| The two major cruise lines that depart from New | | | | transportation (you are only 30 minutes north of the |
| Orleans are Carnival Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise | | | | capital - Merida), mail services, taxis, real estate |
| Lines: ships Triumph and Spirit respectively. | | | | businesses, and handy stores. With the pristine view |
| Carnival Cruise line, Triumph out of New Orleans can | | | | of the water in sight tourists will want to indulge in |
| either be a 5 day trip or a 4 day trip. After | | | | snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, and lounging around |
| celebrating with Drew Brees and the Saints you are | | | | the ocean. |
| now ready to go see the world. Your ship will make | | | | Next stop is Cozumel, which is the largest inhabited |
| stops at Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico, and Cozumel, | | | | island in Mexico, surrounded by reefs making an ideal |
| Quintana Roo, Mexico, before heading back to the | | | | spot for snorkeling and scuba diving. The western |
| Big Easy. You will know you have arrived in | | | | side of the island enjoys peaceful, calm surf / waves, |
| Progresso when you see the famous Lighthouse and | | | | while the eastern side is more rugged and violent. |
| extended pier combination, jutting out of the water | | | | Since there are a myriad of underwater caverns, only |
| as if an extended bridge into paradise. The port of | | | | the more experienced, registered divers are allowed |
| Progreso is host to beautiful beaches, a large | | | | in. In fact in 1990 the world's fifth largest underwater |
| shopping mall, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, bus | | | | cavern was found in Cozumel. |