blue_water Posted August 12 #1 Share Posted August 12 Carnival no longer stops there does she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted August 12 #2 Share Posted August 12 32 minutes ago, blue_water said: Carnival no longer stops there does she? Not in many many years. It was basically a gravel pit. 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted August 12 #3 Share Posted August 12 I had to look this up. From Wikipedia (it's on the internet, so it must be true): Calica is a quarry and a port on the Quintana Roo coast of Mexico. The name is short for the full Spanish name Calizas Industriales del Carmen, "calizas" Spanish for lime or limestone (cognate to the English "calcite.") Also, "Calica" is a (female) indy-pop singer, apparently, been around since 2019-ish? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted August 12 #4 Share Posted August 12 (edited) It was/is a gravel pit, but easier than taking the ferry from Cozumel to get to Tulum, etc. Edited August 12 by BlerkOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 12 #5 Share Posted August 12 The only two times we used that port was after Wilma when Cozumel and Costa Maya got tanked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 12 #6 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, BlerkOne said: It was/is a gravel pit, but easier than taking the ferry from Cozumel to get to Tulum, etc. true, it def was closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_water Posted August 12 Author #7 Share Posted August 12 Yes Calica is the primary deep water port used for exporting limestone, as well as many exotic woods and minerals. It is also where the car ferry departs for Cozumel. I remember the Carnival dock had been damaged by a hurricane back when we were still visiting the area. But Carnival was going there prior. Since we built a home outside PDC in 2015 I haven’t seen any cruise itineraries that included that port… Because of how busy this port is with exports, it makes sense that cruise ships would interfere with the normal operating environment there…But with the huge number of cruise passengers hitting Coz on a daily basis, I would love to dock at Calica for its proximity to some of the most beautiful sites in the Riviera Maya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphinsfan246 Posted August 12 #8 Share Posted August 12 I went there on my first cruise on the Holiday. I don’t think it can accommodate ships larger than Fantasy class? I might be wrong about that. The only thing I remember about it was that it was a gravel pit and we took a bus to Tulum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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