tkline Posted August 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 10, 2019 We are planning to visit the Bahamas and the #1 thing we want to do is see the swimming pigs. I read an old blog post saying there was an excursion from Cocokay. Does anyone know if RCL still offers that? I tried looking through the excursions on their site, but didn't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted August 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, tkline said: We are planning to visit the Bahamas and the #1 thing we want to do is see the swimming pigs. I read an old blog post saying there was an excursion from Cocokay. Does anyone know if RCL still offers that? I tried looking through the excursions on their site, but didn't see it Yes...I'm seeing it offered in the cruise planner for my May 2020 cruise stop in CocoCay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted August 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I hope they're not offering it. It's quite cruel to the pigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare steamboats Posted August 10, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 10, 2019 But don´t be disappointed - it´s not the pig island known through media reports. That one is too far away. It´s just a place where they put some pigs. steamboats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkline Posted August 10, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted August 10, 2019 What's cruel about it? We were hoping it was the real pig island, don't know if we want to go to some fake one they made to cash in. I was wondering about this one, because on google maps the real island looks far away. I did find some private excursions leaving from Nassau, but it's an 8+ hour excursion and we were afraid if we did that it would be risky trying to get back to the ship on time. So is this like a pig petting zoo that rcl built themselves? We did find this one on Norwegian https://www.ncl.com/shore-excursions/FPO_04/Swim-with-the-Pigs ?destination=Bahamas+%26+Florida+Cruises&sort=searchWeight&sortOrder=asc&perPage=12 But we like RCL and Celebrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted August 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 10, 2019 53 minutes ago, tkline said: What's cruel about it? Mainly, the pigs are not in their natural habitat. They are forced to swim if they want to eat. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-bahamas-swimming-with-pigs-under-fire-20190426-story.html https://www.chasingasun.com/blog/4-reasons-why-you-should-skip-seeing-the-swimming-pigs https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/03/swimming-pigs-bahamas-death/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkline Posted August 10, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted August 10, 2019 oh, that sucks 😞 But, I thought the ones on the real pig island were natural or at least no one knows how they got there, and they live on their own in the wild? But I doubt that stops tourists from feeding them every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted August 10, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, tkline said: oh, that sucks 😞 But, I thought the ones on the real pig island were natural or at least no one knows how they got there, and they live on their own in the wild? But I doubt that stops tourists from feeding them every day That's true about the ones on the real pig island. But Coco Cay is not the real pig island. There's a lot of other articles written about it, if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkline Posted August 10, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Oh, yeah, we would only want to do the real island not some fake petting zoo at sea. Guess we'll have to keep searching for a cruise that can go to the real one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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