klpsmom

We had absolute ZERO issues booking the Dolphin Swim independently through cozumel-tours dot com and not Carnival. I just showed my online reservation, and when she asked what cruise ship, I told her the Carnival Dream (we were the only ship in port).

:D

I hope you've had/will have fun on your cruise! I'm going to be on the Dream in September. I have a friend that wants to swim with the dolphins, personally I'm OK hanging in the sun :). How was it? Did your dolphin people think they had enough time with them? Did the non dolphin'ers and once the encounter was done folks, feel like they had other opportunities to have fun??? Swimming, snorkeling, cocktails :).......

 

Worth going to???

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Edie

Chankanaab was wonderful and definitely worth going to! It was absolutely beautiful and chock full of stuff to do. They had palapas and chairs and really good margaritas;) Food was good and reasonably priced. While DH, DS and I did a scuba dive in the morning, the rest of our party hung out and snorkeled and enjoyed the beautiful day under the palapas. Then, while the rest of my kids did the the dolphin swim, we were able to enjoy the beach and margaritas.

BTW, ALL of my kids LOVED the dolphin swim and and list it as one of the many highlights of their trip. I just wish we had more time to spend at Chankanaab.

Sorry!!! I looked at your post date and not your sail date!!!

LOL

I'll be sure to post our experience when we get back:)

Just booked Dolphin Swim last night through Cozumel-tours dot com, as it was the last day for us to book 46 days out for the 25% discount . We are sailing on Carnival Dream in June. I did not want to book through Carnival, as we are a family of 6 and only 3 are doing the swim. We want to enjoy Chankanaab on our own time. I paid through PayPal and under cruieline I selected "ecommerce" and for ship name I also put "ecommerce" and the reservation went through with no problems.

We'll see how it goes when we get there!:D

We dove Roatan and Cozumel just last week and while they are both fabulous, I'd agree Roatan is better for a beginner. I suggest contacting West End Divers to set it up, they will send someone to pick up your family from the cruise ship and take you to their shop. The dive boat is right across the small street from the shop and the dive sites are all 5-10 min away :)

Looks like Roatan won't work out for us for this excursion, as my entire family want's to do Pirates zip line and some beach time. I don't think we could do both zipline and scuba.

Who did you use in Cozumel?

I think I've decided on Roatan for this excursion. Thanks for your input!

DH and I are both certified OW. Our 13yo DS has expressed an interest in scuba certification but we'd like for him to "try it out" first and figured our upcoming cruise would present the perfect opportunity. It's an activity we'd like to experience with him. DH and I can always book a separate dive for "real" diving:D

Would love any input! Thx!