Spring 2012 – Day 9

The view from our balcony - another ship, the pier and the village

We awoke and were docked at the pier at Costa Maya, Mexico, which is a “town” made for the cruise industry. Before the cruise lines decided to get together and build this port, there was nothing here except a small town of 200 people.

So, they build a port, with a large pier and a new village with all of the typical tourist shops. It is built right on the Mayan Riviera, which is stretch of coastal land in Mexico stretching many miles south of Cancun.

The village at the port

The view from our balcony shows a very long pier, then the village and behind the village miles of just very flat land with palm trees – very un-developed. You could visit some Mayan ruins but it was a two-hour bus right and we didn’t feel the need to do that. There were a number of other “jungle” tours that people could take, but we skipped them all.

After spending about an hour visiting the port we had been to all of the shops and bought the prerequisite souvenirs that we needed. So, we headed back to the ship for lunch.

After lunch, we headed up to the deck for some sun – only one more day besides today to do so. As always, Barb is ahead of Ed with her tan!!

Buying a ring

Pretty soon it was time to change for the show and dinner. Tonight is the second formal night of the cruise and we are eating in the main dinner room.

The show was a major production by the singers and dancers on board. It was a very high energy show featuring all types of fast music from Irish Step Dancing to Tango, to Disco and much more – it was supposed to be a great up-beat show but it fell a little flat and did not have the energy that it should have – but we had fun.

Then we went to dinner which featured lobster tail. Can you imagine fixing lobster tail for a thousand or more people!

After dinner, we went to the casino where Barb finally hit a jackpot – not a great big one but a nice one!! Ed also did well so this was our best night in the casino ever.



Going out for the evening

We set the clocks forward tonight and tomorrow night – not good when you need sleep but tomorrow is a day at sea and we will spend a lot of time relaxing on the deck.

For all the basketball fans, we say Go Bulls and Go Syracuse!!

Night for now and thanks for everyone who makes it possible for us to be here – we will be home soon.

Spring 2012 – Day 8

Well I awoke early because we had gone to bed early since I was under quarantine. I felt just fine so I stayed in bed until Barb woke up and then ordered room service for breakfast.

Barb ready to go into the port.

After breakfast, we watched people get off the ship and then Barb went off to do a little shopping in the small port area of tourist shops.

We had scheduled a great all-day trip to the resort of Paya Bay Resort on the other side of the island. They were to pick us up and for lunch cook us a fresh lobster for lunch. During the rest of the day we were gong to just be on their beach.

Of course all that had to be cancelled last night and I did find out today that they will refund our money.

We had a snack on our balcony

I watched a movie on television during the afternoon – talk about being bored!! But at least life goes on and hopefully we will be back on Roatan in the future.

After the call from the Doctor came at 4 pm checking on my status, we immediately left the ship so that I could see a little of the port. We were back on the ship at 4:45 pm as the ship sailed at 5. You can’t imagine the feeling of watching everyone leave the ship and not even be able to leave the room – but it was over.

As we are requested to play in the casino two hours a day at a minimum and we lost a day yesterday, we went to the casino after the ship sailed and Ed did well.



Ed's three petite filets

The show tonight was a singer by the name of Lindsay Hamilton and she was outstanding. As they said in the program, she has played many of the most coveted roles in musical theatre history and we were very entertained by her performance.
After the show we went to the casino again and Ed did really well.

Dinner tonight was in one of the specialty restaurants call the Murano. There are three specialty restaurants on board that you have to pay an additional fee to go to and this is their classic French restaurant. We went with our friends from New York, Jeff and Vera and had a good time. We had a good meal, but not as outstanding as on other Celebrity ships.

Barb's lobster

Then it was on to the casino where both Ed and Barb lost but we were up considerable for the day, so it was a good day in the casino as we closed it at 2 am.

Tomorrow is Costa Maya, Mexico, our last stop.