Did you book OGT and already got your room assignment?I am up right now trying to figure out excursions as well. We just bit the bullet this week, so I am in major catch up mode! Haha.
We were hoping for a deck one room but ended up in a 9B on deck 2 instead, room 2070 to be exact.
Double check they're open on Sunday's. We port on a Sunday and Chankanaab isn't open. That's where we were wanting to go. Someone in another thread tried to book online several Sunday's and everything shows no availability. Don't want anyone to be disappointed if they take a cab & find out no dice.
Thanks for looking out!
Thanks for looking out!
As we get closer to sailing, I will double check this...but based on the info from their website:
WHAT TIME DOES PARADISE BEACH OPEN FOR GUESTS?
We open at 9 AM everyday and close at around 5 to 6 PM 365 days a year.
DO I NEED A RESERVATION FOR PARADISE BEACH COZUMEL?
There is no need to book, first come, first served!
DOES PARADISE BEACH CLOSE AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR?
Paradise Beach is open 365 days a year. We only close for weather if conditions become unsafe for our guests.
It all worked out for us, too. FiL saw the Secret River & wants to do that. MiL isn't game so she & my 19 yro will be venturing off to the Atlantis submarine, Margaritaville, & shopping.
I work in the travel and tourism industry and I have no days off, ever. I will be working on this vacation (even though this is a family/leisure trip)...its part of the job, but I LOVE what I do, so its barely work at all. 98% of the time, I tell people that I am not getting paid to work, I am getting paid to be away from my family, the other 2%, well, I am getting paid to deal with the train wrecks. HahaFabulous! I was a bit disappointed at Nacchi & Chankanaab being closed. I try not to be grumpy about it since it's kinda nice that my boys both have jobs that give them Sundays off. (Yay for getting a day still!) I'm sure other busy people in this world appreciate a family day every week, too.
It's coming up fast! Exciting!
Didn't help I was totally out of it on cold-meds when she called. Anyway, she called a few more times. It started out they were trying to talk me into this shorter tour. Then it was trying to talk me out of the tour altogether. She even tried "Well I know it's a very expensive tour and I'd hate for it to be wrong for you." Which was really funny because I've paid more than double for shorter charters so I didn't think it was expensive at all. Finally I got her to fess-up to what was really going on. They had messed up and double booked. She wanted us to pair up with another family. But, with FIL's needs I just didn't see that being the best option for us. That's why I booked something private to begin with. By then I was not feeling so good booking with them anyway so I cancelled. In the end, I'm glad it didn't work out. When I had to sit back down with my MiL to discuss other options for our Cabo day, sailboat charters came up. They've never been sailing before and she seemed super excited to give it a whirl. I love to sail & have always wanted to go with my hubby and sons. So there! We found a fabulous private sailboat charter that really will be so much more than what Rogers would've been. Costs more, yes, but that wasn't a problem from the get-go. I'd rather pay more to get more. Ya know?
@MunFam, that's who we're booked thru for our Cartegena tour! Yay! My FiL has some physical limitations and things so we're going to keep our tour private in case we need to switch things up on the fly. It sounds like it'll be a fabulous tour, tho! All my communication with Dora has been exceptional! My husband works with a fellow that's from Cartegena. He recommended Dora as well. I thought that was a solid recommend if it came from someone who's from Cartegena. Right???
I originally tried to book Rogers Boat for Cabo. They're pretty highly rated via Trip Advisor. Paypal'd my $350, exchanged communications specifying we wanted a private tour for much the same reasons as Cartegena. Just in case we need to make changes on the fly. Everything was all booked, confirmed, and set. A month or so later I get a random phone call from them saying they think maybe we would rather their short tour because maybe the 3+ hours wasn't a good fit for us.
Vallarta: my in-laws are doing the town & tequilla tour thru the cruise line. My 19 yro is so adamant he wants to do Las Celetas. This being his graduation celebration trip we want it to be his wishes.
I still haven't decided exactly what date to do my son's (homeschool) graduation! LOL! He says he wants the day to be Panama Canal day but I don't want to clutter that day with to-dos. I was wanting to keep the actual canal day as open as possible. So I was thinking one of the at-sea days, maybe the first formal night. It'd be neat for him to get pics with Mickey and/or the captain all dressed up holding his diploma. I need to nail down the date soon, tho, so I can get his diploma, etc. ordered! LOL!
Think I will leave the ship and grab a cab there and get a cab straight back to the ship again after a few hours. Do you think this is safe for a lone female? As others have posted they do advertise being open every day and I guess it will be very crowded as on a Sunday so many other places are closed.
Hmmm...I do not know about being a lone female. We are a family of 3 if you want to be our 4th passenger and split a cab on the way there, you are more than welcome to! We will leave as soon as the ship opens up for passengers to get off. You may be able to join up with a family returning to the ship for the return as well. From what I understand, we will be the only ship in port that day, so the area will be kind of "quiet".
I should have my son come thank you. You just nailed it. It's just high school graduation (he'll be 19 because he wanted to add a year to finish with Physics & Pre-Cal/Trig) but it IS a transition for him, a significant moment as he moves from one season of life to the next. So, graduation shall be on Canal day!
Hubby & I were JUST at Disneyland 2 weeks ago & I didn't see the 2015 graduation hat ears. Are they out??? You saw them??? I neeeeed them! Need to get Chandler's name embroidered on, too! Yeah, we were planning to skip the traditional cap & gown for the mouse ears & maybe a tshirt. Flip flops are definitely in order!
