Year 5, Day 100, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 8/08/2025 DAY 23 of 29 day Florida, Caribbean, SeaWorld and Disney World trip. – Day 6 of 7 night Western Caribbean Cruise on MSC Seashore. Cozumel, Mexico 7:30am-5pm.
We have hidden some ducks. I met a lady in the elevator who was all excited. She had found one of our ducks. We never said it was one of ours. It is so much fun to see the joy of people finding your ducks.
Last night MSC delivered this beautiful cake to our table for my birthday. We didn’t order it or mention it. It just arrived. Thank you MSC. That was so sweet of you. Also it was the best cake I have had in a long time. It was light and airy. Reminded me of like a Boston cream pie without the chocolate.. So good. MSC is a great caring cruise line.
This morning we are in Cozumel, Mexico. Here is a link to some of our other visits to Cozumel. Mexican Ports – Deestimes – Make every step of the journey count https://deestimes.com/mexican-ports/
Eating breakfast we are spellbound watching the Frigatebirds soar over the ocean. These magnificent mostly black birds fly on outstretched pterodactyl-like wings with their head drawn into their shoulders. They have very long and narrow wings and long, deeply-forked tails. Their wings were held in a crook, or “kink”, shape, like an Osprey. Their bills are long and hooked. They rarely flapped their wings and when they did it was a slow and deep wingbeat. They are kind of mean and disgusting though. They chase other birds, including frigatebirds. They force them to regurgitate their recent meal and then scoop it up before it hits the water. They look very graceful in the air. However, they have small feet and short legs. This makes it nearly impossible for them to walk on land. The ones we were watching were males. Females have a white chest. The Magnificent Frigatebird is common and widespread along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Mexico. I could have watched them all day.
But alas we decided we should get off the ship. We are the only ship at the Punta Langosta, International Pier today.
I can see a Carnival ship docked further down at the other port. In Cozumel everyone wants you to come into their shops. We walked down the water front for about an hour and meandered in and out of some shops. It is hot, humid, and sunny.
We headed back to the ship. We decided we should find out about laundry service since our next leg of our journey is Disney World. We could use some clean clothes. We obtained a bag and the price list and decided we would do our laundry off the ship. The laundry prices are steep and you pay by the piece.
We watched a huge truck carting garbage from the ship. The MSC Seashore is like a small town. Imagine the amount of garbage we are creating everyday.
For the last two days the ship has been conducting Mandatory elevator safety tests. They would close the elevators for about an hour and then announce the elevators are good. Well this afternoon we found out why. We got into a full elevator on deck 10 heading to deck 16. Mind you inside the elevators it is hot. The elevator stops moving. Jerks up and down a few times, and the floor lights all go out. Oh yes everyone in the elevator gets quiet. Then it is where is the alarm button. Hey guy next to the door push the alarm button. So then the elevator starts descending floors. Well it ended up opening on the 7th floor. I found a phone and called guest services. They started arguing with me that they were testing the elevators and we shouldn’t be in them. No they just announced the elevators were back up and ready to use. She got nasty and I got nasty back. Finally she said I will contact someone. Okay a few minutes later they closed the elevators again for mandatory testing. They were offline for about an hour. Now I understand why the mandatory safety testing. Ha they are closing it due to issues and trying to resolve those issues. Seems like a computer program issue.
I think I might feel safer on the Bridge of Sighs than the elevators.
Afternoon delight is MSC pizza.
Watching the Pier runners at departure time is hysterical. It is pretty funny how excited people on the ship get when they see people running up the pier.
After dinner we sat in bed looking at more cruises. Imagine that, we weren’t looking at house plans or ordering supplies from Lowes. One of our favorite cruises was our transpacific to Australia. We really want to do one again. But this year at that time we will be doing a Mediterranean cruise back to back with a transatlantic. So many places to see and not enough time in my lifetime to experience them all. Here’s a link to our Transpacific on Ovation of the Seas. What a great trip. https://deestimes.com/ovation-of-the-seas/
Today’s dining room menus:
Daily Planner Day 4 – Cozumel, Mexico
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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