Morritt's Tortuga Club

We had really enjoyed our stay in unit 4312 seaside building. Our 2bdrm unit was clean and comfortable with a daily cleaning service. It has a fully stocked kitchen so it was easy to prepare simple meals. We liked a quite location of the resort. It has a great snorkeling but bring your aqua shoes to go swimming because of seaweed and rocks, but it really didn't effect our swimming experience. The restaurant and bar have a great food and we also enjoyed a fire-eating show and a movie on a veranda. The Foster's grocery store has a basic selection of food but prices are higher than in town, Dunkin Donuts is very expensive, smaller sizes and not as tasty. we liked the Rum point in the afternoon since it was not crowded and their snack bar food was really good. Also, we rented a car and went to a Seven Mile Beach. It was fun . Atlantis' tour was interesting but very expensive. We didn't like food at Portofino, but enjoyed a brazilian steakhouse , however it is very expensive. Over the edge restaurant has also a good reasonably priced menu.

We have owned the Tortuga Club for many years and just love it. The staff are always helpful and friendly! The island is wonderful to visit with lots to do for everyone in the family. The botanical gardens are wonderful, there are many lovely private snorkeling spots around the island that don't cost you a cent. I know that people always comment on how expensive it is to eat out in Cayman, but The kitchens at the club are fully stocked, so you can easily stay in and cook meals to save money. We usually eat out for lunches and then stay in for dinners, as most places have great lunch specials.

The beach at the club is great for snorkeling and, in our case, windsurfing. There are always people up for beach volleyball too.

We have always had a wonderful time at Morritts and expect to be happy owners for many years.

Our family just returned from a week at Morritt's Tortuga and it was fantastic. Both our kids (a son, 15, and a daughter, 10) made fast friends and the environment is so safe that they roamed freely between our poolside room, Mimi's dock, and the Morritts Grand right next door. There is something fun happening every night - a DJ, a fire-eater, a game of island-Jeopardy, etc. The weather was not great, but we've been told by several repeat visitors that it was uncommonly cool (mid-70's) for that mid-February week; we will very likely give it another try next year! It was also windy, but I think that is customary for Grand Cayman. We did swim with the stingrays and it was wonderful. The island itself is very clean and the local people who we dealt with were warm and friendly. The culture has a zero-tolerance policy on anything illegal so the level of personal safety and comfort is extremely high. Prior to this trip, we visited St. Thomas USVI for four years in a row, and we never had that same feeling there.

My one cautionary recommendation is that you bring your own beach towels. The towels provided by the resort can go missing from the beach, pool, or your patio because if you don't turn in the same number you signed out, they charge you $30/towel, absolutely no exceptions. I had to mediate a towel argument at the pool that I was afraid was going to come to blows. After a few days the pressure got to be too much and I turned them in rather than having to worry more about the towels than I had to worry about my kids!

The unit we stayed in was bright and comfortable, the kitchen had most of the basics, and we did cook-in a couple of nights, since eating out is expensive. Our big splurge was dinner at Portofino's the last night - pricey but fantastic.

As many of the other reviews point out, there are other charges made by the resort, such as for electricity. For our family of four, it was about $50 for the week, much less than I expected, possibly because the week was cooler and we only used the a/c a night.

My wife and I stayed at Morritt's from October 10 -17th of 2009

On the negative side, it was expensive - electricity, drinks, food and some excursions. We had all day rain for two of our days and some rain on two others.

The positives, however, greatly exceeded the negatives. All three pools were great and we loved the bar that were available in the 2 of the 3 pools (IN the pools!). Snorkeling onsite was decent but the excursion to Stingray City (an absolute must!) brought us to Rum Point which is one of the prettiest places I have ever been to. The food at the bar was surprisingly good and comparitively so not so expensive. The snorkeling was fantastic.

Our Exchange was for a room on the ocean (they told us most Exchanges are poolside so we were VERY fortunate). When I was not eating, sleeping or snorkeling, I was sitting on our deck looking out over the ocean. I was up EARLY most mornings watching the stars fade away to the sunrise. The Big Dipper was right at the water - one night I watched a thunderstorm way out at sea. Tons of shooting stars too.

All the staff were very nice to us and did a great job serving us.

I highly recommend Morritt's (but be prepared for an additional $750-$1000 in expenses for the week for two...it really adds up).

-Rich and Lisa (NJ)