Xplor Park- Cozumel

[disneymagicgirl]

This looks amazing! Any reviews from DISers? Anyone able to do it by booking themselves and get better pricing? Would love to do this with DH if it has good reviews and would also love to save off the $195pp DCL is charging.

 

[Alexander]

I would not recommend trying to do this on your own. There are too many transportation issues that could go wrong and you missing the ship. You have to take the ferry from Cozumel to the mainland and then get transportation (bus) to Xplor. It is about $109/pp for entrance to Xplor, so figuring in transportation costs, you probably won't save enough to risk missing the ship.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

I would not recommend trying to do this on your own. There are too many transportation issues that could go wrong and you missing the ship. You have to take the ferry from Cozumel to the mainland and then get transportation (bus) to Xplor. It is about $109/pp for entrance to Xplor, so figuring in transportation costs, you probably won't save enough to risk missing the ship.

That is kind of what I was thinking too. Anyone here have reviews on this excursion?

 

[jiminyC_fan]

IF you do it on your own let me give you some advice. Do not buy roundtrip tickets on the ferry. There are two companies so you can hop on the first one. Second, you don't need a bus to get to XPlor. You can grab a taxi right by the dock in Playa Del Carmen. It should cost 10.00 or close to it. We stay in Playa Del Carmen and also Cozumel for land vacations. We take taxi's all the time from our resort which is in between XPlor and Xcaret to Playa Del Carmen. Fast, easy and inexpensive.

I've heard great things about XPlor but never have gone.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

IF you do it on your own let me give you some advice. Do not buy roundtrip tickets on the ferry. There are two companies so you can hop on the first one. Second, you don't need a bus to get to XPlor. You can grab a taxi right by the dock in Playa Del Carmen. It should cost 10.00 or close to it. We stay in Playa Del Carmen and also Cozumel for land vacations. We take taxi's all the time from our resort which is in between XPlor and Xcaret to Playa Del Carmen. Fast, easy and inexpensive.

I've heard great things about XPlor but never have gone.

Do you know the cost of the ferry?

 

[GeorgeY]

We are on the Magic next week, and we have XPLOR scheduled. We are going with Disney due to the fear of missing the boat. From what I have read, we will only get about 4 hours in the park itself, even though it is a 7.5 hr excursion due to all the travel. I will report back in two weeks how it went.

George

 

[disneymagicgirl]

We are on the Magic next week, and we have XPLOR scheduled. We are going with Disney due to the fear of missing the boat. From what I have read, we will only get about 4 hours in the park itself, even though it is a 7.5 hr excursion due to all the travel. I will report back in two weeks how it went.

George

That would be great!

 

[GeorgeY]

We are back. XPLOR Park is incredible and I would even consider doing it again if we went back there.

Doing the excursion with Disney is the way to go, yes it is more expensive, but there are alot of conveniences of doing it with Disney.
--There is a Ferry docked at the Pier that Disney docks at, that is only for Disney Excursions going to the mainland. So it is essentially a private Ferry. Then on the return back to the ship, the Ferry is only for Disney guests and takes you right back to the Ship. The Cruise Director even pointed this out in one of the shows, how Disney excursions are done first class.

We had about 4.5 hours at the park, which was enough time to do
1.All Terrain vehicles (1 track)
2.Cave Swimming (1 track)
3.zip line (1 track)
4.lunch.

Lunch was very nice there and a nice retreat from being on the move, however you could possibly eat enough breakfast to skip it, to get another ride in.

Avoid Zip Lining first thing as it is the most popular thing. if you wait till 2pm(Ship time, we had to be done at 4:15) you will have little to no wait to start and then very little waits on each of the towers. Both Zip Line Tracks end in water, but the Jaguar track has the highest tower. Do be prepared that tall tower zip line is so long it does back up there and it could add 30-60 minutes, so don't do it if you have less than 1 hour left.

Let me know if you have any questions.

George

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Thanks George! How long did the whole thing take, including transportation time?

 

[GeorgeY]

We left the ship at 9:45am, All excursions to the mainland left together. And we got back on the ship at 5:45pm. So you will miss early dinner seating. And there is no time to shop anywhere.

George

 

[Canadian Fan]

We were thinking of this excursion as well but are concerned about the boat ride to the mainland. I've read there is alot of motion and can cause sickness even if not prone to that. GeorgeY was this a problem or did you notice if others were sick due to the travel?

