Day 7: Cozumel, Mexico

12.06.2008 // Uncategorized // Lee McKusick // No Comments

7:55 – OMG, I SWAM WITH DOLPHINS!!!

Pulled into port around 10:30. Headed to Chankanaab Park for our dolphin Royal Swim.

They bring you out in a small group (ours had 7; around 10 was the normal size), and you get to pet them, dance with them…

…kiss them…

…let them tow you with their dorsal fins, and my favorite, push you through the water standing on their noses. I ended up coming completely out of the water. It was amazing!

We then hung out on the beach for a while. The water was crystal clear, and there were some really cool fish swimming around. I’m pretty sure I even touched one as it was swimming away.

Grand Cayman and Cozumel were both astounding. They certainly saved the best for last.

9:37 – The show tonight was really cool. It was a Cirque du Soliel-like performance; certainly not quite as impressive as the real thing, but very cool nonetheless.

Just finished playing some more Rock Band. Fact: I love to sing!

Checking out the Majority Rules game show; then a scavenger hunt later. Should be a fun night, now that I’ve given up trying to go against the flow…

10:17 – Majority Rules was fun; sat with a cool group of people. Good times were had by all. Gonna go see if there’s any new pictures in the Photo Gallery (pictures are fricking expensive!), to kill some time before the Quest.

11:59 – Wow. That about sums up the Quest.

Ok, so a little explanation is in order. As I mentioned, the Quest was a scavenger hunt. Basically, the arena was divided up into 10 teams, all with 2 team captains, one male and one female. For each quest, one of the captains had to find, from their section, a particular item, with bonus points to the quickest team. And about every fourth one or so, it was a group activity where people would come down and make some form of scene.

I ended up being a team captain.

We started off with some simple ones, like “an empty purse”, and “a business card”, then we had a group scene of 10 people playing Twister.

After that it got a little harder, with “a sock with a hole in it” (one lady was trying to chew through a sock!), and “an iPhone.” The next group activity was making human pyramids, whihc was pretty fun.

There were some clever ones in there, like 4 fake hands, i.e. two watches.

Then it started getting a little ridiculous, hilarious, or both, depending on how you looked at it, and probably how many Thursday Thriller’s you had.Things such as “4 men’s shirts (not being worn)”, “4 men’s pants (also not being worn; we didn’t get that one)”, “4 bras” (almost had that one, but one lady couldn’t get hers off), and the guy captain wearing lipstick…

Yeah…

So for the very last thingall the guy captains had to be wearing ladies’ shoes, shirtless, wearing a bra, wearing lipstick, and carrying a purse…

…and no, I don’t have any pictures. Sorry, ladies.

So yeah, I now have a fill for the slot of most embarassing memory. (Sometimes I regret being a blogger…) I’ll tell you though, being a team captain, in and of itself, and getting everyone fired up and into it all, was rather fun.

Drink of the Day: Thursday Thriller – Mango Rum, Pineapple Juice, Triple Sec, and Grand Marnier (I think)

Probably the best DotD so far; you could barely even taste the alcohol, which is both a good thing for it’s smoothness, and potentially a very bad thing, hehe.

Shot of the Day: Mudslide – Bailey’s, Kahlua

It was good, but it seemed like deja vu. They must have been overstocked on Bailey’s or something, cause every single shot this week has been Bailey’s.