Cruise Recap - Cozumel

Day 4 – Saturday, May 15 The third day of the Cruise!!!
So we were able to sleep in a little bit this day. And I have to be honest, I have taken too long doing these updates and I am already starting to forget stuff! So, I might leave out some very important details!

Let’s see….we got up and we did order room service for coffee, juice and croissants again. We went and ate breakfast and I guess we just got our stuff ready for our day at Cozumel. I don’t really remember what we did…oh no! I am pretty sure we just went and ate breakfast and had a slower morning getting ready to get off for the day. We got off the boat at Cozumel and BOY WAS IT EVER HOT! Oh my….I don’t know if I could put into words how incredibly hot it was! But it was pretty neat because we pulled up to our dock right next to another Carnival Cruiseship. We could see right onto their boat and ours was bigger! HA! But it was neat. Jodi, Mom and I watched us pull up from our balcony….and Mandy, Chelle and Joanne did too! Their balcony was right above ours, so we chatted and just watched how cool it was to see this big ship come into dock. Once we docked and heard the “all clear” type announcement, we hopped off the boat! We walked down the long pier to Cozumel! It was so pretty and looked just like what I thought commercialized Mexico would look like. We took some pictures at Three Amigos bar and did a little bit of browsing before we joined up with the folks for our excursion to a place called “Playa Mia”. This excursion was a bus-ride to a beach. The price (which mom bought for us…THANKS MOM!) included a Mexican Buffet, lounge chair, water fun stuff, umbrellas….and DRINKS! There were 10 of us that chose to do this excursion….Mom, Jodi and me, Mandy, Chelle and Joanne and Joy and her cousin Kelly and her mom Janet and her Aunt Betty. So, we all start following the “guide” to our bus….only SOMEHOW we got separated. Joy and I were busy taking pictures and enjoying the scenery on our way there and the moms were following us and we somehow got separated from Jodi. I was a bit panicked, but we quickly found them. LOL The bus-ride over was fun because the tour guy was a hoot. So, we get on the bus and away we go! We get to Playa Mia and we get off the bus and start our little walk back to the beach. There were cute shops on the way, but we all really wanted to see the ocean and beach, so we kept walking. We get to the sand and the beach and AHHHHH….it was heaven! We found 10 chairs together and I immediately know that we need umbrellas because it was H-O-T. So, I go off with the little dude to get our umbrellas….only to find out that I wasn’t able to get enough for everyone, they would only give me two. So, I head back to where I had left everyone and proceed to have the little service guy put our umbrellas up. Then, they all wanted to move our location, so they start moving and I have to move the umbrellas and the service guy ditched me at that point. I guess he didn’t want to put the umbrellas up again. Now, it was a great idea to move spots, but I was a bit perturbed at first because I was fooling with the blasted umbrellas. So, we get to our new spot and I am trying to put the umbrellas back up and it isn’t working and I am hot and perturbed and then the drink guy comes and brings everyone (BUT ME) a drink. I was really perturbed at this point. Here I was trying to get everyone taken care of with the dumb umbrellas and they all ordered drinks but no one ordered one for me, the umbrella girl. HA. Funny how looking back on it now, why would they have ordered me a drink? They were just trying to enjoy themselves and here I was trying to take care of everyone and I didn’t have to do that! LOL Oh well, I was salty just until I got my drink….LOL Then I was fine! It was all about the margarita, you know. LOL So, we got all set up (the service guy did come back and do our umbrellas again) and we headed off to eat. I was a bit disappointed with the Mexican Buffet because I was expecting super yummy authentic Mexican food and it was really just like anything you would find here at our local “authentic” Mexican restaurants. But it was food…and it hit the spot.

After eating, and I am sure some more drinks, we headedoff to the ocean. Mom got us some great rafts and we enjoyed laying on our rafts (drinks in hand) and laughing and talking. For some reason, we kept drifting on our rafts over towards this rope and on the other side of the rope is where these boats were coming in. So, Joy was the designated swimmer and she would pull us over away from the rope. It was quite comical because we kept drifting. Then Joy and I had the bright idea to both get on my raft together and after several attempts and nearly going potty in our suits because we were laughing so hard, we gave up on that.

It was so nice and so relaxing and so fun to just be in the ocean! I think Jodi was annoyed with me and Joy because we kept laughing and she was trying to nap. Also, you know that Jodi likes to have her own space….it was so funny when Joy’s mom just grabbed a hold of Jodi’s foot because she was scared to float too far away. She actually (we didn’t know this at the time) is very afraid of water but didn’t want to miss out on the fun, so she joined us. Anyways…..Jodi did really good at tolerating that, but inside I am sure she was like…get off me! LOL It was just so much fun!!!!

We came in and used our rafts on our chairs (which was an awesome idea) and enjoyed laying on the beach. It was so beautiful! I ended up dozing for a bit and our mother (Jodi and I both fell asleep) had the service guys put more umbrellas up while we were asleep so we wouldn’t burn….that was awfully nice of her! We woke up from our siesta (ha! Appropriate since we were in Mexico!) and Jodi and I went and got “henna-like” tattoos. We got them on our feet and I have to tell you….I LOVED it and really, really, really want to get a tattoo on my foot now! Anyways, we did that and then we went to sit back down for a bit….and then….

