Day 6: Grand Cayman Island

On day 6 we arrived at Grand Cayman Island.  The ship is actually not able to dock due to the corral reefs, so it drops anchor, and you travel to the island via a tender boat.  We were signed up for the Dolphin Discover adventure this day.  Megan was very exited to see and touch a dolphin.

As part of our excursion, we went into a pool with a dolphin, Galileo, and a trainer, Jose.  Galileo did a few tricks for us, then we all learned how to give him 5, shake 'hands', give and receive a kiss, and get him to smile.  I have no pictures of any of this.  The company has a policy that no pictures can be taken for the safety of the dolphins.  A highly qualified, professional photographer stands by the pool with you to take pictures of each and every special moment.  In fact, as part of each trick we did with the dolphin, we had to turn our head to the right so we could smile at the camera.  Then, following our time in the pool, we could purchase these pictures.  The lowest package was priced at $140.  You could not buy individual shots.  The professional photographer was really just one of the staff who escorted you to the pool, and had a fancy Nikon camera.

Following the dolphin time, we went through the turtle farm that is part of the Dolphin Discovery exhibit.  There were huge turtles!  There was one area where you could pick up and hold some of the baby turtles.  I started to take pics of Eric holding one, and was told by a staff member that for the safety of the turtles, no pictures could be taken.  He had a fancy Nikon, and was of course taking plenty of pics that I'm sure I could purchase in a package for $140.
The Grand Cayman was pretty, but not really a place I'd want to return to.

The pics aren't really in order of the day's events....

 Shoreline of Grand Cayman

 The AquaDuck water slide.  Coolest thing ever.  No lines in the morning usually.

 The largest tv I've ever seen (aside from the one on the Dream) played Disney animated movies all day long.  We would watch them while swimming.

 The quick service food area was Cars themed.  There were 4 different food stations, serving pizza, hot dogs, burgers, chicken strips, fried, sandwiches, wraps, and fresh fruit.

 Michelle from Italy (pronounced Mee KEL ah) was our assistant server, who took care of our drinks each night.  Shirley Temples with extra cherries were waiting for Megan and Emily, our table mate, each evening.

 Jonathan ordered the 'make your own pie' dessert

My 'sweet temptations' dessert 

 on the tender to Grand Cayman

The kids at the turtle farm.