Mayans and Islands 3/28-4/11/15

Regatta Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 69

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Regatta

14 Night Mayans & Islands (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 28, 2015

Ship: Regatta

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8004

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This was an action packed cruise. Costa, Maya, Mexico and Santo Tomas, Guatemala provided access to Mayan ruins.. The Santo Tomas stop provided a chartered flight to Tikal ruins which was spectacular.

Roatan and Grand Cayman provided snorkeling and scuba diving on their reefs. Puerto Limon, Costa Rica had a great Rainforest tour.  Colon, Panama, had access to Panama Canal locks and a train that went to Panama city and Returned back to Colon.  Cartagena, Columbia, had great shopping.  Ocho Rios Jamaica had access to Dunns River Falls for climbing and shopping.

The two weeks went by very fast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
This is not s childrens cruise line

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great large room, large balcony. TV could have been a little bigger, but all in all is worked out OK.

Ship tip

You should really book excursions through the cruise line unless you are going to be local for shopping. If your excursion runs late and you book excursions privately, the ship probably will not wait if they are scheduled to leave. We were late getting back from Tikal and the ship waited for us.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Key West, Florida

5 out of 5
Rented an Electric car to scoot around Key West

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Dzibanche and Kohunlich ruins well maintained

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

5 out of 5
chartered flight to Tikal Mayan Ruins

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
kayaking and snorkeling OK. A little basic, but still a nice reef

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Caribbean Rainforest tour. Toucans, Spider monkeys and Sloths

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5
Dome train follows Panama Canal to Panama City and Bus tour back. Nice

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Shoppingand city tour available

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5
Dunns River falls, a falls climbing adventure. Busy with spring breakers but still a nice experience.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Snorkeling is right off shore. A little basice, but still nice and water was clean.
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2 Comments

glomarrone    9 years ago

Your ports of call really sound exciting.  I have done the Dunn's River Falls climb and it was fun.  They really help you with the climb making it easy to do.  I have not been to Santo Tomas yet, though.

WeCruiseToo    9 years ago

Wow, sounds like you had an amazing cruise!  Thanks for the review!  We’d love to see some photos, especially the Mayan ruins, if you get a chance to add some to your review.  After doing all that, where are you going next?