Hello LCT Cruisers!

Thanks for all of your notes. I'll try to answer a few questions and keep you up-to-date on activities onboard the Navigator.

Tom ordered the Turkey - the rest of our table selected the Lobster instead - all diners were pleased! The food and service has been wonderful. Some of our fellow cruiser are a bit more critical, but over all, the reviews have been favorable.

Today we were in Progreso and I selected the 8 hour tour to Chitchen Itza. In typical Radisson style, the bus (capacity 60) was only booked for 35 passengers. We were able to choose comfortable seating. The air conditioning worked well, and was required, especially on our return trip. They have constructed a new highway to the ruins and the travel time, while long, was comfortable.

Once there, we found the guide to be knowledgeable, but perhaps a bit long winded. We enjoy the ruins and a buffet lunch before we retunred to the ship. The Mayanland Hotel(luncheon site) is lovely, the food was fair and the sites were interesting.

I plan to see Copan and Tikal, so should have a fairly complete overview of the Mayan tours by the time we return to Florida.

It is my understanding that Grand Cayman was cancelled because other (larger) ships call there regularly and have priority. At this point they can only handle a limited number of ships, so those who have an ongoing schedule are allowed, but no others. That may change as time goes by, it seems to be a cruise-by-cruise decision.

We will call on Belize instead and they have done a marvelous job arrangeing tours for our time there. This will be my opportunity to visit Tikal.

Answers to other questions:

Our hotel manager is Jan Novak.

Doug, I'll research dance opportunities for you and Lynn.

Jan, I'll also check the internet prices. The Jumbo is 20 Hours for $75....and I'm sure I'll have time left - I'll pass it onto you and other LCT cruisers - but I can't guarantee it will work. Another LCT member gave me their logon and password, but it didn't work for me, I still need to investigate what happened.

Kathy....I'll extend your greetings to Heather and Joe!

The internet cafe is very available, but sometimes unreliable. Yesterday I spend a good bit of time composing an email - when I hit the send button it disappeared into the great void - never to be seen or read by anyone. I'm hoping this communication will survive the transition. Not bothering to edit or spell check....I apologize for errors - but you get the gist!

More tomorrow from Cozemel!