Cabin C731 Category BD – cabin was great for one person even two but not for more. I like things on the cold side.  My cabin was a comfortable 68 degrees when set on the lowest setting.  The cabin is 9 feet across by about 20+ feet deep.  The balcony is 9ft by 9ft, half covered half open.  There are two deck chairs, two foot stools and a regular table on the balcony so you could actually eat food at the table if you wanted.  You can see the cabins above and below and they can see you when you are in the uncovered area.  But no one can see you in the covered area.  The bathroom is small.  The shower has a curtain that can stick to you.  Bring some clips to help weigh it down.  There are two pumps in the shower attached to the wall with shampoo and body wash.  I bring my own.  The steward was not the best.  I had to ask him to vacuum the cabin and later vacuum the balcony.  I had to request the robe after not receiving it and ask for fresh ice several times.  There were bits of paper or something on the floor of the cabin and the balcony.  I have a bit of OCD and like things clean and tidy.  The TVs are a VERY nice 42 inch flat panel with on demand movies, TV shows and even live TV channels for the news.  There is a vacant HDMI port if you want to plug in your own device.  There is one USA electrical outlet behind the TV to plug in your power strip, etc.  There are two USA plugs in the desk area.  The beds are very comfortable.  These are the new Princess beds people have been talking about.  The carpet was in good condition, not stained and no holes or wear patterns.

.  This is a tender port.  I sorted a trip at the pier for a van tour for three hours for $20 USD.  My friends did a different tour.  I realized during this trip that I could travel alone and be fine.  My tour stopped in Hell where I mailed a post card to my son.  The post card arrived about ten days later.  We next stopped at a rum cake store with a nice ocean area in the back that was so beautiful.  We also stopped at the dolphin swim area (not included) for about 20 minutes. Then back to the port.  I made friends with a man and his teenage son and walked a bit near the water with fish that were so amazingly beautiful.  Grand Cayman is clean and felt very safe to me.  The water is beautiful and sparking blues and greens.

We docked in Mahogany Bay.  A port created by Carnival Corp.  There was an interesting rusted sunken ship right outside my balcony door.  I would have loved to explore it.  I took many photos.  We had booked a private tour with Victor Bodden to show us the sites.  We had to walk quite a way outside of the port area to meet up with our guide.  Since this was a Carnival port, the private tour companies have to pay a lot to get in there…  We were shown the sites.  We stopped at Mayan Eden Eco Park.  One of our friends loves butterflies.  They have a great butterfly exhibit, along with monkeys, parrots, and other animals.  We got to hold and pose for photos with the animals.  The guides are knowledgeable and answer all of your questions.  We also went to Victor Bodden’s private park with even more animals along with sloths.  We got to hold the sloths.  They move almost in slow motion.  If you have seen the DMV seen in Zootopia, they got it right.  The sloths were so much fun, Highlight of this port.  There was a medical emergency with someone needing transport to the airport home.  We left about an hour late.  We had to wait for the medical staff to return to the ship.

This is a real tender port.  The ships are about five miles from shore and the tender is about 20-30 minutes.  We wanted to do the Cave Tubing tour.  We found one at the port for $50 USD.  It was a van ride of about 45 minutes to get to the tubing location.  Once there, you are giving a left vest (which smelled of other people’s sweat), helmet (sweat here as well) with miners’ type light on it and a tube.  You then have to carry all of this for about 15-35 minutes walking along a rain forest path, crossing the river three times.  I had breakfast with a woman who went on it.  Her Fitbit said one mile.  They tell you 15 minutes but it was really closer to 30-35 minutes.  Mostly level ground but hot and sticky.  The tubing was amazing.  There are two guides and pull you along.  All of the tubes are connected like a train.  Parts of the cave are shallow while the center section of the cave is about 55 feet deep and overhead about 20-30 feet.  If you plan on doing this, bring a waterproof flash light.  It can be difficult to see in parts.  Once you are out of the cave system, you move slowly along the river.  The guides are either pulling you through when it is shallow or swimming to move you through.  This is a must see adventure.  We all said that we would do it again.  This port has the fake designer bags, purses, wallets, etc.  I needed a carry-on bag to get my treasures home so I purchased a rolling fake Michael Kors bag.  It worked to get the stuff home.  The quality is not great but it worked.

The ships dock here.  There were two other ships in port with us, both Carnival.  I had booked the Dolphin Royal Swim.  I walked around the port for about two hours since the early Dolphin tour was at 11:15am.  I did not purchase anything until after my tour, I did not want to carry anything around with me since it was so hot and humid.  The dolphin tour sorted us into groups of 8 and we took taxis to the park about 10 minutes down the road.  My tour included the fancy better food at the restaurant and included drinks and adult beverages.  I also purchased the photo package for $100 purchased from the park (not included).  You put your stuff in the lockers which has everyone both male and female and has dressing rooms in the back with open air showers.  The toilets are separate.  The dolphins were great.  We each got to do two rides.  First, where you grab onto two dolphins dorsal or top fin and hold on for your life.  They are very powerful, fast and were such fun.  The second is where the dolphins push your feet until you are out of the water.  You are in the water with them for about 30-45 minutes.  The pens are in the ocean not a tank.  The waves from the ocean are there and can sometimes move you about a bit.  Once you are done, they have taxis sorted for your return at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.  Once I returned to the port, I purchased my treasures and returned to the ship.  The Carnival ship next to us was leaving before us.  Their captain honked the ship’s horn trying to get his passengers back on board.  It was so funny to watch the late ones run for the ship.  The captain even honked the horn for us as our passengers we remaking the horn signal with their arms.  It was lots of entertainment for us on our balconies.

We only stayed the night in the hotel and then left when we returned.  I wish we could have done more but there was not enough time due to our flights.

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Cabin C731 Category BD – cabin was great for one person even two but not for more.We had a 10:55am flight back to LA so we were one of the first groups off of the ship handling our own luggage at 7am even though it said 7:30 in the paperwork.

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