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Because the last port visited is Roatan, the furthest away from Houston, it takes two days to return to Houston. If you check out the Dream's itinerary, Cancun is the last port visited, and can return to Houston in one day. When a ship docks at a port depends if there is a space to dock.The two hour Playa stop allows passengers taking shore excursions on the Mexician mainland a quicker departure. It's over a three hour bus ride to many popular Mayan ruins, especially Tulum. Then consider the over three hour bus ride back, plus the ferry ride to Cozumel. You really don't get much time to explore these ruins.So that's why there's a two hour stop at Playa, to get passngers off the ship and on their way to the ruins quickly.
Because the last port visited is Roatan, the furthest away from Houston, it takes two days to return to Houston. If you check out the Dream's itinerary, Cancun is the last port visited, and can return to Houston in one day. When a ship docks at a port depends if there is a space to dock.
The two hour Playa stop allows passengers taking shore excursions on the Mexician mainland a quicker departure. It's over a three hour bus ride to many popular Mayan ruins, especially Tulum. Then consider the over three hour bus ride back, plus the ferry ride to Cozumel. You really don't get much time to explore these ruins.
So that's why there's a two hour stop at Playa, to get passngers off the ship and on their way to the ruins quickly.
