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posted by cru5h
We've already booked our room on Carnival for our honeymoon. It's a brand new ship called the Liberty, which is still being built in Italy. Neither one of us have ever been on a cruise before. So I'm not only excited by the cruise, but a new ship makes me all warm inside.
Our trip is a western Caribbean trip it goes to the Bahamas, the Caymans and Cozumel. What are some not-to-be-missed attractions we must see at any of the locations? We pretty much will try anything, except "Xtreme" sports and stuff. Out of all the destinations, I was in Cozumel I guess, because I've done Tulum and Xelha. Tulum was really nice. It was a senior trip so I don't remember much other than the ruins and a Fat Tuesday t-shirt contest
..and a bad case of the trots.
So, ahem, yes - what are some must-sees?
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posted by bebe0315
I don't have any destination ides - but I have on-board suggestions! Carnival puts out a daily bulletin of things going on on the ship. Read it! We missed so much fun stuff last time because we didn't really pay attention to it, mostly because we kept getting up so late because we never knew what time it was (no window or porthole or clock to tell us it was MORNING.) We still had fun anyway, just kind of wandering, but we could have done a lot more while we were on the ship.
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posted by swim_a_lot
I have no advice for you on those places but i just wanted to say that i would LOVE to go on a cruise and visit all those exotic places, i envy you and your FH, make sure when you get back you let us all know how it was and post some GREAT pictures!!
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posted by swim_a_lot
You know what i am so blind i didn't even see that you had wrote you were going to Cozumel, my FH's mother and step-father have gone there for their vacation for the past 5 yrs, all i know is YES DO NOT DRINK THE WATER (he also got the poopies really bad!!!) i know that his mum just lays out on the beach and reads, she does like to visit the little market places, and his step-father goes scuba diving ALL the time, they said there was a very secluded private beach that they found on the island that they went to and it was beautiful (they brought back lots of pictures) The wildlife is amazing, the birds are the brightest colors!!! i'll have to ask them some more about it and if they recommend any places!
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posted by cru5h
Thank you swim!! I will definitely post pictures. I'm more excited about the cruise than our wedding. How sad is that? LOL
Yeah, I didn't drink the water. Perhaps I accidently had ice in my drink or had salad where the veggies were washed in their water. Dear Lord, one minute I was on the stage dancing with my girlies and the next I was hauling ass to the hotel to reinact the Dumb and Dumber bathroom scene.
bebe- that's a great suggestion. I know we have 2 full days on the ship itself so I'm glad you mentioned that. Our room will have no windows either. LOL I typed winders instead of windows at first.
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posted by feb-bride
Thanks for the visual, cru5h.
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posted by munchkin
Cru5h, Cozumel is different from Xelha and Tulum, as it's an island. It's in the same general area but isn't the same place.
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posted by Deal Finder
In Cozumel:
-Go to Passion Island
-If you're in the market for jewelry, go to Diamonds International. Ask for Roi (Roy). He's one of the managers. Tell him Kevin Thomas sent you. He'll give you a nice deal. If he develops a case of amnesia, tell him I'm the guy who bought the engagement ring from him and proposed to my girlfriend (my wife now) across the street from his store, on the beach. He'll remember me for sure. A couple of weeks ago, I sent my friend to him. My friend bought some diamond earrings for his wife and was extremely happy with the deal he gave him.
I wasn't very impressed with the Cayman Islands. It was too slow for me. All we did was hit the beach and did some shopping. It's excellent if you want to set up an untraceable bank account -- I'm joking!
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posted by suzyqnj
Just a word of advice - rent one of the cars (vw bugs/jeeps) in Cozumel rather than taking a taxi..... Taxi will cost $3 to go somewhere, but $20 plus to get back. The car rental is only like $10 to $15 for the day, if I remember correctly. It's been awhile.
They do parasailing at San Franscisco Beach (I believe thats the name, don't quote me on that
) - that's the only extreme thing we found in Cozumel.... Well, he did it, I just sat in the boat calling him crazy...
The Caymans are kinda slow, but we went and fed the stingrays. That was kind of cool... I'd say if you decide to do that, go early in the morning so you'll be the first ones out on the sandbar. It's like the black sea coming at you when they come up to the boat for feeding. I didn't physically feed them, it wasn't naturally my cup of tea... I like to say I went, I saw, I conquered, and then swam like hell to get out of the water... There's nothing like a 5 foot wide "fish" ramming itself into the back of your legs knocking you over.... So yeah, I got back on the boat. lol
That's all I can remember... when on the ship though, for those 2 days.... get yourself a couples massage... those things are GREAT!!!!
Have fun!
Susan
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posted by marchbride05
We just took a cruise for our honeymoon and Cozumel was one of the stops. We did the excursion to Tulum and I agree it was awesome but I'm a Spanish teacher
. We talked to other people on our cruise ship (also Carnival) about their excursions and a lot of people went on the party boat and had a good time. It's basically a boat ride with a lot of free alcohol. So if you're into drinking that might be a good option. You can check online and see what excursions are available. That's what we did. I always wanted to see Mayan ruins so that's why we chose ours.
You are going to have such a great time! I didn't think I would like a cruise but now I would love to go again. The port Carnival stops at is so awesome. You can get cool souveniers and jewelry. Mexico has great silver jewelry at good prices if you like that. I would love to go back and have more time to shop. Our excursion to Tulum took up most of our time in port.
I don't know if you will need to rent a car. I think that depends on how long you are there but we were there for less than a day. If you take the excursions, the cruise ship arranges the transportation (included in the fee). Also, before you get off the boat in Mexico Carnival sells huge bottles of water. Buy it! We did and we didn't have any stomach trouble.
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posted by suzyqnj
True, if booking an excursion thru the cruise line, they provide transportation. My suggestion was if they wanted to explore on their own.... I should have clarified that in my post. Oops.... sorry.
Susan
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They actually do have "Spa Fare" on every menu if you want a lighter/healthier selection, and the couple of times I tried it, it was just as good as the other stuff.
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