Progreso (Merida), Mexico Port Reviews

Had a very good time 100%

Visited: Jan 26, 2019

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Got to seev real Mexico and how they live.

Visited: Apr 02, 2018

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We had an all inclusive resort from carnival our bus broke took 40 minutes to get new one but the excursion was awesome the

Visited: Mar 02, 2019

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do not go here do not go here do not go here

Visited: Sep 26, 2015

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Don't even bother getting off the ship. It's a 4 mile bus ride to a really dirty town where a woman waits to sell you toilet paper outside the toilets for $5.

Did massages on the beach. Very poor economic area and the locals rely on tourism for their livelihood, we need to remember that before going ashore and be a little more kind to other humans.

Visited: Nov 01, 2021

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We went with the excursion offered from cruises only (this website) and it was horrible. The Dzibilchaltun Ruins- Merida we found out from Iguana tours, after standing for 30 min trying to find them, that those ruins had been closed for over a year and that we were not going there. We chose this sight because it was only 3 1/2 hours long so with grand kids it would be great. They were suppose to be able to swim at the cenotes there at the ruins. NOPE. Nothing advertised happened. We were loaded onto a NON air conditioned bus, with blood stains on the ceiling and water dripping from the ceiling from the non functioning AC. It was miserable. They convinced us that these ruins would be better. We finally got to a bathroom from 9 am in the morning and it was 12:00. The tour guide was awesome and tried his best to help us and give us the best info despite the conditions. Progresso is a very poor port and the experience was very authentic!! We should have NEVER been able to sign up for an excursion that doesn’t even happen. Cruisesonly took our Money and didn’t bother to let us know or take this off the website. Lesson learned. DO NOT GO WITH cruisesonly for your excursions. Go with the cruise line offered excursions. We did both and we will NOT go with cruise line, or any off the ship offers again. It was horrible.

The people selling stuff were relentless. There was no telling how many times going through the bus terminal and sitting on the free beach that we had to tell vendors no. Every time you tell one person no, there was some else in your face with the same or similar object attempting to make a sale 😡. Otherwise very beautiful place with nice people. Definitely want to go back but book an excursion!!! Even if it’s one at the bus terminal! edited to add: before we even got off the free shuttle, they were attempting to sell excursions and the bathrooms are $5 to use. Very clean though.

we did not like this excursion. We took the bus to downtown and were dropped off in a sketchy looking area with no instructions or signs as to how to get to the downtown market area. We did not feel safe or know what to do

Not much to do, in my opinion. But may have had to research a bit more prior to arriving. We just got off the ship to shop for souvenirs and then returned to the ship after an hour.