Swimming with pigs

[bbnjcruiser]

Has anyone tried this excursion yet?

[lrsxcchick]

I have not, but I'm also curious to see if anyone has done this.

[DirtyDawg]

I once swam with my extended family after a Thanksgiving meal. 🐷🐷

Does that count?

[ColeThornton]

7 hours ago, bbnjcruiser said:

Has anyone tried this excursion yet?

 

 

Nope.  You'll be the first one.

[bahama_chica]

 

7 hours ago, bbnjcruiser said:

Has anyone tried this excursion yet?

 

I have!  As my name suggests I am from The Bahamas and have done it twice now. 

[fabby50]

There are lots of videos on youtube.  It's offered at resorts in Exuma, lots of people that have stayed at Sandals in Exuma (Emerald Bay) have posted videos.  It is very popular.

[cruiser123!]

3 hours ago, bahama_chica said:

 

 

I have!  As my name suggests I am from The Bahamas and have done it twice now. 

Have you done the one from GSC or Exuma?  I was thinking of the GSC one but haven’t seen any reviews yet

[havanadaydreaming]

ill be at GSC Monday and will check out the pigs. ive always wanted to do that but my hunch is that the Exuma experience is the major leagues and GSC significantly below that.  

[cruiser123!]

10 minutes ago, havanadaydreaming said:

ill be at GSC Monday and will check out the pigs. ive always wanted to do that but my hunch is that the Exuma experience is the major leagues and GSC significantly below that.  

Looking forward to your review 

[bahama_chica]

32 minutes ago, cruiser123! said:

Have you done the one from GSC or Exuma?  I was thinking of the GSC one but haven’t seen any reviews yet

 

I've done one in Exuma and on another island in near Nassau called Rose Island.  It was a fun experience and I would do it again if I had the chance.  My son loved it and still talks about it years later.  Once thing to note is that what they don't show you in most videos is the poop (no other way to say it) in the ocean that starts to happen after the pigs are feed.  So if you go, prepare yourself for that....

[FranknBeans]

Never mind.

[dobiemom]

12 hours ago, DirtyDawg said:

I once swam with my extended family after a Thanksgiving meal. 🐷🐷

Does that count?

Brahahahaha! 😄😄

Edited November 23, 2018 by dobiemom

[MJSailors]

Really ??!!!!

[jdvmd]

I saw a video from Great Stirrup Cay's version and it really seemed lackluster. Still debating doing this next week as I hope the video may just be bad and the excursion is better than it appears.

[Silver Sweethearts]

On 11/22/2018 at 9:17 AM, bahama_chica said:

 

I've done one in Exuma and on another island in near Nassau called Rose Island.  It was a fun experience and I would do it again if I had the chance.  My son loved it and still talks about it years later.  Once thing to note is that what they don't show you in most videos is the poop (no other way to say it) in the ocean that starts to happen after the pigs are feed.  So if you go, prepare yourself for that....

 

Being in water alongside feral pigs who are clouding that water with their bodily functions (and who may  well carry diseases they can transmit to you) does not sound like a lot of fun, but perhaps we are missing something.  Is it worth the risk of catching something to swim with pigs?

[bbnjcruiser]

I guess where I was going with this question is - is it Like the videos of Exuma where pigs sort of took over an island and live there? (Magical) Or is it going to just be some dude with pigs in pens on a beach? (Sad)

[Cheezus]

3 hours ago, bbnjcruiser said:

I guess where I was going with this question is - is it Like the videos of Exuma where pigs sort of took over an island and live there? (Magical) Or is it going to just be some dude with pigs in pens on a beach? (Sad)

 

It's just going to be a dude with pigs, total tourist trap.  Only Exuma and Abaco has a "real" experience, and not accessible from a cruise stop.  Rose Island and GSC were recently fabricated tourist traps.  

[Oakman58]

I don't understand the desire to swim with pigs.  Swimming with Dolphins and Sting Rays is interesting and fun, but pigs...

[cruisingwiththe family]

On 11/22/2018 at 1:41 PM, cruiser123! said:

Have you done the one from GSC or Exuma?  I was thinking of the GSC one but haven’t seen any reviews yet

 I have seen and heard nothing but bad things on the one that goes from the Norwegian ship. It is not actually go to Exuma.  I really want to do this excursion and I’m trying to find a way to book outside of the cruise line.

[zqvol]

Just curious why anyone would want to force land animals into the sea to entertain the people.

 

Do what you want but I find it incredibly cruel.

[TrpngBilly]

On 11/22/2018 at 2:48 AM, bbnjcruiser said:

Has anyone tried this excursion yet?

As a follow up to anyone who answers "yes" to OP...  why?

[BNBR]

On 1/5/2019 at 3:53 PM, cruisingwiththe family said:

 I have seen and heard nothing but bad things on the one that goes from the Norwegian ship. It is not actually go to Exuma.  I really want to do this excursion and I’m trying to find a way to book outside of the cruise line.

 

You don't have enough time to go to Exuma on a typical cruise stop in Nassau.

 

On 1/5/2019 at 9:24 PM, zqvol said:

Just curious why anyone would want to force land animals into the sea to entertain the people.

 

Do what you want but I find it incredibly cruel.

 

I agree.  Which is why the operators at GSC, etc.... I don't agree with.  It's just a fake tourist trap. The real swimming pigs famously swim out on their own to greet tourists.  They aren't there FOR tourists, big difference.

[Bruce CountyJay]

My husband and I are farmers and I would never want to swim with pigs.

[SeaShark]

When the pigs get out of the pool do they then become "chair hogs"??

 

 

 

(Sorry, I just had to . . .)

[yankees111]

1 hour ago, SeaShark said:

When the pigs get out of the pool do they then become "chair hogs"??

 

 

 

(Sorry, I just had to . . .)

Yes and then as a punishment they become bacon at the next morning’s garden buffet breakfast!