Cozumel

Thursday dawned cloudy and wet, although the sun did peek out over Cozumel as we were pulling up. 

We found ourselves at a table for six with all our kids at breakfast, which was a nice change from often being scattered onboard.

We gathered once again at the theater to be dismissed for debarkation.

After a long wait on the pier, they found us a catamaran and we took off to our snorkel site.

There were way more fish than in the snorkel area at Castaway and arguably more than in St. Lucia—Jason and I disagreed on this point.  I maintain that there were perhaps a greater number of individual fish here in Cozumel, and certainly more swirling right around us, but St. Lucia had more species diversity.  

Anyhoo, it was enough to make for a very rewarding snorkel experience (and my GoPro got great pictures!).

We climbed out of the water back onto the catamaran, thoroughly and gracelessly banging our legs on the metal stairs along the way, and gave back our fins.  While we were demasking, I was gratified to hear my wetsuit was the envy of every woman aboard.  They universally agreed that I was a genius for wearing one, which I totally was.  Many people also admired and asked about our full-face snorkel masks (I highly recommend).

Back on board, we sailed not back, but onward to a special beach with an inflatable water playground for us to play on.

Bonus feature:  my wetsuit’s reinforced rubber knees make it double as a tactical suit for climbing wet play structures.

After some very quick souvenir purchases from the huts on the beach, we were back on the catamaran, where the included margaritas were plentiful and we had a dance party on the deck while we sailed back to port.

{Fun fact:  Did you know it’s really hard to do the Macarena on a wildly rocking boat while trying to hold your phone and a marg in each hand?  Didn’t stop me from trying, though, no, not I.}

This day we did make it back onboard in time for dinner, happily.

After dinner and a stint in the kids’ club for the youngers, we watched a bit of The Princess and the Frog on the big screen, but even in Cozumel it was windy and chilly, so I didn’t last long on deck.

It was time to discover the evening’s towel animal and go to bed.

Definitely a monkey.

Castaway Cay addendum

Hey!  I figured out how to get pictures off the GoPro Jason got me that attaches to my snorkel.

The boys and I made it to this treasure chest and the big fish hanging out inside it.

The door from the little girl’s room in Monsters, Inc.

At this point Caleb was too cold and Jeddy agreed to take him in, so I explored the rest by myself.

Minnie statue

Dumbo.  I’m pretty sure it’s from the ride in Disney World.

Mickey.

Daisy? I think