floridajourneygirl,
My apologies for not responding to your inquiry on the Cruise Addicts
website.
I have been having too many problems with my login, I decided the site
wasn't worth the frustration.
However, I did want to send a response on this excursion, since I
promised to "report back."
Overall, we had a very good time, although in hindsight, I wish we would
have spent the extra $ to book through the cruise ship. The ATV part was
fun, once we finally got to go. We had to wait at some bar in the middle
of nowhere for about 30 minutes, because the people at Wild Tours did
not have enough bikes or tour guides to accommodate our group of 9 (7
bikes total). I paid the balance remaining in traveler's checks, and was
given my change in pesos. (I'm not even sure I got the correct amount of
pesos back!)
My husband's sunglasses had broken before the trip, so we asked for some
goggles to protect his eyes from the dust and debris that would be
flying at us. We were told we would have to buy the goggles for $8 per
pair, so instead, hubby and I took turns using my sunglasses. (We wrote
double, so whoever drove wore the glasses.)
Throughout the trip, our guides were constantly stopping us and making
us pull of the road to let jeep tours and other ATV tours go through.
For the 6 hour excursion, we spent maybe a total of 2.5-3 hours on the
ATVs. We even had to stop once because one of the guides who was
following behind us in a jeep kept having to stop because his jeep would
overheat.
The water was way too choppy for us to take the kayaks out for the
kayak/snorkeling part, so we sat on the beach for about 20 minutes and
had a "snack lunch" of a mostly bread ham sandwich, a granola bar, and
bottled water. The Castillo ruin tour that replaced the kayak/snorkeling
part took about 10-15 minutes. It was very small and involved a steep
climb up loose rocks and boulders. The final ruin, La Palma took maybe 5
minutes to visit as it was basically a large pile of rocks.
The guides asked for tips at the end, so I gave them the pesos I had
gotten for change when I bought the tour. Someone else was trying to
sell photos of us on the ATVs for $10 each. I got them down to $5, so if
you decide to buy a picture, keep telling them "no" or that you're "not
sure" until they drop the price. We had to wait another 30 minutes or so
at the same bar in the middle of nowhere until the taxi came to bring us
back to the initial meeting spot. Hubby and I joked that the guys at
Wild Tours had some deal going on with the owners of "Senior Iguana's"
bar that they would provide "captive clients." 
Reading over this, my review sounds pretty negative, but we really did
enjoy ourselves on the tour! I just think we should have booked an ATV
tour through the ship or a different company instead of Wild Tours so
that we could have had more time before and/or after the excursion to
explore Cozumel on our own, rather than waiting around. I wrote a
similar review for Wild Tours, but got the message "this review will be
posted on our new website when we update our format," or something like
that.
If you'd like to share this review Feel free to post it on cruise
addicts, or forward it to others. Again, I am unable to log in, so I
cannot post.
Hope you found this helpful! Enjoy your cruise!
Caribbean Kitty (fka LadyJag1)