Kelly (Joy’s cousin) really wanted to go parasailing. The price that was listed was $60 a person. Well, when we first got there, they told her they could do it for $50 a person if the three of us did it. Well, we were in Mexico, right? So I told Joy and Kelly that we should go back down there and only take $40 each with us. We did and we got there and I did the talking and asked the guy what his lowest price was. He said it was $50 a person. I said, we will do it for $40 a person. He said no. So, Kelly had decided that she was going to do it no matter what, but Joy and I were not. So, she started asking us for money so she could do it for $50. We started to give her money and walk off and the guy suddenly changed his mind and we did it for $40 a person! WOOHOO! Now, if you know me at all, that is a big deal for me….I am never that assertive!

Okay. So, we walk down the pier to this little tiny boat with four Mexican guys on it. We get on the boat and they don’t speak hardly any English….so who knows what they were saying about us. But they get us all suited up and we get ready to go up and let me just tell you….It was AWESOME! We are all three together…I was in the front….Joy was on my back (behind me) and then Kelly was behind her. So, we go up off the boat (we do not get wet) and go high in the sky and it was so beautiful! It was like the second part of my skydive, once the chute was drawn….only longer. The view was spectacular! The water was so many different shades of blue….we could see the entire island….we could see our cruise ship….and all the adobe huts…..and the beach….it was so gorgeous! I LOVED every second of it….Joy and Kelly….not so much. Joy’s harness (that was supposed to be around her legs) wasn’t very secure and ended up around her waist. She was never afraid that she was going to fall because she was securely harnessed, but the harness just wasn’t staying in the right place. So, she was worried and tense because of that. And I am not sure if Kelly just had motion sickness or what, but they were both a little green around the gill by the time we landed back on the boat. Again, you don’t get wet. Very neat. So, we get on the boat and Joy and Kelly are both super pale and not feeling well. I was alright, but I was feeling a little bit queasy. But that was because here we are in the middle of an ocean on a tiny little boat and the boat is just rocking on these huge waves. Well, our rope from the chute somehow got wrapped around the motor when we came in, so one of the guys had to dive in the water to unwrap it. So, we had to sit there rocking the waves while he did that. So, finally we start moving and get back to the dock. We get out and the guys are all talking in Spanish and then they try to offer us a ride back to our cruise ship (on the boat) and we say no and keep walking. Well, Joy knew enough Spanish to know that they said something about “the pretty one”. Come to find out, when they were putting Kelly’s harness on….the guy pretty much fondled her! GROSS! She is very cute and very little….and so, Joy and I were a bit offended that we weren’t “the pretty one”, but it just gave us one more thing to laugh about from our trip!

So, after we got back from parasailing, it was just about time to get back on our bus. We packed up our stuff and went shopping at the little shops they had there. This one guy from a jewelry store called me into his store for “a free gift”. When I went inside, he offered me a free shot of tequila. I looked at him and told him that I had just gone parasailing and the last thing I needed was a shot of tequila. LOL We bought some souvenirs and then got on the bus. I will let Mandy tell you about their experience with the bus ride and their mom.

When we got back to the main area, we spent the next several hours shopping and enjoying the beautiful scenery there at Cozumel. OH! And I also bought a pop which was heavenly since I didn’t have any pop on the cruise. It is the simple things in life!!!! We had fun shopping and buying cheap gifts and great jewelry for ourselves and just enjoying the evening there. Finally we decided to get back to the cruise ship. So, we walked down the long pier again and back to “Destiny”!

After being so hot and so yucky all day….we all couldn’t wait to get in the shower! So, I took a quick shower and a quick get ready and then headed up to the Lido Deck because our band was playing there that night. I found my way there and looked for others from our group, but I didn’t see anyone. So, I got a piece of pizza (loved that 24 hour buffet) and sat down on a lounge chair and enjoyed listening to “our band”. I was by myself for awhile (it is so fun to people watch on a cruise) and then Mandie and Amanda happened along. We chatted for a bit and then I decided to go see if I could find anyone else. Well, I went to the karaoke bar and there was a bunch of our group! I kinda forgot about it…but I guess I sang a song then too. I sang Independence Day. I missed Mandy and Chelle singing. So, we hung out there a bit and then we all went and hit the Midnight Mexican Buffet! That was very yummy and the company was great! I went out and listened to our band some more and watched the crowd get a little crazy. Then I went back in and joined the rest of the ladies and we (the younger generation) sat and talked for a long, long time. We laughed and talked and just had a great time enjoying each other’s company!

So, when we all decided to go to bed, Jeanna’s room was on our same floor, so Jeanna, Jodi and I got to our floor and there was this woman standing in front of this door. Now, some of the room doors were decorated for special events or what-not and this door looked like it has been toilet-papered, but it looked that way the whole time. So, this woman was short and older and we had seen her earlier with a group of people dancing to “our band”. So, she is standing there in front of this door just looking at it. So, we ask her if she is alright and she keeps saying she is looking for her room….”D”…..her room “D”. Well, rooms are numbers and they are not on your sign and sail (or door key) card. The only thing on there is the letter that corresponds to your “muster station” or the place you would go in case of an emergency. So, when she says she is looking for “D”, that really doesn’t mean anything. So, I explain to her that “D” is her muster station, not her room number. She was so confused. Jeanna was so sweet and put her arm around her and I was just annoyed and told her she needed to go to the front desk and ask for help. Jeanna offered to walk her down there and she said no, she would be alright. She could go there by herself. So, she takes off down the hall saying “D” over and over again. We about died laughing. Poor soul. We don’t know how she got “home” that night, but we saw her the next day and she looked no more worse for the wear!

We went to bed that night…tired and sun-burnt, but with big smiles of another wonderful day on Destiny in our hearts!!!!

Stay tuned for our last day on the ship….It was a DOOZY!!!!