Cozumel is a good port. There any many activities and shore excursion available ranging form swimming with dolphins and snorkeling to taking a speeding twister boat to a private island for a nice relaxing time. 
Shopping is also good, with cruise-ship-guest-only areas immediately near the ships, and ample transportation to the main downtown area where much more shopping is. The cruise lines do an excellent job of telling you who it is wise to shop with and how, and who it is not wise to shop with. They explain how to haggle and bargain in on-board shopping seminars, which are invaluable for new cruisers. 
We probably spent about $200 total in jewelry, souvenirs, and trinkets, but if we would have purchased the exact same items in the States, we probably would have paid double. We also managed to find some rare flavored tequilas that are no longer imported into the U.S., so we made sure to drag back a couple of those as well. 
As with the cruise ships themselves, Cozumel is mostly what you choose to make of it. You can party all day and stagger back onto the ship, you can shop in hundreds of stores for thousands of different types of merchandise, or you can just relax on some very beautiful beaches and return to the ship completely relaxed. 


Cozumel

Nice closet, slow draining sink, light visible under the door, odd life vest holder in the corner that prevents the guest on the far side of the bed from walking around the bed.

We put in an order for room service one morning and it was delivered within 5 minutes of the range of time requested.By the time I got to the ship, the swelling was going down, so I ate lunch on the ship, and then took a shower and a nap, and I was fine.

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A joyride to Cozumel and back!

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