Morritt's Grand Resort

This is a superb area of grand cayman, quiet with the charm and elegance of a carribean getaway

The Grand is just fantastic. It is like being in paradise. We love staying on this side of the island because there are no cruise ship crowds to deal with. There are many restaurants 5-15 minutes away, as well as on site. You can snorkel right off the beach under the pier and see lots of fish. The pier has a bar and karaoke.

The resort has daily activities for all ages that we really enjoyed. There was no pressure to buy a timeshare or attend a presentation. We loved the vanishing edge pool and were lucky enough to stay on the top floor at The Grand. The view is awesome up there. We would definitely recommend this resort and would love to go back and stay more than a week.

on the other side of the Island you really have to drive very far

libby 31 review - I believe - is not about the Grand but the older wood building which would be at Morritts Tortuga and not about the Seaside or Grand buildings In the Grand there is a dishwasher, a washer and dryer and all the other "goodies". We bought our first week in 1989 and now just purchased our 5th week because we love Morritts. We found the grocery store to have a very nice selection and the prices are the same as in town. We have never had an electric bill as high as you state, so I don't know what happened there. Run Point is not owned by Morritts but part of it is owned by the Hyatt. After reading your comments it sounded like you were in one of the very oldest building around the pool and not ocean front. We were at Morritts in February and March for 5 weeks and before that we were there for 4 weeks in November. We used 2 of our units and rented a third one for Thanksgiving week and had our whole family to be together for Thanksgiving week. The 14 of us had a Thanksgiving that we will smile about as we remember it. Sorry the front desk was a problem for you, I know they were changing clerks.

Morritt's Tortuga Club has a beautiful location! However, if you plan on anything other than using their facilities or those on Rum Point (which I think belong to Morritt's as well) this is not the place for you.

The distance and ever increasing traffic make the drive to the other side (east end) at least 45 min to 1 hour long. Plan your days or you will spend needless time driving.

There is a modest grocery store a 1/4 mile away with reasonable prices but with slim selection.

Check in was ok. The staff seemed friendly for the most part but there are a couple of people with serious attitudes.

Our room wasn't ready until 6 pm. The front desk manager gave us resort credit that we were told could be used towards our bill at check out.

We stayed in the oldest section and the room was well maintained and very clean.

There was plenty of space but limited facilities. There was no dishwasher or washer and drier in the room.

We were warned about the utility charges that the resort tacks on to the bill so we were very conservative, no AC during the day (we kept the screen doors open and it was very comfortable), made sure we turned off lights etc. Our bill for the so called metered use was over $90 for the week! So, we would have liked to know what we used but the check out was a nightmare and we didn't want to spend anymore time than needed to get out.

Remember the people with the attitude? Well one of them checked us out and didn't want to give us the credit the manager gave us. We asked to speak with the manager and there was a very unsatisfactory result that ended in a "I wish I could kill this guest" stare from the staff and dead silence.

Eventually the credit was applied but it was reluctant. What a nightmare that was.

We were not surprised to hear that the management is having difficulty. Also, there are problems with sales. Again not a surprise.

The old units are around the pool and have some view of the ocean. That view and the breeze will be cut off when they put up the next building. It will be a real shame and to us very poor planning.

We were fortunate to have been in a 2 bedroom that had a second floor balcony. That was very nice.

Our house keeper was very nice and came by every day to see if we needed anything. We really didn't but it was nice that she took the garbage out.

The weather was not good the week we were there and everything we scheduled to do was cancelled. This was not the resort's fault of course. However, the trips were running from the other end of the island if we wanted to take the hour drive each way to do the excursions.

Overall it is a nice place. We would never give it 5 stars even for the new buildings. The same people go here year after year and love it. We can understand why but it takes a certain personality and expectation. We doubt we will go back.

We could recommend this place to the right people but not everyone. We met some really nice people that own and stay there. That was probably the best part of the trip.