Cancun - Day 6

On Tuesday, we took an excursion to go snorkeling in a cenote and in an inlet. It was about an hour drive from the resort. We started with the "Mayan Sacrifice" of jumping off a platform into a cenote and then ziplined. After that, we had free time to snorkel in the outdoor cenote. Then we walked down to an underground cavern and snorkeled there which was really cool. The underground formations in the cave were neat to see. Then we had a buffet lunch before heading to an inlet where we snorkeled and saw a lot of tropical fish including parrot fish and angel fish. We got back to the resort around 4:00pm. We had a late dinner reservation at The Grille and saw a full moon and a cruise ship leaving port.

 

Cancun - Day 5

On Monday, I used some of our spa credits and had a massage first thing in the morning. I met the boys at the activities pool when I was done.  We went to Los Tacos for lunch and Alex went back to the water park in the afternoon.  We got ready for dinner and had a 7pm bowling reservation.  We had dinner at Jade which was the Japanese restaurant.  Our food was amazing: sushi, spring rolls, baos, wantons, teriyaki salmon (Phil), shrimp tempura (Alex), Korean BBQ ribs (Will) and spicy chicken (Kristen).

Cancun - Day 4

On Sunday, Phil and I got coffee and went for a walk around the resort (roughly 3 miles). We decided to set up at the Activities pool for the day. That pool is Olympic sized and had activites like: water spin, water aerobics, volleyball, etc. They also had a stage and there was a band in the afternoon. Phil did the water spin class and the boys threw a ball in the pool for quite a while. We had lunch at Joe's Deck and the boys got fun fruit drinks in a coconut. When the pools closed down, we went to the Lucha Libre show on the Starlight Terrace. They had a ring set up in the middle and a buffet dinner. We already had late dinner reservations, but we had a snack and enjoyed the warm-up act of Hecho en Mexico. We only got to see a bit of the wrestling before we had to get ready for dinner. Dinner was at JC Steakhouse. We had calamari and Caesar salads as an appetizer and we all ordered filets with mashed potatoes or mac and cheese as our side. It was excellent!

Cancun - Day 3

On Day 3, Phil and Will played golf at the resort. They had a 9am tee time so they took the golf cart shuttle over a little after 8am. Alex and I went to one of the pools that had hot tubs and spent the morning there. We sat in the hot tub, got a drink at the swim up bar, and played cards while we dried off. We decided to try Joe's Deck for lunch but ended up just having some snacks there and then got burgers from the grill at the water park. We stayed at the waterpark in the afternoon and Phil and Will joined us. We went to Tavola for dinner which was the Italian restaurant. We shared calamari and bread as an appetizer. We also shared a spicy pepperoni pizza. Alex chose fettuccini alfredo for his main course, Phil had an arabiatta penne, Will did a wood fired pizza, and I had cacio e pepe rigatoni. It was delicious. After dinner, we went to the Grand Theater to see a Greatest Showman performance. It was a lot of fun. There were gymnasts, mimes, clowns, dancing, etc. After the show, we went back to the cafe in the lobby for dessert.