Kingdom Konsultant Travel Blog

I've spent both of my Cozumel port days at Playa Mia Resort. The first time was in 2018, where I did a cooking class before spending a couple hours at the beach with my adult only fellow travelers. Most recently, I went on a beach excursion on the Disney Magic. In 2018, we were up bright and early and had a small group that left right on time to our excursion. It was easy to stay together and our tour guide was great at pointing out places to have drinks or shop after our excursion, and the pathway to the bus was quite clear. In 2022, our excursion started officially at 10:45 and we were miraculously 15 minutes early and one of the first in line to wait. Which we did, for about 45 minutes. We were clearly waiting for exactly one late family for our excursion to start, which was a bit of a bummer, but it does happen sometimes. Once it was our time to go, it was a bit of a cluster to keep track of who was in our group and where we should go. After bag checks, it was not super clear w...

Costa Maya is a popular Western Caribbean port of call for cruise ships, but I often get asked what is there to do there. The Mayan ruins are very popular but I have done them twice and the thing about ruins, they don’t really change.  You can read about Agent Stacy's experience with the ruins here . The other popular options are water related, with all inclusive resorts or Bacalaar Lagoon trips being the most popular. After extensive research, we decided to give Maya Chan All-Inclusive a try. Your Kingdom Konsultant agent can book this for you, as it is not offered through the cruise lines. The road to Maya Chan Since the Port of Costa Maya is privately owned, it is heavily controlled. They want you to stay in this immediate area and spend money on their shops and amenities and they don’t let independent tour operators in. We had directions and a map from Maya Chan showing us where to go to meet their representative. It is a bit of a walk and a little confusing to get out of the p...

Universal's Aventura Hotel is a modern, stylish hotel located in the heart of the Universal Orlando Resort. It's one of two Prime Value hotels on Universal property which means you get all the benefits of staying of a Universal Orlando hotel guest at a value price point. When staying at this hotel, you'll be steps away from Universal's Volcano Bay water theme park and are a quick walk or bus ride to Universal Studios Florida, Universal's Islands of Adventure and CityWalk. Let's see everything Universal's Aventura Hotel has to offer by starting our photo tour! And if you want more than just photos, make sure to check out our full review of Aventura here .  Aventura shares an entrance with Sapphire Falls Aventura Hotel Lobby, Welcome and Vacation Planning desks Luggage Services desk to the left of the Welcome desk The lobby bar, barVentura and quick service dining option, Urban Pantry Urban Pantry is a quick service dining option Asian station where you can ge...