Graycliff Chocolate tour in Nassau?

[Sytrace]

Has anyone done this? I have booked it for our cruise in a couple of weeks and would like reviews if you have them.
Thank you!
Tracey

 

[ZerasPride]

My husband and I did this tour. We ended up being 1 of only 2 couples from the Dream on the tour. We were joined at the hotel by another couple who were staying at one of the resorts on the island so a total of 6 of us.

It was a fun time. I'm not quite sure what I expected but the tour was nice and making the chocolate was quite fun. We were even able to take our creations back to the ship boxed up. Our return driver even gave us a short tour around the city before dropping us back off at the ship. All in all it was a nice way to spend a couple of hours and we were back on the ship in time for lunch.

 

[Sytrace]

Thank you! It looks really good from the description, but we have done only the Atlantis and the glass bottom boat tours on previous cruises.

I like it because it looks to be a quick but fun tour and then we can get back on the ship for our family Aquaduck consecutive rides challenge.

Tracey

 

[Hundredacre]

We have done this and it is great for kids. The hotel has a lot of history and we have also walked to the hotel and just purchased chocolate. Definitely recommend.

 

[bcwife76]

We have done this and it is great for kids. The hotel has a lot of history and we have also walked to the hotel and just purchased chocolate. Definitely recommend.

This is actually one of the only excursions in Nassau that interests me so I'm glad to hear kids enjoyed it too. The only thing my dh wants to do is buy rum

 

[Hundredacre]

This is actually one of the only excursions in Nassau that interests me so I'm glad to hear kids enjoyed it too. The only thing my dh wants to do is buy rum

Very close to Greycliff is John Watlings distillery. ( Not sure if you have been there.) You can tour the distillery for free and buy rum (and playing cards- which we also bought). We have walked to both places from the ship before.

 

[bcwife76]

Great, thanks for the info @Hundredacre !

 

[Imahikergirl]

Be sure to check out some of the history on the John Watlings wall if you go there. The one family that owned it was Canadian. I'm thinking maybe from Hamilton?

 

[chamberlain]

My sister and I did this tour last February and really enjoyed it. Our tour guide was CoCo (I really think that was her name). She was a lot of fun and full of energy. There were a mix of families and adults on the tour. We were back on the ship I think around 1 pm so had plenty of time to have lunch and relax on the ship.

 

[DisneyNurse19]

We have also done this excursion and enjoyed it, even my Son who was 26 at the time which surprised me

 

[Sytrace]

This is good news! Thank you all for your feedback. I am trying to plan something different for this Bahamas cruise and honestly, it looked good. And that is even without bringing home some chocolate.
I love historical tours but I need something to engage my 13 and 14 year olds too.

 

[bumbershoot]

The excursion is fun. It's not *fast*, but it's a good one. Have some extra cash to buy some chocolate that THEY make. (so much better than what you make)

 

[dcassetta]

Did the tour a couple years ago. There were older adults, younger adults, teens and kids, and everyone seem to be having a great time. The Chocolate is delicious, and you can bring back to the ship the creations that you make yourself. I second recommendation to take a little extra money to buy chocolate from their store also.

 

[belac]

We just did that in late April and we all loved it. There were 9 of us on the tour from DCL. We got a 10:45 tour and since we docked early, before 7 am, we had early breakfast, and walked off ship at 8:30 am, got to the stores a bit before they were actually opened, waited a few mins. And did our shopping. Most of the stores open at 9 am, weekdays. We were back on board at 10:15 and headed to our meet area onboard after we dropped off our stuff. We left again for the tour, boarded a small bus, and our driver also gave a tour about where we were passing on the way there (and back too). He was great. When we got to Graycliff we were greeted by Coco our tour guide, she was awesome. We got our coveralls and hair nets and off we were to make chocolate. Coco actually had us make MM ears and helped everyone. It was fun and DS had a blast. Coco actually gave DS (the only child on the tour) the chocolate pieces she made, so he was super thrilled. We had 4 boxes of chocolate to take home, plus the extra we bought at the shop. We went back to the bus, a few mins. later back at the port, and on the ship by 1 pm. The reason I loved this was because we wanted to go to 2 stores, and managed to do it early and then do our excursion. It was perfect because by the time the tour was over 2 more ships came in and the streets and straw market were packed. People everywhere, thank goodness we were leaving, I couldn't imagine going back to shop with all the crowds and melting chocolate. Keep that melting chocolate in mind when your done, because it is fresh chocolate and it will melt if it is slightly hot out. Still have some in the refrigerator and DS is eating it slowly so he can keep the memory going LOL.
It was fun, perfectly timed, and super tasty. Note: they give shredded coconut, granola, chips etc.. To decorate your chocolate. Don't use it all up on the first piece you make. We made several, I remember a a full bar, MM ears, our name, bonbons and something else I think. So make the decorating elements last. I used all my coconut on my bar and was out of luck for the bonbons.

 

[Sytrace]

Wow! This sounds even better than I hoped! Definitely will make sure I bring extra cash to buy extra.
Thank you.