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Ok those of you that have done this cruise let hear from you...
Tell me the good ... the bad .... the ugly....
We are now booked for June 15, 2008 and are wondering ... we have done Western Caribbean twice and were looking for a change. But now we will miss Castaway Cay and were looking for others opinions...
Plus any special trips etc to add into this trip to make it even better??
Thanks for the help!!
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We've done it last year and it was really good. We were the last cruise so we had some special events going on. Nothing really bade except that it rained on Pirate night. I guess it was special because we were some of the few who had the show inside the atrium, which was by the way PACKED!! We also had the fireworks on a special night. So overall it was a special cruise.
We did the Mexican Riviera in January with friends (on Princess.) It was nothing special so far as the ports are concerned. All the shops and vendors and crafts are the same as on the other side of Mexico.
Depends on what you like ... but I wouldn't sail it again. Just my opinion.
Our family cruised the Mexican ports on the Magic in June of 2005. And we are booked for July 2008.
We had a great time in '05, so much that we are going again. I liked Cabo the best. This time, in 2008, Cabo will the first port instead of the last.
The other ports are OK. In Puerto Vallarta we went to a resort, an excurion thru DCL, that was expensive and the resort, crowded. Won't do that again. In Mazatlan, we took a taxi downtown and shopped. It was fun.
One word of warning, the beaches (at all the ports) are full of people trying to sell you some trinket or blanket, etc. It is excessive. We found a nice resort in Cabo and hung out at their beautiful pool and drank margaritas. It was wonderful. That way we avoided getting harrassed on the beach.
I just love being on the Magic without having to fly to Florida!! If the boat never stopped in any ports, I'd be happy.
Rene',
Thanks for the great info! It helps to hear from someone who's BTDT.
As far as Cabo goes, do you remember the name of the resort, by chance? I'd love to know that the place I choose is a good one!
Also, did you ever swim with the dolphins? I've heard you can do that in Puerta Vallarta and it's wayyy up there on my to-do list! I think it'd be such an amazing experience, and my kids would go CRAZY. (They're big animal lovers.)
I have the resort name in my DCL file at home. I am at work, now (lunch break). I'll post the info tomorrow if I can remember. It really was a beautiful resort. And the DCL crew were there. We saw the cruise director and his girl friend. There also was a DCL excursion that apparently took you to this resort (we could tell by the purple Goofy stickers everyone was wearing!). It saved us a bundle to just walk along the beach onto the property, tip the staff to give us our own covered tent-like lounge, order some drinks and we were set.
I did not do the dolphin excursion. I have heard great things about it, though. We will be considering it for this cruise. My 9 yo DD loves dolphins!!!
Oh, thank you, Rene'! If you could post it (when you have a chance), that would be GREAT. That sounds absolutely heavenly! I want at least one day where I just lounge around and do nothing... on the beach. Ahhh!
Oh, thank you, Rene'! If you could post it (when you have a chance), that would be GREAT. That sounds absolutely heavenly! I want at least one day where I just lounge around and do nothing... on the beach. Ahhh!
Chortle. Dirty mind here. I saw "do nothing" and read "wear nothing". Too much time at work and on the commute.
I liked the place so much, I grabbed a brochure on the way out. And somehow managed to keep it. We got all our 2005 DCL stuff out when we booked the 2008 cruise, just so I could re-live it. I was glad this info was in the file.
These boards were a life saver when I planned our 1st DCL cruise. It is nice to give a little back.
One note-I've never been to the website that I posted above, until now. There are two hotels in Cabo that are in this group. The one I experienced is ME Cabo.
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If the boat never stopped in any ports, I'd be happy.
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It really was a beautiful resort. And the DCL crew were there. We saw the cruise director and his girl friend. There also was a DCL excursion that apparently took you to this resort (we could tell by the purple Goofy stickers everyone was wearing!). It saved us a bundle to just walk along the beach onto the property, tip the staff to give us our own covered tent-like lounge, order some drinks and we were set.
I was glad this info was in the file.
There are two hotels in Cabo that are in this group. The one I experienced is ME Cabo.
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