Captain Marvin's
 

Does Captain Marvin's book up quickly? Cruising this fall, do I need to get my booking act together. Thanks for the info.

I have never booked more than 30 days ahead. Depending on when you go- if before daylight savings ends- Cayman time will probably an hour behind ship time. A major problem with large mega ships is the big delay in tendering off the ship- it is vitally important to be at the tender area an hour before listed and attempt to get off the ship on the first tenders. There can be very long waits later.

What cruise line are you sailing?

Princess keeps ship time same as port time.

RCCL and Celebrity may have port time different then ship time.

At least those were my experiences. I would probably wait until you are at final payment before you book Captain Marvin's. I did Capt Marvin's 2 years ago and had a great time!

I sailed RCCL in summer and Carnival in Spring (DST). Both times, when it was 8 ship time it was 7 Cayman time. You can check the time info online. No need to book any sooner than 6 weeks ahead, I suspect. Did Capt Marvin's both times on the early 2-hr stingray/one-stop snorkeling trip and never had a problem making it on time. We only had about 20 min to get there this Spring, but it's only a couple of blocks to the left of the pier and about a 5 min walk. We loved Capt Marvin's! They gave us a repeater's discount as well.

I booked a 2 hour short excursion yesterday for a July 3 trip. No problem.

Hey folks, thanks. CC Conquest at Thanksginig.
Will probably do the short trip and try and get my 15 year old some ski-doo time. Now, is there a place I can rent one for him? Thanks for the help.

I booked with Marvins about 30 days before my cruise and they told me that others from my ship had already booked with them for that day. On day of arrival, there were about 25 people sitting in the van ready to leave when we arrived. We arrived 20 minutes before the time that we were told to arrive and the other passengers told us that they had been waiting for us. We were on the 3rd tender off the ship and walked around some shops for almost an hour before we walked down to Captain Marvins (a few blocks from where the tender drops you off).