My sister just finished a week of scuba in Cozumel. This a new thing for her. She wants to scuba Grand Caymen.
We want to do a "ruins" tour. Not sure about which - one from Cozumel or Costa Maya. Anyone done these? Either one seems to be an all day trip, which could be the deciding factor. We are at Costa Maya only a few hours.
Costa Maya is kind of a disappointment. It is a "town" manufactured just for cruise ships!
Here is a description of Costa Maya.
http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/newport.cfm?ID=150
http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/newport.cfm?ID=150
Costa Maya is just the port facility, and unfortunately - it's as far as some people venture off the ship. The nearest town is Majahual - although it's primarily a beach. If our port time were longer, I'd do another tour to the Chacchoben Ruins.
I found this part of Cruise Critic's description particularly interesting:
Costa Maya is what you'd expect if, say, Disney World decided to create its own private island in Mexico: a man-made tourism village with bars, restaurants, shops and pools at the ready. The faux village itself was created solely to woo cruise passengers and it has a myriad of facilities -- pools, restaurants, bars, shops and a small beach (though it's too rocky to swim).