Our first port stop is Roatan and when we woke up, it certainly did not seem like it would be a great day. Cloudy and lots of rain started off our morning, but we were committed to our plans so off we went.
One of the RoyalCaribbeanBlog group cruise activities is an exclusive shore excursion for those that booked into the group with our sponsor, MEI Travel. Our thought was if you supported the group by booking into it, we were going to give back to you with some special offerings.
Today we are headed to Mayan Princess beach resort, which is a Royal Caribbean shore excursion. About 80 of us met in the Royal Theater and were escorted onto waiting buses to head to Mayan Princess.
Along the way, the tour guide on our bus explained what life is like on Roatan, the island’s history and other cultural norms. It was a quick 25 minute drive from the port to the beach.
Once we arrived, we were all given a welcome drink and escorted across the resort grounds to the beach.
Mayan Princess is a beach resort, and our admission got us unlimited beverages (including alcohol), beach access, pool access, buffet lunch and buffet snacks.
There were two primary areas you could spend time at, the beach or the pool.
The pool area is large, although seating is a bit limited. Still, there are lounge chairs surrounding the pool, which is beautiful.
The beach is vast and a lots of seating in the shade towards the back of the beach, as well as seating in the sun. Most people tend to sit at the beach.
Regardless of where you sit, there is waiter service to bring you drinks. In fact, some waiters will wade into the ocean to bring you drinks.
It was a fun and relaxing day and the weather cleared up considerably. By the time we left, the sun was out and there were barely any clouds. Luckily it never rained on us while there.
After a few hours, the bus took us back to the ship to relax and clean up.
We got back to the ship a bit early, so the kids took a nap in the room. I might have partaken in the napping too.
We left Roatan and I caught a glimpse of the sunset from the Suite Sun Deck area.
While the kids got ready for dinner, I grabbed a quick bite to eat in Izumi. I call it “pre-dinner” because it is just something small to hold me over until dinner later in the evening. Izumi is perfect for this because I can order just one roll and be on my way.
I headed back up to grab the kids and feed them dinner before dropping them off at Adventure Ocean.
For dinner tonight, we dined with a few Royal Caribbean Blog Insiders at Jamie’s Italian. The food was terrific and we had a great time chatting about, well, Royal Caribbean!
After dinner we caught the late show of Hairspray. As it turned out, it was the final performance of Hairspray by the cast, which had been performing for 8 months. There was a ton of energy in the show and it was fantastic.
Tomorrow we will be in Costa Maya, Mexico.
