Howdy, My family (husband, 1 son and his friend-both in college) will be there.  Flying from San Francisco tomorrow early, overnight in Miami, then on to the ship on Sunday.  Hope you and your husband have a wonderful reunion.  Congratulations to you both!!   Helen Bryant

We have done both (Carnival & local) and this time we're (my husband, myself our 19 year old son and his 18 year old friend) going to get off the boat and catch a taxi to the snorkel sites.  We're all avid snorkelers and although we took tours last time, feel comfortable enough to  go it on our own.  Just make sure ...

Howdy, Did you do the Carnival excursion or an independent tour company.  The independents online run from $45-$120 for a 3 hour excursion.  I'm leery of using someone that no one else has used, but Carnival is charging $70 for the 3 1/2 hour excursion.   Thanks.  We sail on the Valor 5/24/09

 You will love Xcaret, we went five years ago (before Wilma destroyed Cozumel and the Playa Rivera coast) and it was incredible.  Hopefully, this flu mess won't keep us from the Mexican ports of call.  We're on our 3rd cruise in six years and will have our son and his best friend, 19 and 18.  They graduated last year ...