ATV excursions in Costa Maya and Cozumel age limits on Celebrity Equinox

[Droop]

The hubby and I are going on the Celebrity Equinox on Feb 8 2025 and we have a question about the ATV excursion.  I tried to book the ATV excursions for Costa Maya as well as Cozumel and they stated that there was an age limit of 65 years old.  I contacted Celebrity and asked the lady about the excursions.  I noticed that there is an age limit.  There was one conflict on the Costa Maya excursion (on the right it stated that 65 was the max and to the left it stated that the max was 60.  In all the years that we have cruised we have never seen the age limit max.  

 

The lady that I spoke to stated that I would have to contact the excursion people via e-mail.  She stated that if they are not able to resolve it that we would have to wait until we get on the ship (at that point I think it would be full).  😞  Has anyone run into this before?  My husband will be 68 by the time we go on this cruise.  I will be 61.  We are fully capable to drive/ride an ATV.  Times must be changing.  I'm really disappointed.  

[no1superfan]

Wow! We went on the ATV excursion in Costa Maya. There was nothing physically challenging about the ride. We had fun. 

[Droop]

We have been on one of the ATV rides years ago in Cozumel  and there was nothing that we noticed as well.  I've seen people that have been older than us.  I can understand the liability if there were some health issues but there are none.  I've seen the You tube videos as well and there is nothing that looked unsafe.  

Edited March 15 by Droop

[crewsweeper]

Age limits are often set by excursion company and insurance provider. We had our ship excursion from Cozumel to Tulum cancelled because we're both over 70 although we'd personally have no physical issues with the excursion.

Ships aren't going to deviate from an excursion provider's policy and the excursion provider isn't going to risk losing their business if something goes wrong.  It's sad but that's just the way it is.

Until the ship excursion desk and the excursion provider actually see you they have zero idea of your physical condition and ability. 

[c-leg5]

On 3/14/2024 at 3:42 PM, Droop said:

The hubby and I are going on the Celebrity Equinox on Feb 8 2025 and we have a question about the ATV excursion.  I tried to book the ATV excursions for Costa Maya as well as Cozumel and they stated that there was an age limit of 65 years old.  I contacted Celebrity and asked the lady about the excursions.  I noticed that there is an age limit.  There was one conflict on the Costa Maya excursion (on the right it stated that 65 was the max and to the left it stated that the max was 60.  In all the years that we have cruised we have never seen the age limit max.  

 

The lady that I spoke to stated that I would have to contact the excursion people via e-mail.  She stated that if they are not able to resolve it that we would have to wait until we get on the ship (at that point I think it would be full).  😞  Has anyone run into this before?  My husband will be 68 by the time we go on this cruise.  I will be 61.  We are fully capable to drive/ride an ATV.  Times must be changing.  I'm really disappointed.  

There have been age limits on many excursions for a number of years and this has been discussed regularly on these boards. obviously you haven’t chosen one of these tours previously so you haven’t noticed. It is usually an insurance restriction which some people have been able to override/ignore by booking direct with vendor.

[Droop]

c-leg5 

Sorry for the late reply. We have been pretty busy lately.  We have been on one in Cozumel but that was a few years ago.  It was a wonderful excursion.  I think that is where we became hooked on the ATVs.  I searched the boards on these excursions in Cozumel as well as Costa Maya but was unsuccessful in finding them.  Thanks for the info on booking directly with the vendor.  My only concern is making sure that we make it back to the ship.  When we were on the ATV ride in Cozumel it was late. The captain was waiting on the boat at the Pier to take us back to the ship.  I've asked my TA about vendors that have been vetted.  

 

It was really frustrating to find out that a physically fit person could not book the excursion.  I understand the insurance and liability issue concerns.  It's interesting that the same vendor would book the same excursion off the ship but not on.  THAT does not make sense. 

[Judyrem]

I am angry that on some snorkel excursions there are age limits and  on others with cenotes swimming are not.

 

I am a older solo cruiser and I am reluctant to solo on a land based vendor especially Cozumel.

 

I did these port/snorkel intensive itineraries because I ama certified diver and I lost my dive buddy and I can only snorkel now. 

[c-leg5]

On 3/23/2024 at 9:53 PM, Droop said:

When we were on the ATV ride in Cozumel it was late. The captain was waiting on the boat at the Pier to take us back to the ship.  I've asked my TA about vendors that have been vetted.  

