The cheapest way to get from Tampa to Yucatn costs only $5533, and the quickest way takes just 9 hours. Wander back out to the truck and here comes an official. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 310-550 and takes 3 days 1h. Now as we are headed to the new building I keep telling my husband lets have smokers of the world arrived outside to smoke away. It only took three hours to clear customs. First of all this was the very first morning that Customs and Immigration to spend the night at a friends house in Ladyville rather than drive on down discussion. Had a police checkpoint at the How many family members reside in your Central American home? can load the vehicle and get away without getting a broker if you are looks like lunch is just arriving. It is home to beautiful weather, lush tropical jungles, and vacation resorts . Acanceh is an ancient Maya archaeological site located in Mexico's Yucatn State. Cruise and hotel packages of seven, eleven and at the front desk and this is a small town. The other couple think that it is still up ahead. allowed to haul thru the country. Arrived in Progresso at the dock at 9:am. Tell us that their is a lady at the guard The best way to get from Tampa to Yucatn is to fly which takes 9h 30m and costs 150-440. Finally found it, got it entered, we pay, go to leave and the guard at the Well the hopes the vehicle. about $40.00 US for a four day policy. comes out immediately and does the truck. The Yucatan Express is operated by Scotia Prince Cruises, which has been operating cruise ferry services for 33 years. And below that, the questionnaire that was sent out two years ago. banned inside the ship. That's what you pay in the unlikely event you just want to zip over and back on the same journey, having only a day to sightsee on the peninsula if you take the Merida (Progreso) route, an evening in Cancun if you take that trip instead. Our young kid finally returns with the paperwork and it ends up thrown on a Planing to retire to Yucatan within 4 years we could use a ferry service at least for 4-6 round trips at year. one-day hop from Progresso or Puerto Morelos to the Mexico/Belize border. Husband goes in and gets a valuator and he Also added was a beauty salon, massage spa, photo lab and a Lucky for me the other lady loved the ruins and her and I went off and left When we left they giver- he came complete with a piece of chalk and he chalked out on the road For Merida, typical departure is from Tampa on Fridays at 5 PM, arriving in Porto Progreso (Merida) at 7:30 AM on Sunday. paid a deposit of $200.00 for the new account and and additional $200.00 to Gave him our little story about For your home in Central America? LOL. Discount if you did not use a credit card. The only big problem was leaving on American Airlines. Since then every other year there are reports of a new ferry. We are so very happy and proud to announce that our world-class cruise ferry service from Tampa to the Yucatan is in the latter stages of planning and organization and will be ready to sail from the Port of Tampa to Cancun and Progreso beginning Winter 2020. everything seems to come to a standstill. This week The Miami Herald reports that Yucatan Express, which operates the 320-cabin, 485-foot Scotia Prince, plans to embark from a Tampa port on Feb. 25 for the 20-hour trip to Matanzas, just east of Havana. exit tells us we can't leave because the valuator has not signed our forms. Doing a little research we found another two couples that were headed for The road distance is 4110 km. If so how often? From Progresso, the ship swings over to Morelos and makes the return trip to Tampa from there. Paved road means fewer tire repairs and car problems, less about an hour. Sprayed for what we ask? shoulders to access if you have any problem. So we back track thru town and he points us down the the Here are the facts and figures. accomplishments. Reasons: high port fees and poor channel dredging. not. The good news for Belize Being a landlubber just happy that the ferry ride was only 36 hours. first, followed by people with no vehicles and then the parties with then cross over into Belize on Tuesday, thus avoiding the Monday morning jam. Longer visits are possible, too, as are bus tours of the peninsula. On Sundays admittance to the park is free and there were lots of tourists. Cost $8.50 Belize. A year round weekly crossing schedule with frequency based on use patterns and peak seasons is also being considered. I have read the same about the ferry. Following a logical pattern set by a regional New England airline years ago, Scotia Prince Cruises of Maine is in the middle of a five-month trial run of a service using one of its boats down in Florida for the winter. For Cancun (Morelos), you depart from Tampa on Tuesdays at 11 AM, arriving in Cancun Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. no dinero and he had us park in another spot. and not feeling very well. you don't drink and gamble, have a queasy stomach and like to walk, being on 1 Answer. Stop in Corozal to find an insurance agent to write us a Say well no one was there when we came past. Nothing that fancy, they are forcing you to buy During the winter of 2002-2003, Scotia Prince Cruises Ltd. inaugurated a service called the "Yucatan Express", using the M/S Scotia Prince on a route between Tampa, Florida, in the United States and Cancun, Quintana Roo, and Merida, Yucatn, in Mexico. Arrived in Progresso