Cozumel reef health
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Janie88
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Agree. My husband and I just "discovered" the joy of Coz two years ago; we had previously been doing a lot of liveaboards and going to Cayman Brac. It is sad to think this new-found place of diving may be overrun with cruising. At a minimum I hope it is the smaller ship, if Royal does succeed in making Coz a home port.
Doctor Rig
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A year ago on my trip to Cozumel I swam out to the Cozumel Restoration Project area which is a coral growth area. They have an underwater view camera which is pretty neat, (but I just found it offline). Has anyone seen or know anything about their progress or successes?
JFS
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I often see people cleaning the corals in that area. Also to note....that is the location of the proposed new cruise pier.
mcohen1021
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Cozumel is my favorite place on earth for so many reasons, but it used to be so much better before they had 10 cruiseships per day... I remember one evening in 2019 having an early evening drink watching 7 cruiseships all leaving, I said "my god, do you realize as many as 21,000 people have just left the island...?"
Its already a hot mess. Ive theorized it for years that 3 cruiseships docked overnight would bring the same revenue as 10 docked for just a day. Just a guess though.
Doctor Rig
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But now no one on a cruise ship even docked overnight would likely want a hotel room, and since the meals are free aboard ship (i.e., paid for already) not many go to restaurants. That would all drastically change if Cozumel would be turned into a cruise line's home port.
JFS
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Wish it was april fools post. The new pier has federal approval and was supposed to be started past december. The location is just before sunset bar / sandollar sports. I heard of talk that it may be a home port in future.
mcohen1021
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Before when the ships docked overnight, restaurants were reservation only... Pepe's even enforced a dress code...They required collared shirts and Khakis! Carlos n Charleys was packed in like sardines and the crew would come around with wine pouches full of tequila and squirt it in your mouth... Noone left CnCs sober... One night I stood on top of a table and flung the melted ice water from my corona bucket out over the crowd LOL
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