Good morning from Cozumel! Thankfully, the weather was looking much nicer than it had been on our Christmas Cruise just a week earlier.
I spotted a Royal Caribbean ship approaching in the distance. I think they were headed to the International Pier.


We were scheduled to dock at 8:45, and planned to disembark immediately so that we could beat the crowds to the beach.

As we were docking, I headed up to Deck 11 to get water and ice for our water bottles when I noticed that a familiar ship was docked beside us. I hurried back to our room and told Aaron, "Guess who we're docked beside!"
The Celebrity Summit!!!!
Hello, again, Celebrity Summit!
I didn't expect this at all because last week, we were docked at the International Pier. I suppose that there were more mega ships in port today, so the Summit needed to dock at Punta Langosta.
The perfect photo for my holiday cruises review! Both ships in one shot!!
At Punta Langosta, you take an escalator up to an elevated pedestrian walkway which dumps you into a shopping area.
The taxis are located downstairs. They used to be positioned at the back of the shopping center, right by the stairs, but we learned that they moved the taxi stand forward to the road (basically right under the pedestrian bridge).
We had made advance reservations to Nachi Cocom ($59 per person), one of Cozumel's many private beach clubs. Nachi Cocom is an all inclusive beach club which limits attendance to 130 guests daily, so advance reservations are highly encouraged. This was our first time visiting Nachi Cocom, and we decided to book it instead of Mr. Sanchos (which we visited the last time we were in Cozumel) because Stove was intrigued by the 130 guest limit.


Hello, again, Celebrity Summit!





The taxis are located downstairs. They used to be positioned at the back of the shopping center, right by the stairs, but we learned that they moved the taxi stand forward to the road (basically right under the pedestrian bridge).





Nachi Cocom's full name is Nachi Cocom Cozumel Beach Club & Water Sports Center. For an additional fee, you can book a glass bottom snorkeling tour ($38 per person, 1.5 hours), or a Banana Boat Ride ($20 per person, 15 minutes).

There are no beach clubs immediately south of Nachi Cocom -


This photo shows the entire beach area -


It's a pretty large beach and good for swimming/playing in the sand. The beach area itself seems like it would be good for families with kids.



Aaron asked, "Did a bird just poop on me?" Yep...




















Don't worry about the prices on the menu. The 4 course lunch includes one appetizer, one soup or salad, one entree (choose from burgers/sandwiches, ceviche, fish, or Mexican), and one dessert.
We asked if we could substitute the soup/salad course with a second appetizer. The server had to go and ask the kitchen, but he came back and told us that was okay to do.


These are the Cheese Sticks. They had a cheese dipping sauce...
Judy got the Guacamole which was very good, but not enough chips.
These are the Chicken Sticks -
Nachos were good, always a solid choice.
I went with the Buffalo Chicken Wings which I thought was the best value as far as appetizers go. The portion is enough to basically be a meal.
I liked the buffalo sauce. It's not your traditional buffalo.... more like a chile vinegar sauce.
Aaron went with a soup instead of a second appetizer. He described the tortilla soup as, "Not good, but 100% edible."
I went with the assorted vegetable salad, because I felt like it would be good to eat some vegetables.
More nachos -
I was going to get a photo of Rachel's quesadillas when....
There were three.
I got the mixed fajitas. It was good. Another good value entree.
The four course meal was rather annoying. I think our server would have rather us place our order for all four courses at one time, but we wanted to space it out. We definitely should have started ordering food earlier because it was slow to arrive. It also got more difficult to track down our server to order our next course. By the time we were waiting on our third course, we were ready to move to the pool, but we had to stick around our chairs on the beach for our food to come. We ended up not even getting the dessert course.


These are the Chicken Sticks -



I liked the buffalo sauce. It's not your traditional buffalo.... more like a chile vinegar sauce.







