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I am sure you and your son will enjoy it. My DB is 6"6' and he (of course) had no problems with the water. Maybe you and your son can take turns with her in the boat....maybe with a team effort you can lure her into the water. :grin. I honestly do not think that the water is normally that high because I read in many different places that it is only waist deep. Maybe the tide was high that day??? Who knows, but it was uncomfortable for me....BUT I am so glad I did it. The first time you feel one of the rays glide past your leg it's a pretty weird feeling, but they are such beautiful, gentle, magestic creatures....it is definitely an experience not to be missed. Maybe you could do an excursion that has another stop. There is a butterfly farm in Cayman....I have no idea if there is an excursion that has both the stingray sandbar AND the butterfly farm, but what 5 year old gal wouldn't enjoy a bunch of butterflies, huh? That way, if she's too scared to go into the water she's seen something else really neat that day. Or.....if she does go in and is totally freaked out, the butterlies will bring a smile to her lil' face afterward. Just an idea.Anyway...make sure you take a disposable underwater camera (assuming you don't have a non-disposable one). You'll want to get shots of you and your son holding the rays, the rays swimming around you, etc.
I am sure you and your son will enjoy it. My DB is 6"6' and he (of course) had no problems with the water. Maybe you and your son can take turns with her in the boat....maybe with a team effort you can lure her into the water. :grin.
I honestly do not think that the water is normally that high because I read in many different places that it is only waist deep. Maybe the tide was high that day??? Who knows, but it was uncomfortable for me....BUT I am so glad I did it. The first time you feel one of the rays glide past your leg it's a pretty weird feeling, but they are such beautiful, gentle, magestic creatures....it is definitely an experience not to be missed.
Maybe you could do an excursion that has another stop. There is a butterfly farm in Cayman....I have no idea if there is an excursion that has both the stingray sandbar AND the butterfly farm, but what 5 year old gal wouldn't enjoy a bunch of butterflies, huh? That way, if she's too scared to go into the water she's seen something else really neat that day. Or.....if she does go in and is totally freaked out, the butterlies will bring a smile to her lil' face afterward. Just an idea.
Anyway...make sure you take a disposable underwater camera (assuming you don't have a non-disposable one). You'll want to get shots of you and your son holding the rays, the rays swimming around you, etc.
