uncle marvins

[mackymaddyconnorsmom]

We are going on a Western Cruise on December 4. I am trying to find uncle Marvins. Did anyone ever do a tour through Marvins and does anyone know how to contact them?

 

[jgalecpa]

I assume you mean Capt Marvins.

They are great.

If they are stil there, given the hurricane, here is the address:


http://www.captainmarvins.com/

Jim

 

[CGC33A]

lots of people have used them from these boards. But don't try to reach them now. Grand Cayman was flattened. Who kows when they will be back in business. Their web site is www.captainmarvins.com

 

[talicskai]

I was just speaking to a former co-worker of mine whose son lives in Grand Cayman. The Cayman government is downplaying the extent of the damage due to tourist impact. The island is a write-off. Michael (my friends son) sent his girlfriend up to Canada to live with his mom for a few weeks until things are more stable. The government has asked that all non-cayman women and children leave the island. They is still no power or water. He was able to have a "shower" yesterday during the rain under a broken eavestrough. Very sad and scary time. There are no trees left and the flooding is horrendous. I would suggest that anyone on the next few months cruises do not set your heart on going there. Those poor people have been traumatized and it will be awhile before they recover.

 

[ldb1030]

This is on another post also but thought you might like to read it:


> To all of you who have written with questions about how we are doing after
> Hurricane Ivan, here is a brief update. Thank you for your prayers and
> concern; they have meant a lot to us during the past several days.
>
> The island has been ravaged by the hurricane. Most people have sustained
> damage to their homes and businesses. The trees are mostly gone; what are
> left standing have few or no leaves/fronds left on them. There are
> literally tons and tons of debris that need to be cleared, but this
> massive task is underway and there is a great improvement already.
>
> Capt. Marvin's Watersports lost two of our three locations, but the one in
> town at the Waterfront Centre is intact and although we have sustained
> some water damage, everything else seems to be fine here. We lost one of
> our boats but hope to bring that back up and get it going again. All of
> our crew, staff and owners and their families are well, which is the
> biggest blessing of all. We are thankful for life.
>
> Grand Cayman has never in recorded history been hit directly by a
> hurricane, much less a category 5 hurricane such as Ivan was, with
> sustained winds of over 165 mph, and gusts up to 208 mph recorded at the
> airport.
>
> Flights with returning residents and emergency/humanitarian supplies are
> arriving daily. One cruise ship arrived today with no tourists, but with
> humanitarian supplies, for which we are very grateful. We plan to be up
> and going whenever the first tourist arrives here, by land or by sea. We
> are actually capable of running at almost full capacity already, so we
> will be ready as soon as the first tourists arrive again.
>
By the way, the Turtle Farm survived the storm in great shape!

> Thank you again for all of your prayers and concern. I apologize for the
> global email, but just don't have time to write to everyone individually
> right now. There were almost 500 emails waiting for me when I booted up
> the computer for the first time today!
>
> Gratefully yours,
> Ruth and the staff and crew from Capt. Marvin's

 

[talicskai]

Originally posted by ldb1030


>
By the way, the Turtle Farm survived the storm in great shape!

I read on another thread somewhere that the Turtle Farm was gone? Does anyone know which is true for sure?

 

[MarkRG]

That was a very early report that was in error. There have been mutiple reports that the Turtle Farm is more or less intact. Good to hear the Capt and crew made it thru.

I've been trying to keep updated info in this thread: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=644576

 

[NeedsNEscape]

We had a great tour of the island back in July and just a month ago got our video from the Capt. Marvin tour of Stingray City. It was a wonderful experience playing with the rays. I would recommend it to anyone, when DCL returns to Grand Cayman.

Makes you wonder though, where all the Stingrays went during Hurricane Ivan.

 

[DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR]

mackymaddyconnorsmom: We did the three hour stingray tour with Captain Marvins in 1997 when we stayed for a week on Cayman Islands. It was absolutely wonderful. It was the main reason we picked the western instead of the eastern.

We, too, will be on the December 4th Magic. We currently have the 3 hour tour booked with Captain Marvins; however, I am looking into the snorkeling excursions at Costa Maya to have all my options open. My children have been practicing snorkeling all summer long and really have been looking forward to swimming with the stingrays as they have watched our video over and over.

 

[Corryn]

There is a website with a webcam of the turtle farm. Since I'm logging onto it now, I don't know if the reason it's not on is because of there being no electricity or if it is just night time. I'm guessing no electricity......
http://www.turtle.ky/webcam.htm#Camera 1

 

[MarkRG]

Most of the West Bay area where the Turtle Farm is has no utilites yet. I'd keep an eye on it, but don't expect the webcams up real soon, they have far more pressing needs like fresh water and basic foodstuffs.