Greenizz41 Posted October 27, 2021 #1 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I have 2 cruises booked on RC in Nov 2021 and Feb 2022 out of Tampa with Cozumel being the only port of call. We love Cozumel and were looking forward to our 17th and 18th visits to Panchos Backyard. Both ports have been changed to Costa Maya due to “itinerary planning”. Is there something going on with Cozumel???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted October 28, 2021 #2 Share Posted October 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, Greenizz41 said: Is there something going on with Cozumel? Likely overwhelmed with too many ships on the same day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare death_star Posted October 28, 2021 #3 Share Posted October 28, 2021 It's fallout from labadee, grand cayman, and other ports being closed still. These ships going to those probably don't have the time to go any further south than Cozumel. Those of us just heading out of Tampa are the closest and an extra 100+ miles is easy for us to reach with our sea days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted October 28, 2021 #4 Share Posted October 28, 2021 We're on HOTS on 28 Nov and our Labadee and Falmouth ports were replaced with Cozumel and Costa Maya, so it's not an issue with Cozumel, but a scheduling one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMtnBoys Posted October 28, 2021 #5 Share Posted October 28, 2021 We're on Symphony January 15 - Cozumel, Costa Maya, Roatan, Perfect Day - we usually go to Pancho's Backyard on our Cozumel visits as well! Hope they don't take that stop away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indyopie Posted October 28, 2021 #6 Share Posted October 28, 2021 We are on Serenade out of Tampa Dec 10 and were also switched. We love Pancho's too, sad to miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonltnite Posted October 28, 2021 #7 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Looking at our March Oasis cruise (Western Caribbean) - the cruisedig.com site shows SEVEN ships at Cozumel on March 9th. We haven't been there in years. Is there just one port? I know itineraries can change (particularly as this is over 4 months off) - but this is the list shown on that day with their arrival times. The ship's capacity is in parenthesis. AIDAdiva (2500) – 6:00am Mein Schiff 1 (2894) – 6:30am Carnival Paradise (2668) – 7:00am Celebrity Apex (3373) – 7:00am Oasis of the Seas (6563) – 7:00am Carnival Valor (3581) – 8:00am Odyssey of the Seas (4819) – 10:30am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryano Posted October 28, 2021 #8 Share Posted October 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, moonltnite said: Is there just one port? One port. Three piers for cruise ships. Punta Langosta, International and Puerto Maya. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted October 28, 2021 #9 Share Posted October 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, moonltnite said: Looking at our March Oasis cruise (Western Caribbean) - the cruisedig.com site shows SEVEN ships at Cozumel on March 9th. We haven't been there in years. Is there just one port? I know itineraries can change (particularly as this is over 4 months off) - but this is the list shown on that day with their arrival times. The ship's capacity is in parenthesis. AIDAdiva (2500) – 6:00am Mein Schiff 1 (2894) – 6:30am Carnival Paradise (2668) – 7:00am Celebrity Apex (3373) – 7:00am Oasis of the Seas (6563) – 7:00am Carnival Valor (3581) – 8:00am Odyssey of the Seas (4819) – 10:30am Last I heard, we're in Cozumel with 8 other ships, but I don't have a lot of faith in the port schedules with so many changes. I know of a couple of errors for Coco Cay on the schedules I've seen (two different sites). Of course, Cozumel has three piers, but I've never seen more than two ships at each and we've been to Cozumel at least 5 times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwp10mm Posted October 28, 2021 #10 Share Posted October 28, 2021 This is turning into a Pancho's Backyard thread. 6 times for me and looking to make it 7 in February. I've only been to Costa Maya once and the weather wasn't great so we just hung out at the port area. It was very nice so looking forward to exploring more in the future. But I could eat at Pancho's every week. We love that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted October 28, 2021 #11 Share Posted October 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, dwp10mm said: But I could eat at Pancho's every week. I assume Pancho eats there every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted October 28, 2021 #12 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) We always go to Pancho's too, but this trip we won't. We've been to the downtown location once. The other times we walked to the Carnival pier. But, this time, I'm dealing with a knee that is stubbornly taking time to recover from a two year old injury and the walk is just a little too far. So, we'll probably just grab lunch and drinks at Margaritaville or Senor Frog's if the weather is decent. Edited October 28, 2021 by BND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguyjake