Swimming with the Pigs available from GSC

[Maniacal Cruiser]

Dont forget the 20% service charge for your convenience.

 

 

Gladly paid with a smile!

 

 

Just hope my avatar does not get too excited and start spinning faster!

Edited September 17, 2018 by Maniacal Cruiser

[mdwcruises]

Now I have heard everything!

[Maniacal Cruiser]

Now I have heard everything!

 

I like your signature image. I wonder how many people are going to choose to be annoyed by it? :'):rolleyes::eek::D

[Casino Comp Chick]

This pretty much is swimming in a big bath tub or toilet bowl with farm animals.

The ocean is one giant toilet bowl and add in illegal dumping what’s a little pig poop?

[Casino Comp Chick]

Gladly paid with a smile!

 

 

To bad NCL only wants cash 💰

[dexddd]

True, but there is a 24 hour cancellation policy so you can check the weather.

 

If I'm catching this right, this is a side excursion from GSC? If so, you usually don't know until a couple hours before arrival if you are going to GSC or not so if a 24 hour cancel is the timeframe you'd still be a stuck pig.

[Casino Comp Chick]

If I'm catching this right, this is a side excursion from GSC? If so, you usually don't know until a couple hours before arrival if you are going to GSC or not so if a 24 hour cancel is the timeframe you'd still be a stuck pig.

If the ships doesn’t dock in GSC it’s an automatic refund. If you are using the shore credit for that day you can go to the excursion desk and pick something else for Nassau.

[Casino Comp Chick]

Depends on who is doing the smiling and why!

True that.

:halo:

[Krazy Kruizers]

It has been years since we sailed on NCL but I just heard about this excursion.

No thank you -- I have no desire to swim with the pigs.

[Tapi]

I think you can book it on your own. https://www.sandytoesbahamas.com/swimming-pigs/

 

 

 

Please understand that this is NOT the same as the island in the Exumas that’s become famous for its wild pigs that roam free and who’ve inhabited the island on their own long before it became an attraction.

 

Sandy Toes is located in Rosen Island, just off the coast of Nassau and it’s a beach bar where they now have brought pigs in as an extra attraction. The pigs are not roaming freely. They are restrained. It’s really a tourist trap.

 

Personally I wouldn’t waste my money. We sailed to Rosen Island last July (to another more remote part of the island away from the crowds) but sailed past Sandy Toes on the way there. It looked crowded, with several large excursion boats anchored next to each other. Beautiful beach, but I wouldn’t select this excursion to see chained pigs.

 

 

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[mjkacmom]

Please understand that this is NOT the same as the island in the Exumas that’s become famous for its wild pigs that roam free and who’ve inhabited the island on their own long before it became an attraction.

 

Sandy Toes is located in Rosen Island, just off the coast of Nassau and it’s a beach bar where they now have brought pigs in as an extra attraction. The pigs are not roaming freely. They are restrained. It’s really a tourist trap.

 

Personally I wouldn’t waste my money. We sailed to Rosen Island last July (to another more remote part of the island away from the crowds) but sailed past Sandy Toes on the way there. It looked crowded, with several large excursion boats anchored next to each other. Beautiful beach, but I wouldn’t select this excursion to see chained pigs.

 

 

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I know it’s not exumas, which is too far away to do a day pass if visiting Nassau. The NCL GSC excursion appears to be the Sandy Toes excursion which can be purchased independently when ported in Nassau.

[Casino Comp Chick]

I know it’s not exumas, which is too far away to do a day pass if visiting Nassau. The NCL GSC excursion appears to be the Sandy Toes excursion which can be purchased independently when ported in Nassau.

Yeah I see that but the plan for Nassau is BaHaMar

[Indykitten]

I saw this excursion listed the other day for our upcoming cruise on Jade. I asked my husband, "Do you want to go swim with the pigs in the Baha-"

 

"No".

 

He didn't even let me finish the sentence, lol. He says, "Do you know what we have in Indiana? Pigs. Do you know what I don't want to swim with? Pigs." lol I was dying.

 

I should book it...

[FitchburgWIFamily]

All I can think is that this started in a bar late at night.

 

Drunk #1: "Those tourists....they have so much money, they'll pay for anything"

Drunk #2: "Yeah, if you call it "Swim with the somthing" those dumb tourists will pay for it no matter what it is!"

Drunk #1 "Yeah...it could be "Swim with the pigs" and people would pay for it."

Drunk #2 "Yeah...Swim with the pigs...we should do that and see how many people really do sign up"

Drunk #3 "You guys are full of it, nobody, not even a tourist, is going to pay to swim with pigs."

Drunk #1 "You wanna bet?"

Drunk #3 "Yeah, I bet you $1,000 no one would ever pay money to swim with pigs"

Drunk #1 "OK...I'm gonna do it, I am gonna start an attraction called Swim with the Pigs!"

Drunk #2 (maybe slightly less drunk than #1) "Wait...do pigs swim?"

 

....................

 

And so it began.....

 

Little did they realize they were right.

[Casino Comp Chick]

All I can think is that this started in a bar late at night.

 

Drunk #1: "Those tourists....they have so much money, they'll pay for anything"

Drunk #2: "Yeah, if you call it "Swim with the somthing" those dumb tourists will pay for it no matter what it is!"

Drunk #1 "Yeah...it could be "Swim with the pigs" and people would pay for it."

