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mamaneedsavacay

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    Whatever I'm sailing next!
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    Western Caribbean

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  1. We didn't look for the water sports, I'm sorry. The day pass did say that non-motorized water sports were included, I think they were just a little further down the beach and we didn't go investigate.
  2. We loved our Spirit cruise out of Mobile last year! Didn't pay attention to the casino, I'm sorry. Just wanted to say, enjoy your cruise!
  3. I searched all of Cruise Critic for the name Corchito and got zero results. This is an Ecological Park that I noticed in a YouTube video about Progreso and have never come across it in all of my excursion research. Has anyone gone there on a port day? Do you recommend visiting? I would just have to use my friend Google to figure out how to get there, etc.
  4. Hmmm, then maybe it was $25 on the sign and I had $30 ready for each way. I see now that the website I linked was from 2022. I remember it was round numbers. That would make sense if it used to be $23 and now it's $25. But obviously I'm not solid on my memory.
  5. Thanksgiving 2023, we checked the rate sign at the port for the 5 of us to go to the Allegro and it matched with what I had seen online in advance. It was $20 and I had $25 ready for each way to include tip. When we were dropped off at the hotel, the driver said $20 and I gave him $25. When we returned back to the port, the driver said $25 and I gave him $25. This link now has Allegro for 5 passengers at $23. https://www.cruzely.com/complete-list-of-cozumel-taxi-rates/ So it looks like it has gone up.
  6. Sailing on the Carnival Valor on a busy holiday week next year. I'd prefer to park in the official port parking, but would also like to aim for a 1 or 1:30 pm boarding time to be able to go to our cabin immediately. Will the main parking garage be full by that time of day? I saw that St. Greg said there were over 1000 spots and one ship at a time, but unless I'm missing something, there would also already be cars from the other Carnival Ship that departs earlier in the week.
  7. We are using this option in Cozumel, have done it before and loved it, but haven't seen any for Progreso on the site we use (Resort for a Day.) Do you have any specific recommendations? My main reason for doing this would be to have AI and not worry about cash (outside of tips) and not be bothered by the beach vendors I hear a lot about. We may end up doing this- do you recommend bringing pesos, or was USD okay? Do they come to you on the beach with menus, or how does it work to order food & drinks? Who do you pay for the umbrellas? I've heard of scams when you sit under an umbrella and someone comes to collect money from you who actually has no right to charge for the umbrellas.
  8. To be honest, I hardly noticed any other PEOPLE there period. It was not crowded and everyone was spread out. Now, it was Thanksgiving day, so maybe that played into it, but our cruise was sold out and full of kids & teens. We were the only ones with a day pass at the resort (I saw the list when they checked us in.) As far as the other people there (those staying at the resort) it was pretty subdued around the pools, and there were activities on the beach but not crazy/rowdy. There may have been more kids over at the kids pool. My family took our rafts into the ocean and just floated in the shallows- it felt like we were the only ones there. I can't remember anything on the beach that would make it wheelchair accessible, but the resort/pools area definitely was. One thing about lunch is that it might not be worth the price of admission just for that. The food was just "okay" and the choices were pretty limited. The drinks were great though! Plenty of shade at pool and beach. My husband says to stop telling people about it because he doesn't want more people there when we go back, haha!
  9. Highly recommend a land trip to do Xcaret. Have seen cruiseline excursions offered to Xenses, which might be worthwhile for a Day trip. We really enjoyed Xenses, and it can all be done in a short day. I would still only do it through the cruiseline because of all the travel variables. Definitely a different experience than the main park, but so fun.
  10. I used Resort for a Day, in part because I didn't have a Wi-Fi package on the ship and knew that if anything changed about our port day I would be made whole. I didn't want to manage it myself. No idea if I overpaid what the hotel would have charged directly though. I think it was $60/person. We are Barcelo members (repeat visitors, not time share) so that was another reason I chose that resort out of the choices Resort for a Day offered. I wouldn't mind checking out Occidental Cozumel, the other Barcelo resort on the island. Just because I have good experiences with the brand.
  11. You aren't limited to the beach clubs- check out Resort for a Day. We used it to buy a day pass to the Allegro resort and had a great time. The price was comparable to the beach clubs, it's on the same stretch of road/ same cab fare and way less crowds.
  12. My kids were good with just pool and beach, but the staff was actively encouraging us to join volleyball, cornhole, some kind of other competition. They don't have the inflatables that PB has, and I didn't look for the kayaks/ non-motorized water sports but they listed as "included" on our day pass.
  13. Paying this forward, as we are just back from our cruise out of Mobile. Our boarding time was 11:30am. We pulled up to the parking garage about 11:15am without a reservation and were able to get parking on the top level easily. Paid by text when we parked. Very simple! I would imagine anyone arriving much later than that would not have gotten a spot in the garage, they would have been directed to satellite parking, regardless of having paid in advance. When the garage is full, it's full.
  14. See the Review I just wrote about a day pass to the Allegro Resort. Having previously been to Paradise Beach before it went AI, we much preferred the Allegro this year. Already planning to go back on our next cruise. My kids are 18, 16, 14.
  15. Just back from Carnival Cruise and visited Cozumel on Thanksgiving Day. We were all pleased with our choice to buy a Day Pass to the Allegro resort. It was our favorite day of the cruise. We had previously visited Cozumel in 2018 on an MSC cruise and spent that day at Paradise Beach, PAYGO. This time I was hoping to avoid crowds and got my wish! We were the only day pass people on the resort, which we could tell when they all knew exactly who we were when we arrived. Check in was fast and easy, bar was open immediately, lunch opened around noon. We were impressed with the drinks, the pools, the beach, and the service. Shout out to Fernando for keeping us nonstop hydrated. He brought another chair into the shade for us and was never far away from our pool spot. We went back and forth to the ocean, leaving our belongings at the pool. Towel hut was convenient and I was glad we didn't have to bring towels from the ship. Less impressed with the buffet lunch, but not a big deal. Lots of activity staff inviting us the play volleyball and Cornhole, but we choose to swim and lounge. No problem getting loungers at pool and on beach. Taxi was easy- round trip from Puerto Maya was $25 each way total for our family of 5. Just follow signs out of port and get in taxi line. The resort is on the same street as Paradise Beach, Nachi Coccum, etc. it does not have inflatables and we didn't ask about any of the non-motorized water sports/snorkel masks that were said to be complimentary, just because we were happy floating in the little inflatable pool hammocks we brought with us. Highly recommend for a relaxing and fun day!
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