Cayman Pirate Encounter and Royal Palms Beach Review plus video footage

[dz63]

We cruised the Western Caribbean on board the Carnival Triumph in July. This is our review of the Cayman Pirate Encounter and Royal Palms Beach.

 

Cayman Pirate Encounter: We left the ship at 8:30 am and took the tender to shore. We then waited for our Cayman Pirate Encounter to begin at 9:00. We followed a pirate to the next pier where we hopped onto another tender boat that took us to the pirate ship. There was a pirate on board dressed like Jack Sparrow—what a hit that was for our 8 year old! After watching "Jack" shoot a cannon at the Triumph and hear the pirates shout at the people on the Triumph to "stop eating", the kids got to "swab the deck" and repeat a pirate oath. Later, we could jump from the ship's upper deck (about 15' above water level) or walk the plank into the warm, crystal clear water of the Caribbean Sea. All jumpers had to wear an inflatable flotation vest. Free sodas and rum punch were served on board.

We headed back to shore at 11:00 am.

 

Royal Palms Beach: Near the ships pier we hired an air-conditioned mini-van taxi to take us to Royal Palms Beach. The taxi fare was $4.00/person each way for a short 5-minute ride. The taxi drivers hold up a sign offering tours of the island.

 

Royal Palms Beach is part of 7-mile Beach. The sand is white and powdery and the water is a beautiful crystal clear turquoise colour. There is no fee to enter the beach. There is a grill at Royal Palms Beach where you can buy food and drinks. We ordered two pizzas, a platter of fries and 5 Cokes and the bill came to $41 US. As there is not much shade on the beach, you can rent a beach umbrella for $10.00 and a chair for $5.00. The beach was pretty empty and they had plenty of beach chairs and umbrella's sitting vacant. You could see the "fin" of our cruise ship just over the trees in the distance. We were hoping to collect some sea shells on the beach, but all we could find was coral. There were jet skis, floats and kayaks for rental here too. Taxis at the Royal Palms beach were plentiful for the return trip.

 

Click on this link to see video footage/slideshow of our port excursions.

 

[mickey-mouse]

Thanks. Great video!!

[dmndlil]

Great video. It put me in cruise mode and I don't leave until February!:eek: :D

[Frankiesmom]

Great Video! Thanks for posting! Did you book this thru the cruiseline? We will be on the Disney Magic in Jan. and I would like mto book something like this? Do you happen to know any contact info-ie can this be booked directly with them? Thanks in advance! Angel:)

[dz63]

Great Video! Thanks for posting! Did you book this thru the cruiseline? We will be on the Disney Magic in Jan. and I would like mto book something like this? Do you happen to know any contact info-ie can this be booked directly with them? Thanks in advance! Angel:)

 

We booked the Cayman Pirate Encounter with the ship--mainly because they offer a special time for cruise ship passengers from 9-11:00 am. Normally the Cayman Pirate Encounter is offered only on Monday, Wednesday or Friday beginning at 2:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm. If your ship departs in the mid-afternoon, like ours did (we had a 4:30 departure), or if you arrive on a day that this excursion is not running, than booking this excursion on your own would not work for you.

 

Here is the link for the Cayman Pirate Encounter.

 

http://www.jollyrogercayman.com/web%20pages/pirate_cruise.htm

[mariefisher]

My husband and I just watched your video. It was great, thank you for sharing!!!!!