Zip off to Mexico for cruise filled with fun food
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico Stuffing yourself with food is popular fare for jokes on cruise ships, but it’s serious business. I gained eight pounds during a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera in November. My wife gained six.
Did we really eat that much in a week? Did we ever. But we also dieted for several weeks ahead because that’s our precruise strategy.
We are becoming cruise veterans, chalking up No. 5 recently on a trip to the Mexican Riviera, so we are well aware of the culinary temptations. And we admit that part of why we cruise is because of the good food.
But there are plenty of other reasons to go: A warm destination in the cold months, activities on board ranging from rock-climbing to karaoke, and port excursions that included a zip line, soaring from treetop to treetop some 100 feet above the jungle floor.
Is 60 too old for such shenanigans? I was about to find out.
We took our trip aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Vision of the Seas. It’s smaller than some of the mega ships we’ve sailed, but it wasn’t lacking in amenities and activities.
Swimming pools, sauna, shops, lounges, disco, shuffleboard, rock-climbing wall, belly flop contest, karaoke, elaborate song-and-dance shows in the theater, magicians, jugglers, comedians. Whew!
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