What is it like exploring Cozumel on your own from Carnival Jubilee? — featuring Let’s Get Wanderlost (Carnival Cruise Line)

0:01 it's day six of our cruise and today we're in KML [Music] Mexico KML is one of the most common ports in the Western Caribbean chances are if you sell at a Galvis or if you

0:27 have a Western Caribbean itinerary you're going the KML on this trip to KML since we were sailing on Carnival Jubilee we were at PTO Maya which is the port or The Terminal that Carnival Cruise Line uses Port Amaya is very similar to the port that Royal Caribbean uses in KML and guess what they're right next door

0:49 to each other Royal Caribbean uses the international terminal Carnival Cruise Line uses for demaya for demaya has a bunch of shops and resta you can find just about any souvenir you're looking for in this little area and there's even a taxi terminal that'll take you to just about

1:08 anywhere on the island of KML so what are we doing in KML on this trip well we're going to rent a car and we're going to explore the island on our own as a random Cruise tip before you get off the ship in a cruise port make sure you check the ship's time and compare it to the time that actually is

1:31 in Port as an example KML has a different time than Galveston so your ship's time is going to be different one thing we learned on Carnival Jubilee is the carnival app does not show you the ship's time unless you're connected to the carnival Wi-Fi which can be a problem if you don't know what time it

1:51 actually is Nicole and I rented a buggy from this little stand inside the May Plaza and we were given a converted Nissan which was made to be waterproof without a roof don't worry though there's a canvas roof just in case it rains a little bit like it did on our trip to KML this time now the main thing that we wanted

2:16 to do on this trip by renting a car was to do the loop around the island which went all the way to the East End of the island the south end of the island and then back around to where we started at when we left the Mayan Plaza we drove through the city of KML which was a unique experience because you got the

2:32 seest side of KML that you don't get to see mostly when you only take excursions this was a very scenic drive to the East End of the Island right through the heart of KML Island now let's show you everything that we saw and did on this tour of the island on our own and I'm going to give

2:55 you a few random Cruise tips along the way you want to be mindful of who's driving around you there is a lot of scooters and a lot of taxis the scooters are slower and they take up because they're tourist they take up a chunk of the road the taxis are like crazy taxi from that

3:21 old Sega Genesis or that Sega Dreamcast video game and they will pass you going 100 kilometers an hour or higher just to get where they're going so the best thing to do is kind of give people space and kind of go off to the to the right center of the road just to make sure if people want to pass you they

3:41 have room to and you have no clue who's coming up from behind you a lot of times and when you see a scooter just kind of get over a little bit to the left and give them enough space as well uh just pay attention the first place that we stopped on the east coast of KML was a place called play Punta Marine

4:01 this place is a little Resort that is right there on the beach when you pull into the parking lot there is a restaurant a bar some shops like a massage parlor and a few other things there for like a getaway there is a really really nice Beach here and then the beach is public so you can just walk

4:21 over to the beach you don't have to go to the shops or to the bar or the restaurant you can just sit on the beach walk on the beach and just check out the amazing sites if you want to use any of the other services that are at this little Resort you will have to buy either food or a

4:37 drink or spend money in the shops because that is kind of how they run it but the beach does have public access and it was amazing just an incredible Beach there on the east coast of Cosmo oh wow

5:26 the drive along the east coast is incredible you're right along some mang Groves on one side and then the beach on the other side and every so often you get a great glimpse of the beach and it just looks spectacular the main reason that we wanted to do this drive on our own was one so we could see more of the island

5:47 without having to be behest to a an Excursion or a tour group we can kind of just go at our own pace but the other thing is we wanted to go back to a place that we really enjoyed on our last Excursion in KML which is the mojito Factory this little stand on the east coast of the Island right there on the

6:10 beach has some of the best Mojitos that you can find anywhere in the world in our opinion they're made fresh they make them right there in front of you in a MOA and it's just incredible just sit right there in a chair stare out into the ocean it's just relaxing it's why you go on vacation we absolutely love it

6:30 this place also sells food just remember it is cash only so if you want to get some homemade tacos or mojito or some other food or drink here you do have to pay in cash and another cool thing about this

6:55 place is they have puppies so if they going to pet some puppies at least on this trip they had plent of them running around that you could just pet we are in KML Mexico on our final Port day award Carnival Jubilee we're on the south end the southeast end of KML Island at a little mojito stand that we

7:18 visited the last time we were here on Voyager of the Seas and guess what Mojitos probably some of the best Mojitos you can get anywhere on the planet they're homemade they have like chunks of of mint and fruit and all kinds of stuff in here they're really really good can't even taste the alcohol

