Distillery tour, early excursion, and tendering

[jolinda]

Hi, first time cruiser here. We will be on the Adventure of the Seas in December, which is scheduled to be in Grand Cayman from 7 am to 3 pm. Some members of our group want to tour the rum distillery. They could book a tour directly with the distillery, or sign up for an excursion that includes a distillery tour. There is no excursion from Royal Caribbean that visits it, but I found one from Amvivo that starts at 9 am. Would they be able to make that? A cruise compass from Freedom of the Seas on the same itinerary last year mentions "early bird tenders" from 7:15-8:30am, can we count on being able to take one of those? And does anyone have an opinion on going to the distillery on your own vs. taking a distillery + brewery + 7 mile beach excursion?

[ppeckham]

You may want to check with the cruise line. Often the early bird tenders are reserved for those who have booked early excursions through the ship/cruise line.

[ChinaShrek]

Hi, first time cruiser here. We will be on the Adventure of the Seas in December, which is scheduled to be in Grand Cayman from 7 am to 3 pm. Some members of our group want to tour the rum distillery. They could book a tour directly with the distillery, or sign up for an excursion that includes a distillery tour. There is no excursion from Royal Caribbean that visits it, but I found one from Amvivo that starts at 9 am. Would they be able to make that? A cruise compass from Freedom of the Seas on the same itinerary last year mentions "early bird tenders" from 7:15-8:30am, can we count on being able to take one of those? And does anyone have an opinion on going to the distillery on your own vs. taking a distillery + brewery + 7 mile beach excursion?

 

Did you ever find an answer to your last question?

[jolinda]

I didn't get an answer to my last question, but enough people were skeptical of us getting off the boat in time for the excursion that I decided not to book one and to book a tour directly with the distillery instead (they have one at 11 am). If it wasn't a tender port I would have no qualms booking a third party excursion, but there are just too many unknowns. Especially for my first ever port stop on my first ever cruise! I don't need the stress of worrying about it.

[ChinaShrek]

Thank you for the quick response. I am still trying to decide what I am going to do in this port.