Puerto Vallarta was hot (but not as hot as Cabo), overcast, humid, and rainy. We were still tired (and pretty burnt) from Cabo, so we took it easy. We got off the ship and walked over to Walmart and Sam’s Club. Crossing the street was much less stressful thanks to a new crossing signal with a timer and a police officer that hung out in the middle of the intersection. At walmart, in the sunscreen aisle, there were ladies that actually worked for the sun screen brands pimping their products! Mom and Bobby walked over to the Port village to mail some postcards.
Back on boards, we looked at the shore excursions that were available for Acapulco and Cartegena, and booked city tours in both. Not knowing when or if we’d ever be back to these ports, we thought basic city tours were the best way to go. Since we leave Acapulco at 1:00 in the afternoon, and Cartegena is in Columbia, we figured the safest thing to do (for time and because, well, Cartegena is in Columbia) was to book through Disney. The prices weren’t too awfully bad.
In the lobby, Bobby played around of chip golf. Then we headed up to the cabin to get ready for dinner. Pretty much every night (except for the two formal nights) are casual. We dressed up a bit to get some pictures, though.
Tonight’s dinner was a Taste of California menu in Lumiere’s. Highlights included the butternut squash soup with Dungeness crab (the crab was so sweet and delicious), prime rib, seared ahi, halibut on potatoes, and the flourless chocolate cake. The presentation is really awesome, as well.
After dinner, we took some pictures with Goofy dressed in Mexican garb, the Three Caballeros, and one with a Disney Magic backdrop. Then we went to see the show, Mexico Foclorico. It was a 7 piece Mariachi band with 4 dancers - and the show was beautiful and entertaining.
Afterwards, we braved the humidity and rain and headed back out to take some pictures of the Magic at night. (The ship did not leave until 1:00 AM!) Then we went back in and headed to Rockin’ Bar D to get seats for Ronn Lucas’s cabaret show. When the introduced him, they played this intro on the video screens with reels of his most impressive gigs - the White House, the London Palladium, David Letterman, etc. While we were watching, this guy standing next to us said, “Man, that’s a lot of hype - this guy better be good.” To be honest, I was thinking the same thing, but thought it was ballsy for someone to say it out loud - until they introduced Ronn Lucas, and the guy standing behind us who said that trotted down on stage - it was Ronn Lucas himself!
His show was hilarious - he is a famous ventriloquist from Las Vegas and he was really, really good! He could throw his voice and everything!
Finally, we headed back to the staterooms. We played a game of word yacht and then watched the ship pull away from Puerto Vallarta. Grant has this neat application for his iPhone that uses GPS to keep track of our path. You can see the path our ship took out of Puerto Vallarta here: You can see that we backed out of the harbor and then turned around. The track ends where he lost cell phone reception! Adios!
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