7:38 is there alcohol in these I mean probably he poured a bottle that said it was alcohol yeah it's really good uh we are driving a buggy around the island stopping every so often to see different points of the East End of the island which the East End of the island probably has some of the best

7:58 beaches and they do have large waves and it can get windy over here but overall least amount of people probably the best beaches and overall best scenery on CML if you're not at like a private destination on the west end of the island so we're going to continue driving going through each one of the

8:17 stops and seeing what else there is on this side of the island water's so blue and like it's like perfect sand so we rented a buggy a dune buggy a

8:42 converted Nissan I don't know what to call it they they called it a buggy from a little place next to the Mayan Plaza M which is across the street from the terminal that Carnival and Royal Caribbean use so there's a big gigantic fake Mayan pyramid in the middle of it it's actually where we went to go to to

9:00 an Excursion that we booked on the shore excursions group when we were on Voyage of the Seas last year it's a little hole in the wall uh they give you an option of different cars that you can rent from a Jeep all the way down to a minivan we selected a little buggy with an open air

9:15 it's got a soft top you can open up but it's been raining off and on so we kept that closed it cost us roughly $100 to rent this for the day we actually negotiated that down from 120 down to 100 there are some taxes and some insurance as you can purchase for it and of course you got to pay for gas

9:34 so we're about $139 into this rental and it's allowed us to go to the entire Island basically we drove across the center of the island and now we're driving across the East End and then we'll drive across the West End back up there we'll have to find a gas station to get a little bit of gas

9:51 so this is a great way to get away from the crowds and an Excursion cuz an Excursion will cost you way more than what will be spent uh so far as long as this thing doesn't break down don't say that and we don't get stuck somewhere or an accident or get pulled over by the cops for speeding it seems like a good

10:11 idea we've uh stopped at a couple of places along the road the East End of the island is gorgeous way better than the West End of the island and we're going to drive by PTO which is the South Point National area and then probably head back up to town because we only have about an hour and a half left until

10:28 all aboard we got to get on the ship we still got to get gas hopefully we can find some what do you think Nicole I've had a really good time I would recommend this I think this was a much better option than a short Excursion our last Excursion in cosl we actually got really lucky because no one

10:46 else showed up so it was just us and the tour guide and so he was the one that took us down to this side of the island took us to this uh mojito stand uh yeah and if you do want a good moo it's called Uh the Mojito Factory on the East End of the island very good homemade he makes them right there in

11:07 front of you and a mocha headb so we're going to continue driving and hopefully get back to the ship in one piece and we'll see you on board

11:44 [Music] one of the things that you should be mindful of if you're going to be driving around KML by yourself on a personal tour no Excursion is you probably should bring cash everywhere you go if you spend cash they are much happier than if you use a credit card and then places like we just

12:05 went to with the Mojito Factory they don't actually take credit cards at all and you can actually negotiate occasionally a lower rate if you're paying in cash rather than a credit card because they don't have to pay fees on that sort of stuff so make sure you bring cash if you're deciding to do any

12:22 type of private excursions or personal tour or you're just driving around on your own because in Mexico at least in cosl cash is definitely King if you want to get some stuff for yourself or who you're traveling with or get a discount just be mindful of

12:48 that when we were done driving around we drove all the way to the East End of the island to the South Point and then around back into the city of KML and we were ready to turn the car in because we had to get back to the ship we had to get gas so we stopped at a gas station right next to the May Plaza and

13:05 just so you will aware you cannot pump your own gas on cosmal I don't know if it's just the station that I went to or if the entire island is like this Al together but somebody does have to pump your gas it cost me about $16 to fill up the car I didn't have to put $16 in there because I didn't use that much

13:21 gasoline driving around but I just filled it up why not be nice to somebody I guess now why did we rent a car versus doing an Island Tour or just paying a taxi to drive us to the other side of the island there are prices for the taxi services right there at the Port so in Port Thea there's a sign there where you

13:41 get in the taxis and they list all kinds of services and places that you can go one of those is a tour of the Island right there on the sign about 3/4 of the way down from 1 to four passengers in a taxi it'll cost you $135 for an Island Tour there's even even some non-stop Island tours that are

14:02 around $100 there's a full City Tour that's $115 so you can get some tours done from the taxis but we wanted to do it on our own go at our own pace and not have to have somebody else drive us around it was a little bit cheaper we paid $100 for the rental car but obviously adding taxes and insurance and

14:20 gas it went got up to about $135 $139 and we were able to just go at our own pace see what we wanted to see stop where we wanted to stop and just kind of take in everything that we wanted to see on KML during this trip he's old yeah it's lifting up that's the international symbol for

