nursygirl82

Cozumel, Mexico

Very rushed it was a nightmare and hazard just trying to get off the cruise ship. Carnival is very disorganized. We booked a 6 hour beach excursion that was supposed to include open bar and lunch. Well after waiting around for other people for 45 to get off the boat in carnivals disembarkment mess, we got into to taxis buses for about a 15 minute ride to a beach park that had nice clear blue warm water it was so nice. Then came the logistics of the excursion. Lunch was a buffet food wasnt good they were out of hamburger buns and after several times of asking employees for some buns we gave up. The waiter in the very packed little restaurant came over to get drinks and before he would take our order very rudely told us he works for tips. We ordered drinks he forgot to bring our soda and he again rudely said chill out im getting it. Then another person at our table ordered a rum punch which he never brought over but it was such a packed mess in there we choose to leave rather than get our already paid for open bar drinks. Then at this time it was time to pack up because we were told we only had two hours of beach time. So we pack up, put a member of our group into her regular wheelchair instead of the sand wheelchair and head up to meet our tour guide, who shows up about 15 minutes later and tells us he told us the wrong time to meet and we still had another 45 minutes if we wanted to go back to the beach. Which would be a waste after packing everyone up and dragging it all back to the meeting area. So we wait another 45 mins and get taxied back to the shopping area for 1.5 hours. So in total of our 6 hr beach excursion we got 2 hours to go to the beach and have lunch in an over crowded restaurant and then rushed back to shop. So beware buyers the 6 hr beach day is a lie.

George Town, Grand Cayman

The island was beautiful!!! The water amazingly blue and just heavenly. We did the stingray city tour which was disappointing because the pictures they show when you book is stingrays swimming all around you on the sandbar. In actuality you are let off the excursion boat, the tour guides dont let you go away from them and actually swim around the sand bar. You are made to form a circle around the tour guide with one stingray that the guide holds and they take your picture and give you about ten minutes when thats done to stay in the water. There was about 1,000 people on the sandbar on different tour boats and about 3 stingrays. They then bring you back to shore where you can buy your picture with the stingray for $35 a picture or a disc for about $180.

Belize City, Belize

Going to Belize makes me glad i live in the US. It makes you realize that everything in life could always be alot worse. The poverty level there saddens my heart to see that people have to live like this. I always thought Belize was one of the better off countries and more beautiful countries in central america. Wasn’t so beautiful and didn’t have the beautiful blue water like the other ports. Many of the houses only had blankets as doors. We drove across country and it was really interesting to see the jail there, as it was like little shacks with one gate around the jail and the inmates either sitting on their porches or working in the fields. We did the mayan ruins which was a big trip just to get to. We waited about 2 hours in the amber palace to be tendered off the ship because the ship was delayed arriving to port, followed by a 25 minute tender ride, followed by an hour and a half very bumpy bus ride, followed by another 20 minute boat ride to get to the ruins, which left little time for our actual excursion. It was very rushed. The ruins were nice and the guides have an interesting story to tell about them, but probably wouldn’t do it again based on the price and the actual amount of time to get there vs. actual excursion time.