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Captain Marvin is a tried and true company. You mentioned beating the crowd; if you really want to see a crowd book with the cruise line. Capt Marvin's boat holds like 25 or so folks and the cruise tours might have 100 or more. Capt Marvin timed our arrival so that those crowds were either gone or about to be. We made a couple of snorkeling stops and still had plenty of time to interact with the stingrays. Of all the ports we have visited, both extremely commercial and extremely remote, I would rate Grand Cayman as the least likely to be left behind, particularly with a well respected outfit like Capt. Marvins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantfan13 Posted March 24, 2016 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2016 We just returned from Grand Cayman and used Captain Marvin for our visit to Sting Ray City. I understand so much is made of 'beating the crowds' but in reality is really makes no difference. The area is large and there are many boars there. Each boat/tour drops it's passengers off and they usually stay around that part of the area. There are maybe 20-30 other such little groups around but you are really oblivious to them as your guide will be doing their thing in your area and you will never even notice the others. The 'Rays' don't care and there are many of them to go around. Cheers Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted March 24, 2016 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Ship's time is ALL THAT MATTERS....remember that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 25, 2016 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2016 It should be local time. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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