I almost hate to share this cabin number, it's in a GREAT location, at the end of a short hall so no one ever goes by in the hallway, AND it has a super-sized balcony.

Nothing to rate here, we had a WDW transfer directly to the port and an airport transfer when we returned.  

Port Canaveral (Orlando)

The ruins in Cozumel are interesting but of course not on remotely the same scale as the ruins at Tulum/Chichen Itza.  That said, we didn't have to spend all day on a bus and ferry to get there, so that's the trade-off!  Our tour guide was excellent and the chocolate-making was interesting but brief.  

This was a pretty brief tour of the island, with like a 5-minute stop at 7-mile beach to take a photo (and we were encouraged not to actually get sand on our shoes, what??).  It also included a visit to Hell, the neighborhood and store where you can send a postcard if you're so inclined.  

Another interesting but not exhilarating excursion.  The "saltwater forest" is a bit of misnomer, it puts an image in your head which is not realistic at all.  What you actually get on this portion of the excursion is parked in a clump of mangroves for 30 minutes so you can learn about mangroves.  The middle school science teacher in our group was enthralled, but for those less scientifically inclined, it was interesting but not something I'd ever need to do again.

This is a must-do in Jamaica if you've never done it before.  Beautiful, picturesque, exhausting, exhilarating.  Beware the craft market you have to walk through to get back to your bus, the vendors are beyond pushy.  

This can be packaged with your Dunn's River Falls climb, along with the Sky Explorer.  You ride a chairlift on about a 15-20 minute climb to the top of Mystic Mountain, then line up to ride the bobsleds.  It's kind of like a self-run roller-coaster -- the track is similar to roller coaster with twists and turns (albeit no huge plunges), and you control your own speed with a hand brake.  Then the track pulls you back up to the top when it's over, and you ride the Sky Explorer back down.  There was also a lunch included at the top of Mystic Mountain, featuring some jerk chicken (which is spicy, if you don't realize it already!).  The bobsled is really fun to do.

This was part of our package with Dunn's River and the bobsled experience.  You can do just this and the Dunn's River without doing the bobsled if you prefer, but the bobsled is great fun.  This chairlift is a 15-20 minute ride to the top of the mountain (and the same coming back down).  On the way up it is particularly beautiful, with great views of the bay and usually whatever cruise ship is docked at Ocho Rios that day.  It is HOT and exposed up there, so wear sunscreen and maybe even bring an umbrella to shade yourself (like I saw one of the smart tour guides doing!).  

My 13-year-old daughter was the only one brave enough to parasail but she LOVED it.  The only reason I give it a "very good" rather than an "excellent" is that no one could ride on the boat with her (which I understand, they need all the space for parasailers), but then I'd think they would include a photographer on the boat to take pictures of this experience!  My husband went back onboard the Fantasy and up to the upper decks on the bow to try to get photos, but couldn't tell who was who from that distance.  This seems like a major missed opportunity for the charter company who runs this, or even Disney, who is not usually one to miss a chance to sell you something extra.  We would have bought the photo for sure!

This was fun but for me personally it was too choppy when you have to leave the cove and go out into the open sea a bit.  We did go into another cove where the water was great for jet-skiing, and then we stopped on a sandbar halfway through where we had a 10-minute break to look at conch, float in the clear, clear blue water, etc.  I really liked it but the jostling (as a backseat passenger) was a bit much for me.  The kids loved it.

The menu is the same at each restaurant on any given night -- so for example if you are assigned to Royal Court one night, you are not "missing out" on anything they are serving at Enchanted Garden, because all three restaurants have the same offerings each night.This meant on night one we ate at Enchanted Garden, night two at Royal Court, night three at Animator's Palate, and then so forth.

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Just as good the 2nd time around

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