15 Feb 2023
If this is your first time in Cancun and you got this as a free gift for taking in a timeshare presentation, do it. It's a fun ride to the water between Cancun and Isla Mujeres to snorkel, then to the island for optional drives in golf carts for an hour to take in a great view, then lunch, then on the boat again to visit the north beach, to either swim, or go shopping, and back.
The boat ride was festive, and everyone had a good time, but if you're actually looking to snorkel as I was, this unfortunately is not it. This is what constituted the "snorkeling" part of the expedition - we arrived at "the spot", and swam out a bit from the boat to a first, and then another spot next to it, and looked around below for 2-3 minutes at each spot. I don't know if this was their go-to plan, a back-up place, it was just a bad day, or the fish and coral went on vacation, but this was not a spot to see a thing - no fish, no coral, nothing interesting to see at all. The entire snorkeling part of the trip lasted maybe 15 minutes, if that. I don't mean to complain, but it seemed odd to take us to a spot with zero potential for seeing anything, except a few small non-descript sand-colored rocks on the floor bed (this after dreaming I'd be swimming through schools of fish). After we returned to the boat, my wife asked me if I saw the statue on the floor bed. "Uh...statue? Um, no, musta missed it".
I realize most people are satisfied with the festive atmosphere of a party boat (which add to a fun day), but I was disappointed.