Disney Cruise Part 8: Cabo San Lucas

We spent two days in Cabo San Lucas.  Cruise ships can’t dock there, so we got to ride on smaller tender boats to shore.  We booked a snorkeling excursion through Disney, so on the first day there, we rode on a catamaran around the bay, past Lover’s Beach and the arch, and then out to a cove where we anchored and hopped off the boat to snorkel.

The water was nice and clear, and since they made us wear life jackets, we didn’t have to worry about whether the kids were sinking.  Erin caught on right away and just floated around looking at all the fish.  The tour guides had some bread they were using to attract the fish, and one of the guides would dive way down and stir them all up to the surface.  There were A LOT of fish!  Sometimes we could barely see space between them.  Lots of blues and yellows.

Robbie took a while to catch on.  He’s not a super-confident swimmer yet, but he loves all kinds of animals, so we knew he’d really like the fish.  He had trouble trusting the snorkel and didn’t want to put his face in at first.  He was comfortable breathing through it above water, but just wasn’t sure about under water.  Rob and I took turns working with him, and finally Rob told him that if he kept putting his head back, he’d get water in his snorkel.  He put his hand on the back of Robbie’s head and that’s when Robbie decided to just do it.  He put his face in and almost immediately, we heard him shrieking through the snorkel, “Fishies!  FISHIES!!”  He was SO excited!  After that, he couldn’t get enough of it!  Even when he would get water in his mask or cough on a little of it, he’d fix it and move on.  We’re so glad he finally did it.

We got back on the ship that afternoon, and the ship actually went out to sea for the night and then came back to Cabo the next morning.  That was the night we had the fireworks for pirate night.

The second day in Cabo, we rode the tender to shore and we walked around and shopped with the other family from our table.  Rob’s Spanish came in handy again, because he negotiated everyone’s prices while we shopped!

Erin took a picture with the E in a big Mexico sign:

And a sad one where we joked that she wasn't allowed on that sidewalk:

We listened to this dad and his little girl for a little bit... they were really good.

We bought a few things and then walked to a beach.  Our kids have never been to a beach, so this was a big deal!  They loved it!  I liked watching them check it out.  Robbie was mostly excited about all the sand at first, but then he figured out that the waves are a lot of fun.  Erin played in the water and found quite a few shells.  We weren’t too far from the ship... It was kind of strange to see it that close to the beach.