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[cicopo]

Carnaval is the same as saying Mardi Gras. BIG celebrations on the island. This is the parade from last year.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskG86HXe

 

[mediumone]

Didn't know end of February was a busy season. Tickets were pretty cheap.

High season extends through April 30.

 

[gopbroek]

Carnival does not get the party crouds and visitors like Mardi Gras or the Rio Carnival but for the island it's the biggest celebration of the year. It's a full out island party but it's done Cozumel style, it's not lude to a point that the islands kids can't participate. Because it's not marketed off the island it's still geniune and while it gets a lot of the frequent visitors returning the flights are generally pretty open.

 

[Streydog]

Carnaval is the same as saying Mardi Gras. BIG celebrations on the island. This is the parade from last year.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskG86HXe

Great pictures. Looks like the kids have a lot of fun.

 

[cicopo]

The kids do have a lot of fun & years ago there was a parade on Sunday afternoon specifically for the kids to be the featured marchers. I miss that photo op. Besides the parades there are all kinds of other activities with dance groups blocking off streets to perform all over town.

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

We chartered a boat with Dive With Martin for $400 when it was me, my wife, and 2 daughters 3 years ago. I imagine any dive op will charter a boat. Another option might be to go on a regular 6 pack boat and hire a private divemaster. I believe the going rate is $50 so financially your about at the same price anyway. Dive With Martin will do a 3 day trip for about 65 a dive, everyone else I have priced is at the 80-85 per dive(not including gear, big tanks, or Nitrox) Aldora is at 92 I think. I would shoot an email to Aldora, Blue XTSea, Dive With Martin, Tres Pelicanos, Blue Magic, and a few others and see what they can do. My experience is that the competition works in your favor and most ops will work to get your business.

I understand wanting to have your own boat. My daughters first dives after certification were in Cozumel and the extra attention for just them, along with not having to worry about messing up someone else's dives if they had a problem, was well worth the extra money we spent. The boat also went out on our schedule, surface interval length was up to us, and dive site selection was up to us within our skill levels. A chartered boat made for a great first dive experience for my daughters. On the more experienced side, if your hearts were set on more advanced dives and could not go because of new divers on the boat....I get that too. Barracuda may be my new favorite dive and I would be less than happy if I went to Coz and did not get to do it at least once.

Safe travels, Happy New Year!

Jay

 

[nodakdive]

Not too long ago someone on the forum mentioned that they did a private boat via Dive with Martin. They were happy with the service. I think they were on a cruise ship and may have been a group of 4.

 

[guruboy]

That's two for Dive with Martin. Will look them up.

$400 isn't too bad. About the same price as Aldora.

 

[guruboy]

The boat also went out on our schedule, surface interval length was up to us, and dive site selection was up to us within our skill levels. A chartered boat made for a great first dive experience for my daughters. On the more experienced side, if your hearts were set on more advanced dives and could not go because of new divers on the boat....I get that too. Barracuda may be my new favorite dive and I would be less than happy if I went to Coz and did not get to do it at least once.

This.

Thanks for saying all the things I was too lazy to explain in my post, Jay.

 

[Jayfarmlaw]

Aldora is our current dive op. It's slightly more expensive, but the 120 cf tanks are worth it to me since I am single handedly responsible for Global Warming due to my increase air consumption. DWM does have aluminum 100's if you Hoover your air like me. Bigger tanks were only $4, Nitrox was $12.

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