kitty2264 Posted February 21, 2019 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2019 "Cayman Highlights, Hell & Heritage Beach" Has anyone taken this Princess Tour on Grand Cayman? The title says "Heritage Beach" which is on the east end of Cayman, however, the tour description says stops include Rum Cake Factory, Hell and a three hour stop at "Seven Mile Beach" all of which are on the west end of the island. A google of Heritage Beach tells me that it is not recommended for swimming and I am trying to figure out if the tour in fact does really go to Heritage Beach or is the tour simply incorrectly titled. If anyone has been on this and could tell me about it, I would appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted February 21, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2019 You may find better information on the Port Specific threads. One thing about the Caymans- you can probably negotiate a lot of beach visits without a formal tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted February 21, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2019 The visit to Hell is worth about 15 minutes, 2 minutes to take pictures & the rest of the time to get into the gift shop to see overpriced items made in China & buy postcards to send to friends telling them they've been to Hell. The Rum Cake Factory is a shop where dozens of people pile in the store clamoring for a piece of free rum cake. You can get the same thing in town. If you like beaches then it's worth getting a taxi to take your to the Seven Mile Beach area for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike45LC Posted February 21, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I do not know the answer to your question, but I highly recommend a visit to Sting Ray City while you are at Grand Cayman. This is one of my favorite excursions in the Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauiLvrs Posted February 26, 2019 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2019 We haven’t been to hell ... we’ve always gone diving... Just didn’t seem worth not having the time in the water ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty2264 Posted February 26, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I was really just hoping someone who had taken this excursion might know what beach they actually stop at, because it is apparently not Heritage beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itf Posted February 26, 2019 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Unless you're desperate to go to a terrible tourist trap find a beach excursion without the "hell" portion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler2100 Posted February 28, 2019 #8 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I took this tour with Carnival a couple years ago. It was horrible in every way. I wrote Carnival after we got home and they actually refunded me the cost. They sent me a check and it was not a credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink flamingo52 Posted March 1, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just did this excursion today. We are on the Regal. Bad experience. We very rarely complain but did today. The beach is not seven mile. You cannot even get in the ocean. Better off taking transportation to seven mile. We were so disappointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted March 1, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Good Grief ... If going to HELL was not bad enough ... seems the rest was also Hell on this excursion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted March 1, 2019 #11 Share Posted March 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Pink flamingo52 said: Just did this excursion today. We are on the Regal. Bad experience. We very rarely complain but did today. The beach is not seven mile. You cannot even get in the ocean. Better off taking transportation to seven mile. We were so disappointed! That's the best way of an enjoyable day at the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorjan Posted March 1, 2019 #12 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I took this excursion last fall on the Caribbean Princess. We went to seven mile beach. A great beach, but at the entrance, the staff rifled through our beach bags , and removed any source of food and drink. They confiscated cans of soda, sandwiches, cookies, fruit, it made the lines long waiting to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty2264 Posted March 1, 2019 Author #13 Share Posted March 1, 2019 It appears from the previous four comments that they must select a different beach from time to time. The picture from Majorjan's excursion looks pretty nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted March 1, 2019 #14 Share Posted March 1, 2019 2 hours ago, majorjan said: I took this excursion last fall on the Caribbean Princess. We went to seven mile beach. A great beach, but at the entrance, the staff rifled through our beach bags , and removed any source of food and drink. They confiscated cans of soda, sandwiches, cookies, fruit, it made the lines long waiting to get in. That sounds just like what they do in Cozumel. LOL 😁 They've found that it increases food & beverage sales tremendously since loads of people just pack snacks & soda from the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorjan Posted March 1, 2019 #15 Share Posted March 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, floridalover5623 said: That sounds just like what they do in Cozumel. LOL 😁 They've found that it increases food & beverage sales tremendously since loads of people just pack snacks & soda from the ship. Exactly! They took my snacks, and we joined all the others at the bar to buy overpriced food and drinks. The place was mobbed. And in reply to Kitty 2264, the beach was awesome, no sharp rocks, no need for water shoes, special area where you can reserve a cabana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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