To book or not to book

[D Rach]

We have been seriously considering booking Jan 28/06 cruise on Carnival Glory but now with the damage to Cozumel we are not sure if we should go ahead or pick another cruise. Please help.........any advice would be appreciated.

[paddletoe53]

book that cruise so you dont' get to cozumel they will give a different
port of call think of it as a big adventure i t might be port y ou have never been to or may tray a new shore tour on our last cruise carnival changed one of our port of call we had the best time there and it was one of our
highlight of our cruise you only have one life to live enjoy it

[AKcruiser]

I vote you go ahead with your plans!! We are booked on the Triumph on Jan 21 and are still looking forward to visiting Cozumel again. Tourism is their main source of income and from everything I have read on stormcarib.com that the people of Cozumel are working very hard to have everything in place for the tourists to return to Cozumel.

There is a great resturant connected to Cinco Soles (a store) called Pancho's Backyard that survived Wilma and we are planning on having lunch there. The atmosphere is great and the guacamole is fantastic!!

Happy sailing,

AKcruiser

[jleq]

Cozumel update [cometocozumel.com]:

The Mayor of Cozumel Gustavo Ortega met this morning with the cruise line representatives of Royal Caribbean, Carnival Cruise Lines and the owners of stores on the main front and tour operators of Cozumel. After listening to the reports on the status of the island, tour operators and store owners made a commitment to the cruise lines and set up a date to start receiving Cruise Ship passengers starting on NOVEMBER 14 2005.

As of the Cruise lines representatives will be scheduling the first cruise
ship arrivals to Cozumel starting on November 14 2005 using tenders to get the passengers from the ship to town where they are not able to dock on the piers that are already under reconstruction where damaged. Stores located on the main avenue of Cozumel and the first downtown area should be fully working by November 14 200 too. Tour operators will be reporting this next days until November 14 about the status of each tour trying to ensure full operation by this date.