Winter Break 2018 - Cozumel

Our first port was Cozumel, Mexico.  We booked a Dune Buggy excursion with a few other families.  Our dune buggy had no seat belts, a broken speedometer and a battery that died once but the kids loved it.  We took the buggies on a tour around the island for a little over 5 hours.  The dads also had a blast as they liked to pretend their were race car drivers and enjoyed the fact that Mexico apparently has no open container laws.

Parker holding dad's beer

Our first stop was a Tequila tasting where we learned a little about the production process and got to sample various products.

For our next stop, we decided to take a break at a small stand that had amazing salsa, killer views of the east side of the island, lots of hammocks and cut open fruit in front of you to make their drinks.  It was beautiful.

We then traveled to the South end of the island to Punta Sur Ecological Park.  There we walked up the first lighthouse on the island, saw iguanas and crocodiles, and held some parrots.  

From there it was back up the Westside of the island to a beach club where we had lunch, went swimming and Carter/dad snorkeled.  

We then had to race back to the boat to board on time.  It was such a fun excursion!

Winter Break 2018 - Adult Fun

With a large group of awesome friends on our trip and a kids club, we had plenty of adult fun on the boat.  We did try to be a little productive with a book club meeting but it quickly turned into a martini testing.  There was also a dad's Whisky tasting .

Without set dinner times at a main dining room like a typical cruise, we had dinners with various combinations of friends most nights including an adult dinner at the steakhouse, a small couples night for seafood, hibachi and our favorite meal at the French restaurant.  We were only asked to quiet down at two of them ;)

One night a large group of us went to the Ice Bar where we had some un-memorable drinks but got to wear these amazing ponchos.  

There was also lots of other late night fun though it seems the ladies were better at pictures than the guys (probably because they were mainly in the casino).  There was a live music venue with a great rock band we saw several nights and also a fun dueling piano bar.  The ladies also all saw a show, Rock of Ages.  There was also a deck with great outdoor couches that were perfect for lounging and enjoying the ocean breeze.

We ran into the lead from the show we saw so we had to get a selfie