Magic-al Thanksgiving Cruise ~ Cozumel Looks Very Nice from Onboard

So after another nice morning run,

Cozumel is still out there somewhere.

in which the weather seemed to finally cooperate and be cool but I ran cute little half loops back and forth as the forward section of the ship was blocked off for mooring operations…

DO NOT ENTER.  Oh, Okay!

I stretched on deck four and watched the various people running around preparing the ship for our arrival in Cozumel.

Quiet morning.

It really is dizzying to look all the way down off the side of the ship at the dock.

 I don’t know how the captain docks.

Apparently, it's like looking down from the seventh floor of a building to parallel park.  My hat is off to the captain.

Anyway, I walked back through the ship to good old 5020 and Ben headed out for a run. I took both the kids up to the (entirely abandoned) Mickey Pool. Honestly, if you stay on board when the ship is in port, you can really make the most of things. So they splashed and fell in the pool and ran around.

Open pool.  Only our kids in it.

Again warm water, cool air.  Didn't stop our kids.

The Mickey slide stayed closed until noon, so once Ben joined us, all showered and hungry for breakfast, we headed to Topsider’s for a leisurely breakfast overlooking the various ships coming into port at Cozumel for Thanksgiving.
The kids headed into the lab intending to figure out what exactly Gaga ball is…but neither ended up playing it. Go figure. They enjoyed their time with the counselors, anyway. Ben and I headed up to the Quiet Cove and took a dip in the hot tub then just lay out for a while. I got to finish up on the latest Derrick Storm novel on my kindle. We changed into dry clothes as the clouds rolled across the island.

Not bad for an "interior" stateroom.

The view from 5020 looking straight out.



The view looking back from the desk.

For anyone wondering exactly how obstructed the view is from the secret porthole room, you can judge for yourself.

Buy five, get one free?  Don't mind if I do.

The breeze on deck kicked up so we popped into the Cove Café for some nice warm coffees, more reading and a perusal of the Navigator.

 

By the way, while a Frappuccino doesn't appear on the menu, Ben ordered and got one everyday.  It never hurts to ask!

Pregame snacks.

Ben wanted to try to catch a football game (since it is Thanksgiving and all) so we headed towards Diversions to see what was on the big screen. Kylee wanted to try some time with us (as port days are apparently not the most entertaining when “all” the other kids debark.)

Beautiful Beat Street Restroom.

After a brief restroom break, we enjoyed some football time.

Cozumel Looks Very Nice From Here

After the end of the half, Ben and Kylee and I headed back to Topsiders for some lunch. We collected Chris and tried out Cruisin’ for Trivia, which, unfortunately, wasn’t trivia about cruising or Disney cruising, but rather general somewhat random trivia. We didn’t win, not surprisingly.

Just chilling.

Try to find a less stressful method of preparing Thanksgiving dinner.  Dare ya!

We enjoyed some more time watching Chris try to teach Kylee how to play shuffleboard and we all rested for a little while.

Kylee headed back to the club, where she adored the Storytime with Belle activity and Chris enjoyed the computer games. After watching more football or in my case, eating chips and reading, we headed out for a pre-dinner walk. Ben and I passed by the pool deck Thanksgiving buffet on one of our laps around the ship and realized it was probably time to fetch and dress the kids for dinner.


Mom, MICKEY'S DOWN THERE!

Kylee apparently made her peace with Mickey and wanted to stand in line to say hi to him in his Thanksgiving costume. 

 

Chris didn’t and frankly after the first couple of days of vacation, I think it is just easier to let it go on things like pictures, too much television and eating your vegetables. It’s not only their vacation too, but I tend to enjoy myself more if I can just let things be for a week now and then rather than arguing over the little things.
This post is Part 15 of an Ongoing Trip Report Covering Our Thanksgiving Cruise 2012