For our last hour or so at Nachi Cocom, we moved to the pool, as were many other guests. Service at the bar was slow, but mainly because they could've used another bartender or two. I'm fairly confident that they water down their liquor because they were doing heavy pours, but the drinks didn't seem to have that much alcohol content. It makes sense because people are there drinking all day, so they don't want them getting absolutely tanked.
I've heard great things about Nachi Cocom, and I'm glad we tried it out, but it's definitely not my favorite Cozumel beach club. Personally, I prefer the more lively party atmosphere at Mr. Sancho's or the waterpark and activities at Playa Mia.
If we weren't on a cruise, we probably could have stayed there until the sun went down. However, we had to make it back to the ship, so it was time to go!
When we got back to Punta Langosta, Rachel and Landon decided to go to Senor Frogs, and we told them good luck, hope you make it back to the ship!
When we got back on the ship, we dropped our stuff in our stateroom, then headed up to keep an eye out for pier runners (which may or may not include Rachel and Landon).
That's where we were standing the last time we sailed out of Cozumel -
Well look who it is.... can you pick out Rachel and Landon?
We were definitely waiting on people because it was all aboard time. They rolled in all but one gangway, and several officers were standing there, on walkie talkies. We also sounded the horn. No runners, though. The nerve of people to walk leisurely when there's an entire ship of passengers waiting.
I caught a glimpse of The Retreat Sundeck on Celebrity Summit.
Good-bye, Cozumel, and good-bye, Summit!
We headed down to the Quiet Cove.
Then it was time to head back to the room to get dressed for the evening.
We went with Judy and Stove for pre-dinner cocktails at Skyline Lounge.
Dinner this evening was in Enchanted Garden. They've reworked this dining room a little since the last time I was on the Fantasy. The center circular booths have been removed and replaced with dining tables - probably much easier to reconfigure.

When we got back to Punta Langosta, Rachel and Landon decided to go to Senor Frogs, and we told them good luck, hope you make it back to the ship!














Well look who it is.... can you pick out Rachel and Landon?




I caught a glimpse of The Retreat Sundeck on Celebrity Summit.
















Aaron said that the Applewood Smoked Bacon Wild Mushroom Tart was more of a quiche, but a great, crispy puffed pastry with perfectly cooked eggs and good sized chunks of bacon.




For my main course, I went with the Slow-Roasted Prime Rib. It just wasn't what I wanted. I attempted to cut the potato with my fork, but it didn't cut easily, so I gave up.

Aaron didn't order the Carmelized Sea Scallops, but they brought them to him. They came with couscous and asparagus which I ended up eating instead of the prime rib. Next time, I'll order this for my main course.

Aaron ordered the Pan-Seared Sea Bass which was tender and flavorful







Rachel and Landon wanted to play. Landon tried to get them on for the couple married the least amount of time by yelling, "Zero!" but that didn't work. So they had to dance it out. I actually think they did a good job dancing, Landon had some fun moves. But another couple was really raunchy, bending over and grinding, 2AM blacked out in the club kind of moves, and the audience whooped really hard for them (which I thought was weird... to cheer so loud for people grinding on the dance floor). Personally, I prefer funny dances, but the audience wanted raunch.
Sorry, Rachel and Landon. Maybe try some dirty dancing next time.
This was simultaneously the strangest and also most boring game of Match Your Mate that I've seen. The newlywed girl told long drawn out stories with a lot of unnecessary details. We learned that the raunchy dancing couple isn't married, and they couldn't agree on the number of years they'd been dating. The girl seemed like she had practiced answers that were supposed to be jokes, but they didn't hit with the crowd. One of the questions is where is the craziest place you've 'made magic', or something like that, and she says, "ooh.... so many places... we do it all the time. I don't know how to choose!" and then she landed on 'in the hot tub'. Then, her partner comes out, and when it's time for him to answer the question, he told us that they were saving themselves for marriage! (We saw them later on the cruise, and we're pretty sure that they're not a couple, but part of the same large family group sailing together and decided it would be funny to do the game - hence the big whoops at the dancing.)

The best couple was the one that had been together the longest, but they probably got the most answers wrong (in some cases, I would've given them the point because the confusion was understandable). Aaron and I only watched the first half of the game because it was boring, and he really wanted to see Black Panther: Wakanda Forever which was playing at 11PM in Buena Vista Theater.



Next: Disney Fantasy New Year's Cruise - [Day 4] Palo Brunch & Pirate Night
We were on RCCL's Newlywed game for our 10y anniv. We came in last but because it was on TV, we became psuedo-celebs where everyone recognized us [ kinda funny]; Love those food pics; Keep em coming
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