Just Back From Belize

[lrcruising]

We were in Belize on Mon, Nov. 22. We had a tour with Wet n Wild with Marvin to do the cave tubing at 1 pm The Grand Princess was late getting to Belize and we didn't actually get off the tender until almost 2:45 pm. Luckily Marvin was there waiting for us. He promised to have us back by the last tender (7:30 pm) and we agreed to take a slightly shorter cave tube and skip the meal. Most of the shore excursions offered by Princess were cancelled and a lot of the local tours also due to our late arrival. Carlos and Charlie (hee hee) were our drivers/guides. We had a 45 min van ride to the park. We hiked for about 30 minutes and saw some beautiful plants and insects. We tubed through 2 caves which was FANTASTIC. Since we didn't get to cliff jump at the usual 3rd cave, Charlie stopped along the way and let us cliff jump at a different spot. By the time we tubed out of the last cave, it was dusk and we were floating in near dark conditions which was extremely awesome. My 3 teenage boys loved it. As promised, we were back in time and Marving was there once again waiting for us to see if we enjoyed our tour. FYI we were the ONLY ones on the river. We had it all to ourselves since everyone else cancelled their tours. This was a must do tour. Don't bother hanging around Belize City, it's not a place you'd want to get lost in.

[cruisinhs]

I'm glad you had a wonderful tour with Marvin! His business really seems to be the customer friendly in every way! We were so glad to have chosen him ourselves!

[bzeus]

Can you please post how to find this tour? I hadn't heard of Wet & Wild. I'd like to compare with some of the others I am thinking of.

 

Thank you,

 

bzeus

[DrivesLikeMario]

Can you post Wet n' Wild's website address for us?

I'm afraid it'll be hard to find a tubing company for our late Grand Princess arrival. It was great to hear your experience worked and was fun!

Thanks!

[lrcruising]

Can you post Wet n' Wild's website address for us?

I'm afraid it'll be hard to find a tubing company for our late Grand Princess arrival. It was great to hear your experience worked and was fun!

Thanks!

 

Here is the web address: http://www.ecotoursbelize.com/cavetubing.html

[DrivesLikeMario]

Ircruising - Thank you so much! :)

[Sunrise]

I just e-mailed Marvin from the site you posted above asking about this issues with the Grand and the short port time and here is his response:

 

"Curently we are offering a shorter version of the tubing, we depart at 2:00pm and return at 6:30pm. so you can get back in time for the ship.

We have ben working this way fro all the Grand Princess guest and it has been working firne, we are fully aware of the situation with this ship.

 

Thank you,

Marvin Deras"

 

I feel pretty good about booking this one. I don't know if they have changed the prices to reflect the shorter time or not.

[DrivesLikeMario]

Good to know - thanks! What time does the ship leave port? He said he'd get you back by 6:30, but doesn't the Grand leave at 7 PM?

[Sunrise]

On my itinerary it says " Boarding: 6:30 pm, Departure: 7:00 pm." I am guessing the last tender is at 6:30. I'll do a little more research and post the results here.