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Old 05-29-2008, 10:00 AM jcook is offline     #21 (permalink)
Ha, Ha!!! Oh my..... Just a little younger than me.... It will be my birthday on the cruise..my luck, the rays will give me something to remember. I have heard lots of stories about holding them and they are very friendly. We are playing with the Dolphins in Cozemel.



Old 06-01-2008, 11:22 PM MD11F is offline     #22 (permalink)
When we sailed on the Carnival Valor in may, 2005, we did the Sting Ray tour in Grand Cayman. Moi was thrilled at being around then. They have become accustomed to human interaction, and if you try to capture one, they simply haul away from you.

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Old 08-18-2008, 11:57 PM mechcc is offline     #23 (permalink)
The stingrays are wild animals that are use to humans, that said, a child should be old enough and mature enough to respect that they are in that animal's habitate. If they can, then it is an absolutly amazing experience that I would not want to deny my grandchild.

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Old 03-18-2009, 01:17 AM sdel65 is offline     #24 (permalink)
Question Stingray and kids

I'm taking a cruise in June with Carnival and one of the stops is going to be Grand Cayman Islands.

Of course the first thing that comes up as the tour suggestion from many people - to take the stingray city tour.

I'm looking for advise on how safe and good it would be for my kids: 13 yrs old and 6 yrs old.

Any advise please is greatly appreciated.

Thank you all in advance.
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Old 03-18-2009, 02:15 AM Cruise Planner is offline     #25 (permalink)
It's completely safe and I highly recommend it as it's truly a unique experience that you have to try at least once. I also recommend looking at other ways to do it than the cruise line - they tend to charge too much and they are usually very crowded. Whereas independent tours will be alot less crowded and usually less expensive.

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Old 03-18-2009, 04:22 AM sk8erguy1978 is offline     #26 (permalink)
Never done it, have no kids, laughed very hard at the "easy to make" comment by zydecocruiser, anyway I would like to toss in my two cents here as kids are a touchy subject with me and I feel some parents get a little too trusting...

I think you need to know your child, and be with that child the entire time...

If your child is insanely hyper and a trouble maker (hey I was) then I would say no. But, if your child is behaved, then why not.

It is relatively safe... of course there is risks with any excursion like this...

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Old 03-18-2009, 11:21 AM tipsyq is offline     #27 (permalink)
was all for swimming w/ stingrays, wanted to do it on our next cruise. (swam & rode on the dolphins in Nassau and was a dream of a lifetime). but after that Irwin guy was stung, and him being a professional, think will admire them from fishtanks in aquariums. they are still wild animals and you are in their territory and they can get defensive if feel being threatened.
we live on LI and in the sound/bays are many horseshoe crabs, which are harmless till you step on them, then they think they are being attacked and will barb you( it's not deadly but way painful !!) and we told GK not to step on them. being kids, and playing in water etc what happens?? thankfully, the crab scuttled off w/o sticking. after that they're real careful where they step now. so kids can be told but in the excitement of the moment etc they will forget to be cautious.
so I for one, will skip the stingray swims.

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Old 03-18-2009, 02:02 PM JonathanLowry is offline     #28 (permalink)
Actually, many of you have probably BEEN swimming with stingrays, quite unawares... I came within inches of one while swimming in VERY shallow water at Coco Cay...

The wild stingrays I have seen in the Bahamas are not threatened in the least by human encounters... they see people as curiosities that sometimes bring them food.

The Steve Irwin incident was radically different... he was stung by a ray that was out of the water (in the boat, I believe).

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Old 03-19-2009, 09:49 AM canarymoon is offline     #29 (permalink)
Different species of rays over there than the ones we swim with here.

Reminder:
The captive rays at the stingray swim in Nassau are debarbed, for anyone with any misgivings.

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Old 03-24-2009, 01:14 AM LuLu is offline     #30 (permalink)
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Different species of rays over there than the ones we swim with here.

Reminder:
The captive rays at the stingray swim in Nassau are debarbed, for anyone with any misgivings.

Wonder what the Animal Rights sort of groups think of this?

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