Flacruiser99

The Cucumber martini is/was made from a special cart that they wheel around to your table. 

On RCI no matter what you wear someone will be dressed worse than you.?

You will be fine.

Dirty Martini with 3 Olives.?

Last time I just used a taxi, worked out great.

Thanks

Do you have any idea how vile you are?  The fog itself is a safety issue, do you really want your cruise captain navigating somewhere they cannot see?  And on top of that, two people are missing and likely dead and you're concerned about your vacation being ruined?
I do not, and will not, feel sorry for you.  Get a grip on reality lady, and have some respect for the families who are grieving.

I’m on Enchantment of the Seas right now as well. I have a different perspective.
Tuesday afternoon a 600 foot tanker ran into an 80 foot fishing boat at the entrance to the Houston-Galveston Ship Channel. 1 person confirmed dead, 1 person in the hospital. The Coast Guard abandoned the search for two other missing crew members today and they are presumed dead. The crew of the Pappy’s Pride fishing boat and their families are having a horrible week, much worse than I ever hope you or I have. I’m happy to be enjoying time on a cruise ship with my family this week.
Due to this tragedy there has been NO ship traffic in or out of the ports of Houston, Galveston, or Texas City since Tuesday afternoon.  The economic impact of shutting down tanker and other ship traffic in this area is staggering. 
After Enchantment waited offshore all day, the Coast Guard was gracious enough to allow her into port Wednesday afternoon as she passed within yards of the wreckage site at a very slow speed while the responders were still securing the wrecked vessel, controlling the environmental damage, and searching for two missing human beings.
After waiting all last night and all day today, Enchantment was escorted out of port this afternoon in heavy fog with two pilot boats off our bow to ensure we safely traversed the fog. I was deeply moved as we passed the crash site at a very slow speed so as not to disturb the small fleet of boats and the crane platform that were continuing the recovery operation in the channel. 
Enchantment of the Seas was the ONLY ship allowed to come in or out of the area since Tuesday afternoon. Then Carnival Dream was finally allowed in this evening after she waited offshore all day. As of this moment the area remains closed to all other ship traffic. Only a few small service boats have been allowed in the area.
Royal Caribbean provided text and email updates about every two hours yesterday as we waited to learn when we could board. Enchantment’s captain provided several updates last night after we boarded, and several more updates throughout the day today. There was little information that they could provide because they had no control over the weather or the tragic situation in the Galveston Jetties, but they checked in with us regularly to let us know they were communicating with authorities and trying to get us underway. They also did not offer false hope or speculation  because they knew the situation was fluid and telling us one thing and then changing their story would have drawn much criticism.
We’re now underway to Cozumel and I’ve been having a great time, all things considered. I’ve used my cell phone as a tool to find out as much as I could about what was happening with our situation, much of which is spelled out above.
May God bless the crew of Pappy’s Pride and their families. May those who perished Rest In Peace. 

I Believe Brightline now has a package that includes transportation it the port. https://www.gobrightline.com/traintoport

Great news, enjoy. However it probably will never happen again.

The ones with the double wide Balcony would be my pick.

I have managed to get price drops with FCC involved but you need to keep detailed notes.  I keep every invoice, before FCC, after FCC, after price drops, after cabin changes, etc.  Using them I can build a complete timeline of the transaction.
The trick with looking for price drops going forward is to know what your cruise cost was before FCC reduced it.  That is the magic number to use when comparing current pricing.  If the cruise cost $1,000 and you applied a $200 FCC the $1,000 remains the benchmark to use for price drop comparison.  
If you do try to claim a price drop you have to be very persistent on mentioning the FCC.  "Before my FCC was applied this was my cruise fare and now it's cheaper".  If they push back tell them to remove the FCC and make it available for another cruise, then adjust the price.  This usually causes them to apply the price adjustment since they know you will get it one way or another and removing the FCC, adjusting the price, re-applying the FCC is more work for them.  
Yes, you can move FCC after you have applied it.  As long as another sailing qualifies for the dates involved you can have them un-apply an FCC and apply it to a different sailing or just return the FCC to it's unused status and keep it like that for a week or more.    

The live show was for Pinnacles, Suites and D+. Diamond and all others had to watch on a screen at the Aqua Theater

I seem to remember only certain folks were able to see this performance live. Most folks had to watch it on the big screens.

Park at the port.

I used a Credit Card with no foreign currency fee charge, I also used an ATM for local currency.

Let's be clear, no cruise ship specialty is going to exceed a land based regional delicacy.  Chops isn't the best steak dinner ever and Giovanni's isn't the best Italian ever.
Having eaten at Portside BBQ with more than one Texan and folks from Tennessee they were pleased on the basis it was on a cruise ship.  No one should expect it to be better than what they can do at home if they know how to do BBQ.  In fairness not every BBQ place I've tried in Texas has been "the best ever" either.

Costa Maya routinely takes three ships or four smaller ships.  Lately there has been construction material at the end of the pier so probably limited to three ships at the moment.
However not all ships can use all berths so it's possible their designated position wasn't available.  
I've been delayed arriving into Costa Maya before while we waited for an older ship without azipods to attempt to dock.  It was an MSC ship and it took them forever to reach the pier fighting the winds.  Once they were secure we popped in with ease, the magic of azipods working in our favor.  
Allure's propulsion issue impacts top speed which she can still make just with a lot of vibrations.  She wouldn't need full power to dock, that's more of a finesse operation but if she did need full power briefly she could do it.
In the case of Anthem in Antigua the high winds were causing us to be at an angle in the narrow channel leading to the port.  The "crab" angle was such that we used the entire width of the channel eliminating any safety margin.  Two other ships, one NCL and one Princess didn't even try in Antigua, they just sailed past.  Anthem tried to make it but had to call it off as we approached the narrowest part of the channel.  Captain Srecko and the CD recorded a video that explained in detail the attempt and challenge that caused us to skip.  It's the first time Anthem has had to skip Antigua.

one of my favorite things to do on a cruise is Nothing.

one of my favorite things to do on a cruise is Nothing.

If you have any medical requests now is the time to complete the GUEST SPECIAL NEEDS FORM .

I usually go ashore if the weather is good. Many things to do but not knowing your interest it's hard to suggest something. Queens staircase, fish fry, potters cay, Governor's house are a few. Transportation is cheap if you use the Jitneys. It's really a great port in my opinion, yes I'm aware that I'm in the minority on that on this board..

Add Sea Turtles to the list. I saw a Loggerhead in the channel going into Nassau.

My advice...NEVER fly in the day off...connecting flight delayed(even if its not yours but the one coming in to get you).....maintenance issues...security issue......wayyyy to risky...maybe if it was a 5am flight and if you missed that you could catch a later flight and still make it...
 
Could you make it?...Yes and you probably will be fine...but to me its not worth the risk of thousands of dollars......my two cents.

Add Sea Turtles to the list. I saw a Loggerhead in the channel going into Nassau.