The Sun, the Sea and.....Stingrays!!

For those of you who have not yet visited us here in Grand Cayman, the sandbar at Stingray City is a MUST do. Our trip goes out every Tuesday afternoon. For those of you who think you wont get in the water, no worries, you can see them as clear as day just sitting on the boat (I should know as it took me my second trip before I got in!!). Nothing to be afraid of though, as Leona puts it, they are like great big tame cats!! Just remember to let go of the bait otherwise you'll get a stingray hickey from the suction!!

Tini & Cosmo - The Resort Patrol

For everybody who was wondering how Tini & Cosmo have been doing, ...please look for yourself. They are well and back together. Tini had four beautiful kittens back in December and spent several weeks at the Humane Society in George Town. The volunteers there are doing a fantastic job for homeless cats & dogs on the island and Tini and her offspring were very well taken care of as it would have been difficult to guarantee their safety around the resort while nursing. They were visited often by Linda, Patricia and myself. Unfortunately one kittens was lost to a virus, but Patricia, our Human Recourses Manager actually decided to adopt two of Tini's little ones and the third one also got adopted. Siblings Tini & Cosmo got both neutered/spayed and are now happy to be back together at The Reef as you can see. They are looking forward to your visit :)

A new addition to The Reef is "Leona’s World of Art”. Leona, our activities director, is seen here painting her new arts & crafts room. Behind this door lies all kinds of crafty ideas, from painting to making refridgerator magnets . She does a variety of crafts with the guests from Tuesday through Friday. Make sure when you come down you sign your kids (and kids at heart) up for a few days of arts & crafts!! :o)

World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir visits Cayman

The Cayman Art Festival started off with an excellent show.
Cayman got to see a great performance of the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir at the First Babtist Church in George Town.
I had seen them several years ago in my hometown in Germany and would go to see them again at any time. The atmosphere was great, they had everybody off their seats.
If you are interested have a look at their official website www.harlemgospelchoir.com for their tour plan.
After the show they were also available for autographs and questions.

Orientate and Win

If you're coming to The Reef this year, don't forget to attend the Sunday Morning Orientation Breakfast at 9am.





Not only will you get to hear about what's going on for the following week, (even if you're a regular here it is a useful refresher)
but you also get the chance to win prizes, including this lovely sunshine yellow Reef Resort t-shirt.

Not available in shops!

Keeping Afloat with New Technology

The Reef Resort is the only property on Grand Cayman to offer the newest swimming pool technology and Chlorine Free Swimming for our guests!



We’ve employed a new method of cleaning in order to offer you ‘maximum bather comfort’ during your stay here. So there’s no more chlorine smell or swimmers red eye to deal with.


Here's the science:

When an electrical current passes through a sodium chloride solution, Chlorine is evolved in the anode: 2 Cl– –> Cl2 (g) + 2e–

Since Chlorine gas is soluble in water, it enters into solution as hypochlorous acid.
Cl2 (g) + 2 H2O –> 2 HOCl + 2H+

Hypochlorous acid is a powerful sanitizer and oxidizer.

This new Saline Technology offers you a friendlier pool as the new 24 hour automated measuring and recording system cleans our pools using electrodes and coarse rock sea salt – providing clear, soft, odorless pools for you to cool off in. Wonderful news for you, your skin and that favorite bathing suit (which should last a bit longer before fading now).

Divers Alert: New Business Hours for Thirsty Surfer

This news will be especially of interest to morning divers or in fact anyone who likes to wake up to the smell and taste of freshly ground coffee.



Our on-site Liquor Store and Internet Cafe, will now open its doors half an hour earlier than before; providing great coffee and a welcome boost for anyone heading out on the morning 2-tank dive with Ocean Frontiers, or indeed for anyone wishing to do nothing more exerting than head back to their suite with a tasty take-out.


You can find the door to the Thirsty Surfer to the left hand side as you're approaching the main entrance to the lobby.

New opening hours are:

Monday to Saturday 7.30am - 7pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

(Liquor sales only permitted 10am - 7pm Monday to Saturday)

Radical Honesty

If you're a regular visitor to The Reef Resort website you may have noticed the frequently updated guest reviews towards the bottom of the home page.

There's no mystery in how we do this, it's quite simple. After experiencing the wonders of our beautiful resort, the discerning traveller is often compelled to put finger to keyboard and write all about what a great time they had here. We encourage you to visit WhereToStay.com and post your own thoughts - and here you'll automatically receive an unedited position on the most prominent part of our site.



(If honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom - I'm wondering if our website was originally written in hebrew?).

Are we crazy? No, just confident in our product and service.
It's a risky business to post independent guest reviews straight onto your home page - so much in fact that we're the only resort we know that does it!