acidbasement wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:25 am I did a bit of reading on this last night.
https://gangwaze.com/blog/best-beaches- ... ruise-port
Yes, unlike at Grand Turk or Labadee, there is no beach right by the cruise pier at Cozumel (and at most ports, really).metalforever wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:29 am Do many people take a taxi to go a little beyond the immediate area ?
How has that worked out ?
Chankanaab Park seems like a great idea , I was reading about it .Pellaz wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:14 pmYes, unlike at Grand Turk or Labadee, there is no beach right by the cruise pier at Cozumel (and at most ports, really).metalforever wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:29 am Do many people take a taxi to go a little beyond the immediate area ?
How has that worked out ?
Taxi rates aren't too outrageous, and are set by law. There is a large sign after you "escape" the cruise pier shopping area showing the rates.
I've been to Paradise Beach in the past, which was decent. It's south of the cruise piers.
This time I might go to Chankanaab, which is a national park to the north of the piers.
Yep, there are ferries, as that highly informative post stated.
Ah!!!Stormsleeper wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 1:49 am There should be an ferry every hour to Playa del Carmen and back 365 days a year depending on the weather.
The ride takes about 30 minutes. Price 220 pesos ($11.6) one way … 400 pesos ($21) if You want to take the trip back to Cozumel.
There are now two companies that service the crossing.
All boats are similar. All of the ferry companies have kiosk near the ferry pier. Most people just show up and take whatever boat is leaving next. You can buy one way or round trip tickets. They recommend just getting a one way ticket and then buy a ticket when you are ready to come back. That way you are not waiting for a ferry that you already bought a return ticket for or trying to catch a certain time ferry.
There are also Mayan ruïnes on Cozumel (San Gervasio) but imo not so spectacular as the ones in Tulum or Chichén Itzà.
ha ha indeed.
Pellaz wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:54 pmYep, there are ferries, as that highly informative post stated.
HOWEVER, if you want to go to Tulum or Xcaret or anywhere else on the mainland from Playa del Carmen, book it through the cruise-line. It might cost a bit more than arranging it privately on your own, but the timing is tight and if you book on your own and encounter problems, the ship will NOT wait for you. If you book it through the cruise line, they MUST wait for you, or make arrangements.*
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* I've seen videos where the cruise line hastily arranged a fast boat to bring people back to the ship, already sailing on, and bring them back onbroad through the lower gangway while underway.
Yep, actual real info is filtering out in dribs and drabs....as usual for 70K.Adamor wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:56 pm did some digging on the Royal Caribbean site and found these excursions listed:
Dune Buggy Snorkel & Beach with member(s) of Bands ORIGIN and ATHEIST
Deluxe Beach Break and Playa Mia Water Park with member(s) of Band GRAVE DIGGER
Adventure at Punta Sur Eco-Park with Member(s) of TROLLFEST
Mayan Laser Tag at Chankanaab Park with member(s) of Band CRUACHAN
Given the little time we have on Cozumel, I'd suggest Tulum. Hell, I wouldn't even go out of Cozumel, the island itself has many great things to do & visit.
Have to agree. Chicken Itza ( ) is the better-known of the two ruins sites, but Tulum is significantly closer to Playa del Carmen (which is the mainland side of the ferry connection to Coz).
Yep, it will. You could always book it now and then, if needed, cancel it once onbroad** if the previous night's schedule doesn't work with it.
We will probably just book on the ship once the running order gets released (so never ). The excursion with the Tulum ruins and cenote swim looks great, if we can swing it.Pellaz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 4:21 pmYep, it will. You could always book it now and then, if needed, cancel it once onbroad** if the previous night's schedule doesn't work with it.
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** I'm fairly sure you can cancel onbroad up to 24 hours before the excursion without penalty (money would be applied to your Sign and Sail account), but can anyone confirm?
Hell, if the Skipper keeps adding bands, we might not know the running order until we board!mooyagi wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 2:05 pmWe will probably just book on the ship once the running order gets released (so never ). The excursion with the Tulum ruins and cenote swim looks great, if we can swing it.Pellaz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 4:21 pm Yep, it will. You could always book it now and then, if needed, cancel it once onbroad** if the previous night's schedule doesn't work with it.
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** I'm fairly sure you can cancel onbroad up to 24 hours before the excursion without penalty (money would be applied to your Sign and Sail account), but can anyone confirm?
We had booked the snuba and were really annoyed about that time-change as well. I'm sure it's because they had other ships in port that were arriving and/or staying later.
Yeah, I saw that too. Freaked me out for a bit.Ethrivas wrote: Ship leaves Cozumel at 14:30... so little time.
EDIT: Nevermind wrong print at booklet, it is 16:30.
I thought I saw those guys sitting there as I was leaving. wasn't sure if it was them or not, now I am.
Oh, where did you see them sitting? Were you part of the incredibly early (7:45) excursions at Sand Dollar Water Sports? (Or whatever it was called; something like that.)
nah we didn't do an excursion. we just wandered around the island and happened to stumble upon that area.Pellaz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 8:34 pmOh, where did you see them sitting? Were you part of the incredibly early (7:45) excursions at Sand Dollar Water Sports? (Or whatever it was called; something like that.)
As for Cozumel, I've been there and done that a few times. The excursion we did was pretty good and my friend Alex loved it, but I wish we'd been told we could have hung out there and snorkeled for free after our snuba excursion; I had even brought my own snorkeling gear for that purpose. But, they touted doing snuba again (for a price) or doing scuba (for a price), and I didn't get the impression they wanted people to just slum around. Turns out that Oystein and Jorgen from Ihsahn stuck around and snorkeled. Oh, well.
They do excursions all day there, hourly, for cruise visitors, so we were not happy with the change in time from noon to 7:45. They could have made it 9 or 10 o'clock. Just another day of not enough sleep; I had many of those this time around.
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