Posted October 28, 2021 #13 Share Posted October 28, 2021 We always love eating at La Choza when we go to Cozumel. Are we allowed to get off the ship in Cozumel freely without signing up for a ship sponsored tour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCPIV Posted October 28, 2021 #14 Share Posted October 28, 2021 A bunch of itineraries that were scheduled to go to ports that are not currently available (Grand Cayman, for example) have been reworked to go to Cozumel. I never thought about it, but I suppose that some ships had to move around to make room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwp10mm Posted October 28, 2021 #15 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, BND said: We always go to Pancho's too, but this trip we won't. We've been to the downtown location once. The other times we walked to the Carnival pier. But, this time, I'm dealing with a knee that is stubbornly taking time to recover from a two year old injury and the walk is just a little too far. So, we'll probably just grab lunch and drinks at Margaritaville or Senor Frog's if the weather is decent. I always wondered about this. Is it possible to get to the Pancho's location at the Carnival pier from where Royal docks? I've always gone to the location in the Forum Shops downtown. But it would be nice to sit at the pier and eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted October 28, 2021 #16 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, dwp10mm said: I always wondered about this. Is it possible to get to the Pancho's location at the Carnival pier from where Royal docks? I've always gone to the location in the Forum Shops downtown. But it would be nice to sit at the pier and eat. As long as there is a ship at the Carnival pier, then it's open and anyone can walk around the shops and restaurants. We walk along the road on the sidewalk between the two piers. The security checkpoint is at the pier itself so it doesn't prevent anyone from shopping. We enjoy sitting there under the shade facing the water. They always have musicians there too. Edited October 28, 2021 by BND 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted October 28, 2021 #17 Share Posted October 28, 2021 5 hours ago, flyguyjake said: We always love eating at La Choza when we go to Cozumel. Are we allowed to get off the ship in Cozumel freely without signing up for a ship sponsored tour? We were allowed to last week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger88 Posted October 28, 2021 #18 Share Posted October 28, 2021 5 hours ago, flyguyjake said: We always love eating at La Choza when we go to Cozumel. Are we allowed to get off the ship in Cozumel freely without signing up for a ship sponsored tour? Its a good question. Even though I never tried myself, I doubt that it will be allowed. In my opinion its always better and safer to stay on board as in this case you won't get lost and you won't lose time searching for way to try it own... even though I heard that Cozumel is very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karena1 Posted October 28, 2021 #19 Share Posted October 28, 2021 We are on Allure Nov 8th and going to Cozumel, nothing has changed for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull1130 Posted October 28, 2021 #20 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) Another Pancho's long time fan, we plan to eat there Dec. 2. Edited October 28, 2021 by Pitbull1130 corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindinmySails Posted October 29, 2021 #21 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On Adventure end of November, and we still get to go to Cozumel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenofEverything Posted October 29, 2021 #22 Share Posted October 29, 2021 We were in Cozumel once with 8 ships in port. It was totally insane. 4 ships at the downtown pier. It was during spring break so you can imagine what Carlos and Charlie’s was like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajathree Posted October 29, 2021 #23 Share Posted October 29, 2021 On 10/27/2021 at 7:49 PM, Greenizz41 said: I have 2 cruises booked on RC in Nov 2021 and Feb 2022 out of Tampa with Cozumel being the only port of call. We love Cozumel and were looking forward to our 17th and 18th visits to Panchos Backyard. Both ports have been changed to Costa Maya due to “itinerary planning”. Is there something going on with Cozumel???!!! Thats not a good change for an itinerary with only one port stop.....ughhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajathree Posted October 29, 2021 #24 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, WindinmySails said: On Adventure end of November, and we still get to go to Cozumel. deleted Edited October 29, 2021 by bajathree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Colores Posted October 29, 2021 #25 Share Posted October 29, 2021 We lost our Cozumel stop for 12/19 Allure and now have to go to Nassau. We were just there 3 weeks ago. We were so looking forward to Cozumel. I saw this on a post: I hope it changes by our March Apex cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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