We Skipped the Ship Excursion and This Happened in Costa Maya, Mexico
Jaime’s birthday in Costa Maya hit hard. Day 5 of our cruise, one full port day off the ship with a third-party ruins and lagoon run — real food, real chaos, and the kind of birthday you don’t get from a brochure. — hangover morning, Chacchoben Mayan ruins in the heat, Bacalar Lagoon of the seven colors, tequila on the tour, local tacos onshore, a surprise towel animal back on the MSC Seashore, then birthday dinner, gelato, and comedy to close the night. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Birthday hangover morning 0:36 Off the ship at Costa Maya 1:42 Finding our third-party tour 2:21 Costa Maya port history + drive 2:48 Chacchoben Mayan ruins 4:10 Hangover cure: tequila in the van 4:43 Bacalar Lagoon of seven colors 5:15 Boats, sinkhole lap & shallows 6:47 Local taco shop lunch 8:27 Back through Costa Maya port 9:04 Empty port + fish spa 10:00 Birthday card & towel animal 10:42 Birthday dinner at Ola Taco 12:51 Gelato at Vinci 13:38 Comedy show & birthday night 🚢 MSC Seashore series More days from this sailing are on the channel — binge the full cruise playlist from here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIcIUGb7-a1XlyA1CnEgmbGJ0U-oiNnh 👍 Like if you’re here for journey-over-destination cruise days 🔔 Subscribe so you don’t miss Cozumel and the sea days 💬 Have you done a fish spa at a cruise port? Yes or never — drop it below #CostaMaya #MSCSeashore #CruiseVlog #Bacalar #Chacchoben #BirthdayCruise