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Day 3 - Costa Maya, Mexico

Today we were in Costa Maya Mexico! We pulled into port around 10AM. We headed to the "D Lounge" to meet for our port adventure today. We were going to the see the Mayan Ruins!!! I was very excited for this because I actually teach about this in school. It is really cool to see something like this in person and then teach about it!

Anyway, we loaded up a "charter bus" for this hour long bus ride to the ruins. Well, I guess the wonderful USA has a different definition of charter bus. It was literally a packed bus that was run down. It smelled bad and the air barely worked. I was like should we do this? haha Well, we traveled down a two lane highway that looked deserted, our bus driver couldn't speak English, we were driving so fast I thought at any moment I might meet our creator, AND we were stopped by the Mexican police/government to check for drugs. That was scary...yea Mr. Mexican police officer with your AR15 loaded and hanging on your back by a velcro strap...please don't accidentally shoot me as you pass by me on this crowded bus where I can smell peoples bodily fluids from my seat. The roads suck there too. It was like a Disney park ride OR a NYC Cab Ride...during the holidays. It was terrible!!!

Once we got there, it was great. We had a great tour guide too. Two older ladies totally farted on us during the tour. That was fun. It was incredibly hot and we spent a few hours there. Afterwards, we loaded the bus and headed back to port. We literally arrived 10 minutes before the Fantasy left the port. Our dinner was at 5:45 and we got on the boat at 5:30. We had no choice but to go to dinner all stinky...BUT it worked out because our other friends went to Palo this evening and it was just my husband and I at dinner tonight, which was kinda nice. No kids or adults, just us! We actually did not venture to Palo or Remy and I will explain later in the trip report why we did not go.

After dinner, we were pooped. We headed back to the room, showered, and hit the sack!!! Here are some pics from the day!

The tourist areas are very safe. I never felt like we were about to be mugged. The drug areas are further inland. You'll be fine! Don't let that stop you!

Day 4

Cozumel, Mexico

Today was awesome! We docked in Cozumel, Mexico and headed ashore around 10ish with our port adventure group. We were swimming with the dolphins today! It was amazing and now I want a pet dolphin! I highly recommend this adventure if you ever have the chance. Of course we were there almost all day and was sucked into buying the pictures!!

Here are a few:

After our port adventure with the lovely dolphins we took a cab ride down the Mr. Sanchez Beach. It was so awesome. We spent the afternoon just relaxing and we had the best lunch ever! "Real" mexican food is so good. We made our way back to the boat and spent the evening at dinner with our friends! The restaurants are so great! I had the caramel popcorn soup and it was awesome! Sorry, I didn't take any pictures of our food...

Here are the other pics from the beach:

That's all! Stay tuned for our last day at sea as well as the Castaway Cay visit!

You should! It is worth doing at least once! We had the best time.

Ok...I SWEAR I will finish this!!! haha

Day 5 - At sea

Today we had plans of doing nothing. We had breakfast, took a nap, then went to the adult pool. We had reservations at Senses Spa at 3:00PM for a couple's massage. Now, earlier I said that we didn't go to Palo or Remy and this why. Our couple's massage included 60 minutes of our choice massage in the couples villa. The villa is awesome. I didn't take my camera with me so I have nothing to show, but you can see pics of the DCL website. The villa was private and had its own private verandah. We went in and they took us the verandah and washed our feet in these bins. It had oils and flowers... then we spent 20 minutes in our private hot tub, then had our massage. Afterwards, we went back to the hot tub and soaked. A little later they brought us all kinds of hot teas with a fruit plate. The fruit included chocolate covered strawberries and other common delicious fruits. We then lounged in this awesome chair that holds two people. The experience was amazing and we deem this as the best part of the trip! We didn't eat at Palo and Remy because as you can imagine, for what this cost, we could've eaten at those restaurants every night of the trip....and I am not kidding. It was worth it though!

We went to dinner and tonight was pirate night! Don't get too excited, my DH and I aren't in to the "dress up" thing. We did watch the pirate show from deck 11 and it is sooooo cool!!!! After that, we were pooped and headed to bed!

I tried uploading my video of the fireworks, but photobucket is not acting right!! Arrggg!
Here are some pics:

Short Video:

Ok, one day left!!! Save the best for last!

Ok, so I am working on my last post right now, but I was finally able to get my videos correctly formatted! Here is the video of fireworks on pirate night! It was awesome!

I should have the last day posted soon!

Day 6 - Castaway Cay!

This was our favorite stop! We LOVED it here! We docked in the morning and got off as quickly as possible! Here is a pic of the boat docked:

We got off and took the tram to Serenity Bay (adult only beach) and it was GREAT! We were able to score two hammocks that we spent A LOT of time in!

A few pics from the island:

Look who was lurking around our beach!!!!

We ate lunch, which I have no pics of.

It was AMAZING as expected. I had a Tbone steak with a ton of sides. Soft serve ice cream and cake! Yummy! I love how they cater it on the island!

We then were off to our excursion. We took a boat out to do some more snorkeling. As I posted before, this is a big step for me because I am terrified of Jaws eating me!!!

Here are the pics!

Where we were:

After that we were pooped and ready to get back on the ship! Took this going out:

STAY TUNED FOR THE FINAL DINNER!

THANKS! Took me forever, but I will finish this thing today!

Video leaving Castaway Cay! Might be hard to tell, but CM's were wearing Mickey hands waving the ship off!

Oh and here it the video of the Fantasy Horn playing music! I was finally able to catch it on video! lol

Dinner time! Our last night was at Animator's Palette! It was so cool! We had the best time eating there! The dish I remember most was caramel popcorn soup! Yummy!

Here we are!

My drawing:

DH's drawing:

By the end of the night, baby ended up in the beer bucket!

Little video from dinner:

Stay tuned for final video of my drawing! Currently uploading now!

Last video of that night!

This was so fun!

Lastly, our $20 picture!

The day we left was sad. Our flight left at 11:30AM and we made it to the airport in time. It was a flight from hell though, pretty turbulent the entire time. If I was not crying or about to pass out, I would've taken video footage. Yes, I laugh now, but it was not funny then!

Overall, we had a great time and can't wait to go back to the world! Thanks for following my looonnggggg trip report!