14:43 get back when they bite they shake they'll like saw into your skin you we're back at the Port ready to get back onto the ship probably walk around this little area a couple more times before doing so we got about an hour but we just turned the car in we got gas in the car and one thing to really think

15:04 about when you do leave the port area and you're looking to rent one of these little buggies or a Jeep or whatever is there's going to be all kinds of merchants and vendors and shopkeepers and stuff that are going to try and get your attention and basically get you to rent from them and there's signs and

15:21 Little Boots set up all over the streets we selected ours because it was in the Mayan Plaza which is around the corner and they actually had like a little store front it looks a little bit more official than just some guy slinging on the street uh but you might have luck with the other ones as well we enjoyed

15:37 the experience no issues right now maybe we'll have an issue when we check our credit card statement later but I doubt it it was uh really good and they had great customer service the guys there were super helpful and super friendly and we'll probably use them again in March when we're here on Mariner the

15:53 Seas uh at least that's what I'm thinking we would have explored a little bit more but uh we just didn't have enough time we got up a little bit later today I think next time we'll go to PTO ser and then maybe do go a little bit north of the main city of kmo but so far great day uh enjoy the East End of the

16:10 island the car was great good idea and good day in cosel time to get back on the ship and get some food cuz I'm hungry right Nicole right let's go [Applause]

16:35 [Music] so Nicole it was elegant night uh what did we do in the main dining room tonight uh so it was the second formal or elegant night of the cruise and on most

17:00 mainstream Cruise Lines if you're on a seven night cruise that means it is lobster night definitely was Lobster night so tonight in the main dining room uh we had Lobster they also had prime rib and creme brulee for dessert yes so how would you compare Lobster KN on Carnival to what we're used to on Royal

17:24 Caribbean I will say we we spoke about this at dinner we kind of thought that they pulled some of the weight staff from maybe the specialty dining venues as they're usually not so busy on nights such as Lobster night because everyone just wants to go get free Lobster uh because the service we had a new waiter

17:45 this evening even though we were in our usual section and he was really good one thing to be mindful of on Lobster night on Carnival Jubilee is that it's going to be much busier in the main dining room than it normally is so make sure you check in in the app much earlier we checked in just after 5:00 p.m. and our

18:04 table wasn't ready until almost 700 p.m. so almost 2 hours to get a table so how was the food on Lobster night because that's what matters the most and we hadn't had Lobster night on a cruise in a long time cuz usually you have to have a seven night cruise and the last couple of hours have been in Europe and then on

18:21 icon we ate in Coastal Kitchen the lobster was excellent it was very tender very buttery and overall very good the prime rib was decent it's prime rib on a cruise ship and then the pasta I had as an appetizer was just okay besides the lobster The Shining Star of this dinner was the creme brulee if you like creeme

18:40 brulee listen to [Music] this pass the test oh M so overall Lobster night on Carnival Jubilee was really good we recommend it it's a c Miss your cruise aboard Carnival Jubilee after dinner one of the shows

19:05 tonight in the center stage area was the Rio Carnival which is a tribute to Brazil and the music and dancing from that region uh they also do a little like mini parade kind of through the channels area uh which is fun it was cool uh the costumes were really nice uh the set was actually pretty nice I know

19:31 most of it is the digital background but it does look nice um but it was really quick actually the show was only about 20 minutes yeah the parade was about 10 minutes and the show was about 20 minutes one thing to be mindful of with the shows in center stage on Carnival Jubilee is that depending on where

19:54 you're seating you might not be able to actually see the stage so we recommend kind of open it out before a show starts and find a good spot where you can see the stage and get there a little bit early the Rio Carnival show was pretty good they had some really good dancing really good music and there was even

20:11 some aerialist above the stage I think the shows or at least most of the shows that happen in the center stage area overall are better than the shows that take place in the Jubilee Theater but the one downside is the location I wish Carnival Jubilee had a loue like the 270 Lounge on the

20:32 quantum class ship from Royal Caribbean where it's relaxed yet still can be used better as a performing venue but what can you do just make sure you get to the venue early find a good seat that you can see the stage on and enjoy these shows especially Rio Carnival that'll wrap up our sixth day

20:53 on this 7even night cruise aboard Carnival Jubilee if you have any questions about anything that we've done on this Cruise or anything that we did on the island of KMEL including renting the car and checking out the beaches on the East End of the island which we think are some of the best beaches in

21:08 the Western Caribbean leave those in the comment section below if you like to support our Channel make sure you like this video And subscribe to the channel for more if you need us we're tired but we might end up going up to that late night Buffet up there in the Leo Marketplace and I'm Travis I'm Nicole

21:28 thanks so much for watching than