ranger dave

In Galveston now, thick fog.  The Valor is 20 miles out waiting for fog to clear.  Any know how clear does it have to be in order to be able to come in?

Anybody have a picture or know what the prices run?

The money bar, playa corona, and sky reef.  All less than 30 minutes from any of the cruise ports.  Taxi about 15.00 for up to 4 people.  Never had a problem finding taxi back.  All have man made sand beach to relax on with iron shore for decent snorkeling.  Usually no admission but your are expected to buy food and or drinks.  I have found them all to be about the same price for food/drinks and good food and drinks😜. I wait till done snorkeling to have drinks.  They all have gear to rent if you need it

Any new information about this?  We'll be on this ship in a month so I hope if they are having issues it'll be fixed by then.

I have done what you are planning to do many times.  I always try to be discreet about it, never have taken the bottle out of the room.  Nobody has ever said anything about it to me.

So no ship on stick.  What do they give if you win in some of the games?

I second that.  There is seldom a taxi cruising those areas looking for fares.

Unless you are really set on having a jeep( can’t go off road, front drive shaft is removed) insurance won’t let you. I would recommend using rentadoraisis.com.mx Resonable rates with insurance. Margarita has vw convertible and some other small cars. Nice people to deal with

It’s almost 2 miles from the Puerto maya pier to the money bar, and if I remember right, there isn’t any sidewalks for most of it

Good video, very informative. Thanks for posing it

Deck 4, by the photo gallery and books and games, in front of the 2nd level of the northern lights dining room

We did the pirates of the Caribbean extremely extreme a couple of years ago in Roatan and thought it was a blast. Hope to do it again next cruise

Did you happen to check out the escape bar on board, if so do remember when it is open?

does anybody know when the Escape bar is open on the Magic?

Also, we have never used the cabs from in the pier. I always walk out and talk to van driver as we usually have 6 or 8 in out group. Tell them what we want to do and see and how much that want to stay with us the whole time. Sometimes I take their suggestions of what to do, but usually we know where and what we want to see and do.

I don't recall what the taxi was for , I think it was about 200., for a van ,for abou 8 hours. You want the driver to stay and wait for you. They have a long area with posts and net to provide shade and a lot of net hammocks. Free to use as long as you buy some food or refreshments

We all loved Punta Sur. Been there about 4 times. You need to hire a driver for the day. Last time at the park admission was $14. Per person, kids 3 to 11 was $8.00. There is a light house you can tour, very small mayan ruin, an observation platform where you can see crocs sometimes. After that we have the driver take us to the end of the road. It has to be the most beautiful beach on the whole island. They give tours to the mangrove lagoon where you are almost guaranteed to se crocs,included in admission price. Snorkeling is aways off the beach, but is one of the best, small place selling food and drinks.

Cozumel doesn't really have topless beaches. As someone said I have seen some go topless at the more secluded spots, even at chankanaab park at the far south area. A lot of women have been photographed at coconuts bar topless

has anybody tried the ship wreck' beach bar? How far out of town is it and about how much is a taxi to it?

The no name bar also has lots of tv's that show a lot of the collage games, usually I've just had to ask them to put up whatever game we wanted to watch and it wasn't an issue

Never had to wait more than 5 minutes to get a return cab either. Very easy to get to and from, just ask how much to get back before you get in. Some taxis seem to take advantage of cruise ship tourists because they don't know the rates.

The farther south you go the small bars are less crowded, but the big beach bars get really busy. The money bar is close and have decent food and bar prices. Probably has some of the nicest restrooms. A little farther south is playa corona , an older beach bar. Usually very quiet, beers last year were about 3.50 US, margarita were about 7.00. They had remodeled the bathrooms, but still not as nice as money bar. Next to that is the new Sky reef bar. Didn't stop last year, but 2 years ago is was nice. Both have man made sand beaches and usually don't charge if you buy food and drinks.

I see that a day passIs $60.00 per person. What does the cab cost? How long does it take to get there? Are cabs waiting to take you back to the ship or did you make arrangements with the driver to come back for you?

This March we are doing b2b on different ships. We will be on the glory, then get off and get on the breeze. In the past we have always done the self disembark. My question is since our check in time on the breeze is at 10:00, can we stay on the glory until about 9:00 and still do self disembark and carry our luggage to the breeze by 10:00?

Thanks for the information