I don’t really understand the situation, was this a mainland excursion?

 

 

57 minutes ago, Judyrem said:

I am an older solo cruiser and I am reluctant to solo on a land based vendor especially Cozumel.

 

 

whilst I understand concerns about traveling solo in general I am not sure I understand why “especially Cozumel”. There are several locations where I would have more serious concerns personally. 
 

If you don’t get any vendor recommendations on CC  I would check the local forum for Cozumel on TripAdvisor or the local scuba board which have more specialist local knowledge.

[Droop]

C-leg We booked that excursion on the ship years ago but now the cruise line has an age restriction for anyone over 65 years old. It seems that the vetted excursions off the ship also requires this…at least the few that I have checked.

[c-leg5]

Just now, Droop said:

C-leg We booked that excursion on the ship years ago but now the cruise line has an age restriction for anyone over 65 years old. It seems that the vetted excursions off the ship also requires this…at least the few that I have checked.

 

Yes I understand that but I was confused by

 

“The captain was waiting on the boat at the Pier to take us back to the ship.”

 

I wondered if you were on a tender back from the mainland. I don’t see any other reason why a ship tour would be late on Cozumel.

[Droop]

My apologies c-leg the Captain was on the tender at the mainland waiting for us and some other people from the excursion. Once we were transported to the ship via tender the Captain along with us and the other people we were able to get back on the ship and sail away. This is an example and benefit to booking on the ship. 😊

[Judyrem]

26 minutes ago, c-leg5 said:

I don’t really understand the situation, was this a mainland excursion?

 

 

 

 

whilst I understand concerns about traveling solo in general I am not sure I understand why “especially Cozumel”. There are several locations where I would have more serious concerns personally. 
 

If you don’t get any vendor recommendations on CC  I would check the local forum for Cozumel on TripAdvisor or the local scuba board which have more specialist local knowledge.

Oh my son made a fuss saying Mexico was not safe for me to travel solo.

I thought the using a cruise tour would be the safest was to go but snorkel tour are age limited by the cruise line.

 

I checked with a  island few snorkel tours and they wanted me to meet in  an area I am not too sure about..

 

That seems to be my basic concern. 

[c-leg5]

7 minutes ago, Judyrem said:

Oh my son made a fuss saying Mexico was not safe for me to travel solo.

I thought the using a cruise tour would be the safest was to go but snorkel tour are age limited by the cruise line.

 

I checked with a  island few snorkel tours and they wanted me to meet in  an area I am not too sure about..

 

That seems to be my basic concern. 

Maybe check with your roll call, see if you can join any group?

 

what are your other ports of call?

[Judyrem]

This is on Beyond with Cozumel, Caymans and Bimini for 6 days.

 

I was "allowed"  to book snorkeling in Bimini and the Caymans.

 

It makes no sense at all, considering I  was allowed to "do" the cenotes, snorkel and cave excursion!  The only reason I didn't because it started at 7:30 and lasted eight hours, too long of a day IMO.

[c-leg5]

16 minutes ago, Judyrem said:

This is on Beyond with Cozumel, Caymans and Bimini for 6 days.

 

I was "allowed"  to book snorkeling in Bimini and the Caymans.

 

It makes no sense at all, considering I  was allowed to "do" the cenotes, snorkel and cave excursion!  The only reason I didn't because it started at 7:30 and lasted eight hours, too long of a day IMO.

Sounds like the cenotes was a mainland excursion?

 

Frustrating as it may seem it isn’t as though the cruise line doesn’t want to sell you an excursion. They are in business to make money. Just because you can do it in one country and not another is wholly dependent on the contract between the cruise line, the vendor and their insurance.
 

I am quite sure the cruise line would prefer there weren’t restrictions also.

 

 

[Judyrem]

1 hour ago, c-leg5 said:

Sounds like the cenotes was a mainland excursion?

 

Frustrating as it may seem it isn’t as though the cruise line doesn’t want to sell you an excursion. They are in business to make money. Just because you can do it in one country and not another is wholly dependent on the contract between the cruise line, the vendor and their insurance.
 

I am quite sure the cruise line would prefer there weren’t restrictions also.

 

 

Yes main land cenotes sounded wonderful and I may just do it because I have always wanted to snorkel cenotes. 

 

I have plenty of time to decide.

 

I really appreciate your input, thanks so much!