I have been to cozumel before, so we just went to paradise beach which was great and relaxing.  We walked around downtown for awhile also.  My only complaint was that I had to spend $51 US in taxi fees getting us from port to downtown, to the beach and back to port.
Also carnival has become so commercialized, they keep trying to sell stuff to you and promote their partner stores!

Cozumel

I have been to this port before and was extremely disappointed how commercialized it has become since I visted there in 2001.
With the cruise ship developed pier to the new building going on and the enormous amount of shops that popped up over the last 12 years, Grand Cayman lost its authenicity!  I appreciated the "small village" feel it had when i was previously there and missed it greatly on this trip!  The "recommended" shops by Carnival are just another way for the cruise line to get your money.  I found the push to shop in only these stores to be annoying and overpriced.

Grand Cayman (Georgetown)

My first trip to Jamaica!  I loved the zip excursion that I booked independently.  It turned out to be the exact excursion that Carnival was charging $50 US more for.  I saved 150 booking directly and was on the same bus as those who booked through Carnival.
The ride to the zip tour, was an adventure in itself, Our guide was Georgia.  The driving in Jamaica is crazy, no speed limits, alot of switching lanes and going up the mountain was a little scary due to the narrow streets, sharp blind turns and oncoming traffic.  We did make is safely to the tour which we enjoyed completely.  It had 5 lines of varying lengths and our operators were very friendly and made us feel completely safe and at ease.
On the way back Georgia our guide offered to take us anywhere we wanted to go and be our personal guide for just 10 extra pp and ensured we would be safely returned to the ship on time.  We took them up on the offer for 40 dollars for the 5 of us (daughter was free because it was her birthday), because it was cheaper than taxis or the hop on hop off ($12/pp).  Our first stop was the Pork Pit, a local spot for some jerk chicken, we spent $30 for the 5 of us to get 1 and 1/2 jerk chickens and 5 drinks.  Next we decided we wanted to do a bit of shopping on the hip strip.  This is when we realized that Georgia had a husslegoing of her own.  She only wanted to take us to certain stores, where she claimed we could bargain and get better prices (sound familiar to carnival)
she called to the places ahead and we got the impression she was earning commission off what we spent in the store.  We did get a bunch of t-shirts at a good deal 3/$10 and 2 bob marley shirts, marked 30/each for 30 total. At this point we were ready to return to the port, they took us back with no problem.  All in all it wasn't too bad, but it would have been nice for us to shop where we wanted and look around rather than only go where they would take us.

(149/pp or 250/couple for a week or you can pay 35/day) My complaint about the thermal spa was that they give out 50 passes so it can get crowded, and the hot tub was cold and was closed on one of the days we were trying to use it due to rough sea conditions.The Lido deck buffet offered the same things as the dining room in the evening so there was no real reason for us to wait until 8:15 to eat everynight.

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