TRIPADVISOR DICE QUE SOMOS LOS Nº1 EN GRAN CANARIA

  While I agree with everybody else that the crew (Marta and Ruben) was amazing and the food was delicious + you can't beat an open bar, our trip was somewhat... read more of a disaster. Not saying it was the crew's fault at all. I just feel I have to put information out that nobody else has yet. I've done some snorkeling trips, and this trip is not outstanding or in any way special. You sail along a coast of naked rock. That's what the Canaries have to offer for the most part anyway. The private beach was not sandy as I had expected but once again rock. We got to see the "medieval village" from a distance. Ruben explained the inhabitants' way of living, and he also pointed out a remote cave where a guy has been living for 5 yrs in solitude. When we finally arrived at our snorkeling spot, we were told what kind of fish to expect. Ruben also said not to worry about jelly fish or sharks. Nature proved him wrong. The water was full of jelly fish (glad is wasn't sharks), and my son (12) cried our in pain. Eventually more ppl got stung and we had to cancel the snorkeling. While I don't blame the crew for nature's mood, I do blame them for not having any clue how to deal with their passengers' pain. They didn't even have a back-up plan in place. We... While I agree with everybody else that the crew (Marta and Ruben) was amazing and the food was delicious + you can't beat an open bar, our trip was somewhat of a disaster. Not saying it was the crew's fault at all. I just feel I have to put information out that nobody else has yet. I've done some snorkeling trips, and this trip is not outstanding or in any way special. You sail along a coast of naked rock. That's what the Canaries have to offer for the most part anyway. The private beach was not sandy as I had expected but once again rock. We got to see the "medieval village" from a distance. Ruben explained the inhabitants' way of living, and he also pointed out a remote cave where a guy has been living for 5 yrs in solitude. When we finally arrived at our snorkeling spot, we were told what kind of fish to expect. Ruben also said not to worry about jelly fish or sharks. Nature proved him wrong. The water was full of jelly fish (glad is wasn't sharks), and my son (12) cried our in pain. Eventually more ppl got stung and we had to cancel the snorkeling. While I don't blame the crew for nature's mood, I do blame them for not having any clue how to deal with their passengers' pain. They didn't even have a back-up plan in place. We paid for a snorkeling trip, which we didn't get. Bottom line.
To all the remaining smokers out there...smoking is not allowed aboard!!
Then again, Marta and Ruben are great. Ruben took a lot of pictures, which he posted online for us to download for free. More