George Town Vacations, George Town Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

I was up and on deck in the early morning darkenss to watch us glide into George Town, Grand Cayman. The ship anchored offshore and lights could be seen along the shoreline. Tenders convey passeners from the cruise ships to the dock. After breakfast, we assembled in the gangway to board our tender.    We had booked the morning Stingray City tour in advance through Carnival. We were on the second tender and arrived at the George Town dock about 7:50 a.m. ship time. A...

I'm frustrated that there's no option for just generally cruising.  If there is, I missed it and someone please let me know because the majority of my travels involve cruising.  SO, the write up will be under one of our ports, Grand Cayman. Anyway, the entire trip was from November 20 - 27, 2005. We stayed at the Residence Inn in Cleveland, OH.  It was adequate.  We had to move rooms because our first one had a sewer break.  Ew.  Our flight into Orlando was une...

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands, has an area of about 196 km² and contains the capital George Town. Towns on the island are referred to as "districts". The island is basically a low-lying limestone reef, with a highest elevation of roughly 60 feet above sea level. There is no natural fresh water (lakes, rivers, etc) on the island, and so any fresh water needs must be met by catchments or desalination of seawater. The lack of rivers does however account for the except...

A quick trip into George Town to check out the shopping and city.  We took the public bus from the East end of the island into the town which was actually comfortable.  I was worried it might be a little awkward being tourists obviously but it was perfectly fine!  One thing we learned - follow the advice of the locals and resort staff - do not go into George Town on big cruise ship days!  We did an off day and there were still 2 or 3 ships in and the place was packed. ...