The tour was a total of 4 hours and was more than I expected for my $49. We stopped by the Toratuga and sampled chocolate, coconut and original rum cake and a variety of rums. ( my favorite were the Pineapple and the Mango) I purchased a chicken patty melt which is like a flour tortilla pocket with chicken, sauce, lettuce and tomato for $2.50 I think and bottle water for $1.50. ( make sure you have change).We stopped in front of the Governor mansion and was briefed about the laws for the governor and a brief history lesson.Then we went to the Observatory deck where you can see the entire island including the 7 mile beach. This was in an Urbanized Community where there were 68 apartments which everyone who lived there worked in the shops below. Everything they need grocery, laundry, work, etc is within walking distance. They had a nice beach front area.Then off to Hell we went!! And our tour guide was hilarious!! Very talkative, telling childhood stories, history about the island, current laws and so much more. He'll was very interesting. Our tour guide gave us a tour of the many plants there and what medicinal uses they were for and how Hell came to be. We visited the gift shop for souvenirs before we left.Last stop was Tiki Beach (admission, free rum punch, and lounge chair was included). The beach was beautiful!!! I could have spent all day there. There are 4 different beaches that make up Tiki beach. We were at Treasure Beach which was very quiet and very rocky up to the shore (water only waist high). I swam 2 beaches away to the far end of Tiki Beach and there were no rocks there and I could swim freely (water was deep enough to tread water in). There are paddle boards, kayaks, snorkel gear all available for rent. We had 2 hours there and then our driver picked us up and brought us back to the port.

Grand Cayman (Georgetown)

This was AMAZING!!! We actually swam with dolphins. Did tricks with them and there is a camera man taking pictures. They do not allow cameras on the tour. You can have someone who is just watching (cost $49) to take pictures of you. We were supposed to swim with manatee, but didn't. I think you had to pay extra. After our swim we are guided to the picture gallery and gift shop. WARNING!!! The pictures are $39 PER Sheet!! You will get a better deal by just buying the cd if you want Any pictures. And then prints are only $6 per sheet. I purchased the cd and 1 print and the dolphin bag ($ goes to save the dolphins) the bag is soo cheap that it ripped like 5 minutes after I had it. Then we were off to watch the Sea Lion Show. Cute show. Since this was our 1st time in Cozemel we wanted to do some shopping also so we left. But you could literally spend the day there. There's a pool, a beach, a clubhouse and much more..... I didn't go all of the way down. Shuttle returned us back to port and we took an $8 taxi to downtown to shop. Lots and lots of jewelry available. Free tequila shots in some stores. Make sure you stop at Viva and get the $20 survivors bag it includes: straw hat, Mexican blanket, bottle of Tequila, maracas and 2 shot glasses!!! Lots of stores offer FREE things just to get you in to look. I ended up buying a Mexican opal necklace which they started at $800 but I got for $150 and and Amethyst Slide started at $120 bought for $60. Merchants are willing to deal more if you have cash. I think I could have gotten my necklace a little bit cheaper.... The Margaritaville is a water park. Free snorkeling and all kinds of stuff!! You need both your passport/DL & Birth certificate and Sea Pass to get back on Board. And once again you can bring on bottle water, which is $1.50 in the pharmacy. (Must have change... The store only had $20s and the taxi drivers say they don't have change. ) also all purchases are in Pesos on the price signs and receipts. Every place has a different conversion rate based in their bank. You can get change back in pesos if wanted.

The room had a lot of storage space in the closet and behind the mirrors. We could hear some of the engine noise but it wasn't too bad.

The hotel has a contractor shuttle that they work with who was trying to get us to book him for before and after our cruise, but since we had a large group and some people were going on to Disney or other hotels afterwards we were able to talk him into an $8 rate per person.(Usually Free 24hrs on other Cruise lines and Pizza or something is availa)
4) There were about 20 kids on this ship, so I would not recommend it for Families with children.

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