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In Roatan we went to Gumbalimba Park. The tour is a bit dull at first not many hummingbirds out early in the morning, insectarium was all preserved bugs from around the world but at least the room was air conditioned. Next is the iguanas which were roaming every where so that was cool. then you come to the birds sone are caged but the macaws are out and a few toucans. you get to hold and have pictures taken with the macaws. now the really cool part is the capuchin monkey area. they get one to hop onto your shoulder so you can get a photo but we were swamped they loved us. i had 4 one me at once..,it was so cool to experience this. i will do it again if i get to go back.

Belize we did the Altun Ha ruins and river boat excursion. we to a boat up the Belize River. We saw manatees at the mouth of the river and as we traveled up there were crocodiles, iguanas, and howler monkeys. at the end of the boat ride was a little restaurant where you can get a bit to eat and they have a few souvenirs you can buy. once done the tour bus arrived dropping off another group and we traded places. we got on the bus to go to the ruins and they to the boat back down the river. the ruins were great, even forced ourselves to climb to the top of the big pyramid. Costa and as I said was a bust even though i read about it. Cozumel we did the beginners scuba excursion and loved it. we were allowed to do a second dive for $45 pp so we did it and the first dive counts towards certification. If you want to but the color changing shirts or sunglasses. they talk about do it in belize as the sunglasses are $49 vs $59 in costa maya or cozumel.

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Just finished our cruise aboard Rhapsody. Food was terrible no matter where you ate. Shopping guide for our ports of call was clueless on issues but she had been doing this for 25 years. Had an issue with our last port in Cozumel with Del Sol(will not buy from them again) and could not find our shopping advisor to let her know. I think she hid from everyone. Loved Roatan and Belize, but Costa Maya is a tourist trap and should be dropped as port. Room attendant had no personality and hardly saw him. Few employees always seemed to have an attitude. This was not our normal Royal Caribbean experience. Feeling disappointed.

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Just finished my cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas and our last port of call was in Cozumel. Our shopping guide on the ship held a talk the day before about the shops and had coupons for certain shops. She gave us one for Del Sol the people that sell items that change color in the sun. Our coupon was for a pair of sunglasses, 1 t shirt, a frisbee, a pair of flip flops, and a beach ball. We went and they were very pushy, and did not have the flip flops. they said they have not received theirs yet. Our shopping guide should have known that before giving a coupon for it. the girls at the store said they could give us a tote bag in its place..? We didn't want a tote bag and said that was the substitution and the bag was $20 vs the flip flops were $10 so it was a better deal which was a flat out lie. I went ahead with purchase stating how disappointed i was about the situation and the girl at the register just was rude and had an attitude. I will never buy a thing from Del Sol after this so other shoppers beware. Also our shopping guide paper said sunglasses were $49 and they were in Belize, but in Costa Maya and in Cozumel they were $59.

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Just finished my cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas. We stopped in Costa Maya as one of our ports of call. We did an ATV excursion and that was ok. It would have been better in a smaller group. The second part of the excursion was to spend time on the beach. they took us back to town to a what we thought was a resort but not sure to spend time on the beach. when we arrived we were greeted and the nan said he was going to be our waiter and escorted us the the beach. as we sat relaxing we were approached by many, many, many locals trying to sell us stuff. Finally we just got out stuff and went back to the cruise pier. We arrived at the pier looking around the shops and then wanted lunch. The food is way over priced. we had nachos, a chimichanga, a order of guacamole, and 4 diet cokes and our bill was a $100.00 usd. be careful of your excursions and eat on the ship as thus is just a tourist trap.

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