CavePearl

I understand your concern. But, keep in mind that tourists are a small part of the pharmacy business in Cozumel. Local doctors send their own patients to the pharmacies for medications. This past December we took a land vacation to Cozumel for nine days, and I had to see a doctor while we were there. He told me what to get, and I just asked at the pharmacy counter. If you know the dosage of the medication you need, just ask at the counter if they have it. We have used Mexican pharmacies many times. (We've never bought any medications from shops along the way, just at the actual Farmacias.) We've found the prices are quite reasonable. You shouldn't worry about contamination. Reputable pharmacies sell factory sealed medications labeled in Spanish. It isn't at all the same as buying street drugs that come from who-knows-where. Farmacias don't want to kill off their customers - it's bad for business! 🙂

Thank you all for the input! You've been very helpful, and it sounds like the consensus is that with all the changes the last few years some things are still the same. We were wondering if the cutbacks might have changed more than just menus. Now we know!

Thank you! We are really looking forward to our return to cruising. Our last time was on the cute little Majesty of the Seas out of NOLA, Feb 2020. We got back home several days before the world locked down. It's been so long and there have been enough changes that we feel a bit like newbies!

We leave this Saturday on the Adventure. We've cruised a lot in the past (we are D+), but this is our first time using the app, and our first cruise post-covid. So, we are in learning mode!

I checked the app before I posted this question, but only found dinner options. Perhaps I looked in the wrong place?

Next week we are on our first cruise since the lockdowns, and look forward to seeing what changes have been made. In the past we enjoyed breakfast and lunch in the dining room. Do they still offer this an option?

In 2000, my parents mentioned that they were taking a 14-day transatlantic cruise on Splendor of the Seas. We’d never cruised before, but my husband and I invited ourselves anyway. It was love at first sight, and cruising became one of our favorite vacations. (Side totally-random story follows... ☺️) My parents cruised a lot after my dad retired in the late 80s. They were never really "loyal" to any specific cruise line, and their favorite size ships were “the-smaller-the-better” class, so you can imagine the size of the staterooms. And always interiors. Always. They really enjoyed Commodore, and I remember how surprised to find out they were something called “Diamond” on Royal Caribbean! Anyway, which ship may not have been important, but they were always very clear about how they never saw any reason whatsoever to pay for anything but the cheapest cabin since after all, they were rarely in it. (I heard that speech more than once!) After my aunt retired in the 90s she started cruising with them. And I mean with them… together in one interior cabin! They cruised and traveled the world as a “threesome,” which gave a lot of people a lot of laughs - and the three of them milked it for everything it was worth. Their joy in meeting new people and just living was something to behold, and we were blessed to join them on many occasions. My parents have gone on now, and my dear aunt is 96 years old. She still laughs when she reminisces about their adventures. When I grow up, I want to be just like them.

I can't tell you how many Holland America jokes we heard!

I never used to have an opinion one way or the other. I had followed threads about favorite CDs on here, and then several years ago on one of our transpacific cruises we had a CD who was considered to be one of the “best” by many cruisers. We were so excited to finally sail with this person to see why he was so popular. Our excitement was short-lived however, when on the second or third night of the cruise immediately after the comedy show, the CD announced that he would not be bringing the comedian back for a late night adult performance because “most of the guests on the ship were older cruisers.” What??? Okay. We assumed maybe it was just a lame attempt at a joke and he's going to clear it up on his 'clever' (which he was noted for) morning show? Nope. The next morning he stated again that the late night comedy, as well as other late evening activities would not occur. He even acknowledged that he had received many questions about such activities and that he would not be offering them. Then every morning after that on his show, he confirmed that he did not like being on a cruise with so many older cruisers and his “jokes” mocked the very guests he was supposed to welcome. Basically, he expected all of us to be in bed by 9:00pm, and his entire daily agenda reflected it. Fortunately, that's not why we cruise. We book long cruises for the experience of ocean voyages, so activities aren't that important to us anyway. But in this case - yes, it affected (but we didn't allow it the opportunity to ruin) our cruise. The CDs attitude was terrible, and it's no wonder he hid for the entire trip. Insulting old people who pay your salary probably isn't the best of ideas.