we did the Maya Key private island snorkel with lunch. Maya key is so beautiful. there is an animal sanctuary there with a number of difference species as well as a few replica ruins. it was just such a gorgeous place to spend the day, with so much to do and enjoy. the lunch they served was pretty good too, better than the buffet on the ship. the snorkelling was really pretty good too.

this was our second time in belize. our guides were great and the tour was nice. the zoo is not like north American zoos, with every kind of animal imaginable. it consists of animals that are native to the area. it was really great. make sure you bring bug spray, otherwise you'll pay an arm and a leg for it at the gift shop at the zoo. Belize is a beautiful place that we'd love to go back to again

we booked the dolphin swim & ride with unlimited food and drink. this excursion took you to the dolphinaris park, not chankanaab park. we were aware of this because we read the details of the excursion, however there was a couple of ladies who were surprised when we pulled up because they were expecting the other place, which is where their friends went for the day. ooops. swimming with the dolphins was absolutely an amazing bucket list experience for sure. right afterwards, they take you to see the pictures... this is where they try and get you. they wanted almost $400 for all pictures of us and the DVD. we ended up getting all of it for $232 and they threw in 3 prints as well. but they try and make you think that you're the only one there whose getting this kind of deal. it was pretty humorous. the food was ok and the drinks were terrible. I only had one and I didn't even finish it. the drinks onboard were SO MUCH BETTER!!!!

This was a balcony cabin on deck 9. it had a king bed (converted from 2 twins) and a sofa that puled out into a bed. average size, compared to our 3 other cruises. was overall pretty clean.

nothing is open for breakfast until 7:30am and thanks to our daughter, we were up around 6am every morning, so if we wanted to have breakfast before we became starving, we had to order room service (the pizza place had breakfast pizzas, but they didn't really look that appealing)
The lunch/dinner buffet was really not too good either.EMBARKATION: this was our first time sailing out of new Orleans and the reviews that I've read about the disorganization and chaos is SO true.

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