 

[Dizzyworld]

We were thinking of this excursion as well but are concerned about the boat ride to the mainland. I've read there is alot of motion and can cause sickness even if not prone to that. GeorgeY was this a problem or did you notice if others were sick due to the travel?

The last cruise when we were on that boat ride to the mainland, it was suggested to sit outisde up top. All four of us were fine, but a few green people quickly joined us on top. I had been concerned about this too.

 

[GeorgeY]

There wasn't an option to sit outside on the ferry that Disney brought in, but that could be a different boat every time.

personally, My kids and I love the rocking boat and it was rocking pretty violently, with Huge swells.

However, there were quite a few people that were sick, and the sounds and smell coming from all around was not nice. Those people looked miserable.

George

 

[Dizzyworld]

There wasn't an option to sit outside on the ferry that Disney brought in, but that could be a different boat every time.

personally, My kids and I love the rocking boat and it was rocking pretty violently, with Huge swells.

However, there were quite a few people that were sick, and the sounds and smell coming from all around was not nice. Those people looked miserable.

George

Would not have been good for me.....or the people around me.

 

[scrapbookmomma74]

We were on this excursion with GeorgeY, and we would NOT do it again. For what you pay for it, it isn't worth it. There is no guarantee that you will get to do the activities described. We did NOT start with the zip line, we went to the swim through the "secret river" and then did the "paddling". Then, it was about 1:15 and we decided to do the zip line. There was no wait, yet we didn't step OFF the zip line circuit (ONE TIME) until 4pm. At that point, we did not have time to eat what I've heard was a nice buffet.
I did not realize that this was a glorified water-based theme park where we would not be escorted to the activities, but let loose to figure things out on our own. For $195, I expected more, and made sure to tell DCL that. The port excursion supervisor was very gracious, but I would not do this again.

 

[Alexander]

Please keep these reviews coming. I was so torn between booking Xplor and el Rio Secreto. We went with Rio Secreto and it was nothing shy of AWESOME! As we drove past I told DS we would try Xplor next time.

My concerns with Xplor were crowds and spending the four short hours in lines.

We took the ferry this past week and it was not bad at all. It was quite comforting actually and I started to doze off getting rocked to sleep. DS and I had the whole front of the ferry to ourselves as the people who didn't like the motion were recommended to sit in the back.

Yes, DCL had a ferry waiting for us as we stepped off the ship. We did not have to wait at all. The only people on the ferry were from the Magic even the Fantasy cruisers were not on our ferry.

 

[jlwhitney]

Please keep these reviews coming. I was so torn between booking Xplor and el Rio Secreto. We went with Rio Secreto and it was nothing shy of AWESOME! As we drove past I told DS we would try Xplor next time.

My concerns with Xplor were crowds and spending the four short hours in lines.

We took the ferry this past week and it was not bad at all. It was quite comforting actually and I started to doze off getting rocked to sleep. DS and I had the whole front of the ferry to ourselves as the people who didn't like the motion were recommended to sit in the back.

Yes, DCL had a ferry waiting for us as we stepped off the ship. We did not have to wait at all. The only people on the ferry were from the Magic even the Fantasy cruisers were not on our ferry.

We are doing the Rio Secreto next week and can't wait, can you give more details on it. Was lunch included? Did you have much time in Playa Del Carman and such.

 

[officereg]

My husband and I did Xplor Park. The ferry ride over was very rough. I have been on boats my entire life and that is the only time I ever felt sea-sick. Little kids were sick all around us.

It felt like half the excursion time was spent getting to the park, and I did not like that too much. All things considered I thought it was great. I probably would not do it again as an excursion. I would love do spend more time there, maybe a land trip vacation.

Oh and the price of the pictures were ridiculous.

 

[jAnEnSaM]

Does anyone knows if you want to drive the ATV, does the Xplor park requires you to have a US/international driving license or would any other country's license do to prove that you can drive?

does anybody check, when you enter the park?
Thanks

 

[officereg]

Does anyone knows if you want to drive the ATV, does the Xplor park requires you to have a US/international driving license or would any other country's license do to prove that you can drive?

does anybody check, when you enter the park?
Thanks

I don't recall them checking our ID. You really can not go too fast, you are on a route and when we went we had a ATV ahead of us about 20 feet, and one behind us about 50 feet.