Drunk #2 "Yeah...Swim with the pigs...we should do that and see how many people really do sign up"

Drunk #3 "You guys are full of it, nobody, not even a tourist, is going to pay to swim with pigs."

Drunk #1 "You wanna bet?"

Drunk #3 "Yeah, I bet you $1,000 no one would ever pay money to swim with pigs"

Drunk #1 "OK...I'm gonna do it, I am gonna start an attraction called Swim with the Pigs!"

Drunk #2 (maybe slightly less drunk than #1) "Wait...do pigs swim?"

 

....................

 

And so it began.....

 

Little did they realize they were right.

 

Ill drink to that! 🍹

[tbo]

Please understand that this is NOT the same as the island in the Exumas that’s become famous for its wild pigs that roam free and who’ve inhabited the island on their own long before it became an attraction.

 

Sandy Toes is located in Rosen Island, just off the coast of Nassau and it’s a beach bar where they now have brought pigs in as an extra attraction. The pigs are not roaming freely. They are restrained. It’s really a tourist trap.

 

Personally I wouldn’t waste my money. We sailed to Rosen Island last July (to another more remote part of the island away from the crowds) but sailed past Sandy Toes on the way there. It looked crowded, with several large excursion boats anchored next to each other. Beautiful beach, but I wouldn’t select this excursion to see chained pigs.

 

 

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Thank you for posting this, it's hard to tell exactly where the tour is from the description, but the "comedy" part seems to confirm that they are not feral pigs. Definitely a pass for us.

[mjkacmom]

Thank you for posting this, it's hard to tell exactly where the tour is from the description, but the "comedy" part seems to confirm that they are not feral pigs. Definitely a pass for us.

I’m guessing it’s supposed to mimick the pigs on Exuma that have been there for decades. Unfortunately tourism hasn’t been good for those pigs.

[mrsfuzzmo]

If you do a little research, you'll find that the resort has 3 "farm saved" pigs that you can play with. Definitely NOT the same as the swimming pigs experience of the Bahama outer islands. We did swim with the pigs in the Exuma Cays last Feb. and it was pretty darn cool, but this excursion that is listed for Rose Island sounds more like a beach with a couple of pigs you can feed and pose for photos with, kind of like the guys walking around with parrots or monkeys for pictures, etc. I'd save your money for the real experience someday. It's worth it.

[notalandlover]

I cant swim with pigs since this movie.

[BNBR]

Is it too controversial to ask: what’s the appeal of swimming with pigs?

 

 

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Well, when there was just the 1 island with pigs (actually 2 since there is another one in Abaco), it was unique and interesting. You would take your private boat over and see the pigs. Unexpected.

 

Of course, now people see the $$$ and have brought pigs all over for "swimming with the pigs" excursions for tourists who don't know better. The whole point was super remote, unique, and non-commercialized location of the pigs in Exuma. It was this kind of hidden treasure/secret that few could get to.

 

Pigs at GSC? That's completely missing the point and nothing but a tourist trap.

[BNBR]

All I can think is that this started in a bar late at night.

 

Drunk #1: "Those tourists....they have so much money, they'll pay for anything"

Drunk #2: "Yeah, if you call it "Swim with the somthing" those dumb tourists will pay for it no matter what it is!"

Drunk #1 "Yeah...it could be "Swim with the pigs" and people would pay for it."

Drunk #2 "Yeah...Swim with the pigs...we should do that and see how many people really do sign up"

Drunk #3 "You guys are full of it, nobody, not even a tourist, is going to pay to swim with pigs."

Drunk #1 "You wanna bet?"

Drunk #3 "Yeah, I bet you $1,000 no one would ever pay money to swim with pigs"

Drunk #1 "OK...I'm gonna do it, I am gonna start an attraction called Swim with the Pigs!"

Drunk #2 (maybe slightly less drunk than #1) "Wait...do pigs swim?"

 

....................

 

And so it began.....

 

Little did they realize they were right.

 

Cute. But not even close. It happened much more naturally without the tourism/commercialization aspect. Mostly from private boaters who were going to a remote island that a family of pigs lived on. The pigs were friendly and in need of food. It became a "thing" for private boaters. Of course, tour guides started doing trips over to the island and it blew up in to some activity the Bahamas has, laughably, become famous for.

 

So the story was probably more like "drunk #1: OMG, everyone is obsessed with the pigs in Exuma.... we can just put pigs here at a resort and charge big money... tourists are stupid and won't even know the difference"

[mrsfuzzmo]

Cute. But not even close. It happened much more naturally without the tourism/commercialization aspect. Mostly from private boaters who were going to a remote island that a family of pigs lived on. The pigs were friendly and in need of food. It became a "thing" for private boaters. Of course, tour guides started doing trips over to the island and it blew up in to some activity the Bahamas has, laughably, become famous for.

 

So the story was probably more like "drunk #1: OMG, everyone is obsessed with the pigs in Exuma.... we can just put pigs here at a resort and charge big money... tourists are stupid and won't even know the difference"

 

LOL Exactly!!!!

[LrgPizza]

There are pig farms all around where I live, and many have ponds. Who the hell decided that this is a vacation attraction? Now I'm convinced that there are idiots who will pay for anything. I am dying over this! I can't even imagine what a laughing stock these tourists are.

[LrgPizza]

Here is $100 worth of pig swimming at Sandy Toes:

 

[RaiderDuck]

Does this make anyone else think of Les Nessman and his flying turkeys?