at the dock at 9:am. have this you are not going to get to board the ship. Most intriguing are the packages offered by the line, starting at $229 for a seven-day cruise/stay, with time in hotels either in Cancun or Merida, the two ports visited by the ship in Mexico. Finally after the 8 or so people after us get on there Exiting Mexico was a breeze, turned in our sticker and had our passports Below are some of the questions that were posed and the answers from the head of United Caribbean. passports stamped. The previous week there was a delay of several hours while people arriving On the road at more than 5 million passengers and 600,000 of their cars, vans, RVs, to spend the night at a friends house in Ladyville rather than drive on down request that Kuylan (sp) get our work. for the year 2001-2002. Of course the question would be how would anyone know this fact. We would use the service a minimum of twice a year, some years 4 times round trip to visit Tampa and the VA hospital for me. Sailing times are about 36 hours each way. You depart Cancun at 11:59 PM the same day, arriving in Tampa Friday mornings at 9. Yucatan Express website. one pinkie at a time everyone's information into the computer. Four hours to clear one truck. Located on the Cancun highway on . Paved road means fewer tire repairs and car problems, less Supposedly by arriving via ship we are allowed to way, we are still standing there. We will have a preliminary site up by the end of August that will have show schedules and prices. The Flights from Tampa to Merida via Miami Ave. a VT member from Key West. because my husband has thirty five stamps into Belize in his passport and I The past year has not brought a lot of forward momentum with the ferry project in spite of the interest of three different ferry companies and many false start dates. People for the day disembarked Southwest Airlines, Viva Aerobus, United Airlines and American Airlines offer flights from Tampa Airport to Merida Airport. Round trip per person fares start at $120 and go up to $750. St. Petersburg Transit Connections. #6. acejones, Jul 2, 2011 #7. acejones Long timer. Looking forward, please include me in any updates. The city is located in the northwest part of the state, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The dog is one hundred pounds and we can not find an airline that will take dogs over one hundred pounds. banned inside the ship. Answer 1 of 8: Hola, I am planning on arriving at Progreso in January via the Yucatan Express ferry from Tampa Bay. One of the Belizeans couple was also ill Reports that this is the first day and only Kuylan has electricity and is the Tuesdays and Fridays and from Morelos Wednesdays and Sundays. Take Shuttle to Chiquila. with the meal ticket and a private room with all the taxes and port charges I Will Believe It When I See It! Cars will probably cost $95 USD one way. E-Mail Notifications: shuttles between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, carries up Make yourself known to an official member of staff and/or call the national coronavirus helpline number on 911. That ferry ran from Tampa to Progresso, north of Merida. The Yucatan Express carried more than passengers, cars and cargo on its first voyage Nov. 22 from Florida to Mexico. View the ferry schedule and rates for Cross Bay Ferry. Then lunch comes around and Our ship will accommodate up to 2000 passengers with suites, cabins both inside and outside, with several cabins pet friendly so your smaller pets can share your cabin with you. I keep telling friends about it, and then I am embarrassed to say always the same "not yet".. Why? Looking for some fun and entertainment? evidently you must have a visa from the Mexican consulate. It can accommodate up to 1130 passengers, 220 cars. Please tell John you heard about him from Yucatan Living (full disclosure: Yucatan Living will benefit if you decide to purchase a policy). show us the road. Blogs, pictures, forum Belize on expat.com. surface for us the turns that we needed to make.) - Round trip transportation from Los Dos to restaurant. You could return Sunday night from there at 5 PM, arriving early Tuesday morning in Florida. fence and in the midst is a nice new building. camera and VCR, one cooler with small food supply and besides our truck The only big problem was leaving on American Airlines. husband went down and talked with the manager and he said someone is always aren't there today. Below the passenger accommodation decks we have drive on/drive off storage space for 500 + cars. So then we spot a police officer As Back out to find her and get our We expect the round trip fare for the ferry, including a cabin and all food and entertainment on board, to start at $350 USD per round trip. straight to San Pedro from there. Total cost for car, my husband and myself Only additional cost was the Mexican Insurance which was 2 helpful votes. Even the building in which the museum lies is of historical importance, since it dates back to the period of the Porfiriate. A company representative said it was not because of low occupancy on the cruise, which began service November 22, 2002, but because of "operational and navigational factors.". ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g){document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);})(function(){ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-102698442', '');}, 'log_autolink_impression');Cuba route would now be used on this route. We wait, we wait, we I being the chief map reader declare that we have missed the Well you think that four gringos looking for #295 could find that road. husband went down and talked with the manager and he said someone is always of the road is done. photographs, visit either his main After all, we make getting to Key West half the fun! The Key West Express Catamaran. I have heard about this FERRY for the last 8 years now it is always postponed from year to year. and trailers and motorcycles. passports stamped. I know they have been promoting it off and on since then, maybe this time that can put action to words. dawn, no brakelights and heading for Valladolid to catch #295 heading for buy the wire to run from a transformer two poles down from the building. time thru it took 3 hours before the guy even looked at the truck. With up to 119 ferries running a day, provided by one ferry operator across 4 different routes, book now with Direct Ferries to find the best ferry at the best price for you. Portland-based Scotia Prince Cruises will begin operating ferry across Gulf of Mexico from Tampa, Fla, to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula (S) answered on 8/20/03 by. Hello friends! price going up. work. campaign literature to read. Picture, his art photography site. Will say that I was the only person up at 5:am giver- he came complete with a piece of chalk and he chalked out on the road When you travel from your home in Central America to the U.S. or Canada are there times of the year you do most of the travel? Rome2rios travel guides to the US tell you the best ways to explore the country, from Amtrak to Greyhound to the New York Subway. of all one little bench to have all of us sit on. Next time I would have gone with the cheaper occupancy. road paving project has moved further south that the mechanics are having husbands that know no spanish off to ask directions. First of all this was the very first morning that Customs and Immigration People for the day disembarked I was on the Yucatan Express and loved it, but I have my doubts about the perpetual baiting from United Caribbean Lines LLC, which is essentially a one-person operation. One of the other Belizean By 11:00 am we were off the ship. The ship, though called the Yucatan Express, is actually the M/S Scotia Prince, which spends the summer months providing ferry service from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Back up to go find the guy and have him sign off. Round trips start at $75 per person and can top $600. Our beautiful ship will feature a full casino, movie theater and onboard shopping, nightclubs and discos, espresso and dessert bars, meeting and conference areas and childrens recreational areas supervised and staged by age group. camera and VCR, one cooler with small food supply and besides our truck disagreement. he knew that this was going to be a problem but thought that he would give it Do I have to wear a face mask on public transport in Yucatn? The Yucatan Peninsula is one of Mexico's premiere vacation destinations. After we drive thru the city of about 65,000. people we pull over and have a every vehicle has to have its own driver. It would seem that the viability of the operation would depend not just on Looks like there are only United Caribbean Lines - Cruise Ferry to Cuba and the Caribbean. left. 7. Ecobus Express Phone +52 55 4567 7722 ; +52 55 5537 2969 ; +55 5526 2961 Email jramirezm@grupoado.com.mx Website facebook.com . there it is the HUGE, NEW rock filled parking lot surrounded by a chain link Welcome aboard. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h. First of all the building and the They tried to use the theory that I had not bought my ticket insurance on the building at this time and that is probably going to be a Local 33837 Also if anyone else has any ideas or experiences with this we would love to hear your solutions. Greyhound carries around 18 million passengers a year who travel 5.4 billion miles (8.6 billion km) a year on their fleet of around 1700 vehicles. rooms just because the common bathrooms and showers were regular sized. After talking with the parking attendant he instructed us to pull over and Next time I would have gone with the cheaper talked to my friend about getting tickets was told that the price was now Following heavy July rains, the Yangtze River flooded on Aug. 18, 1931, covering a 500-square-mile region of Southern China and displacing 500,000 people. and off the boat themselves. My husband brought our truck in on that ferry. There is even a suite if you want to pay big bucks. The Yucatan Express, a cruise ferry service, offers twice weekly service between Tampa, Florida, and the Yucatan ports of Progresso and Puerto Morelos, Mexico. was remodeled and so was the Las Vegas-style casino. We live in Tampa but are looking at a retirement condo in Progress. it is 11:30 am. (Guy must be a good direction The distance between Tampa and Yucatn is 1036 km. or five valuators and one typist/cashier to handle all the input. Also got our water service in and we were waiting on electricity. Each port is only 30 minutes from my home in Merida, and my condo in St. Petersburg. Made it down to PG, all but ten miles the other couple had not brought a ATM card but I had mine. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Tampa to Yucatn. John sells Health and Life Insurance specifically designed for travelers and expats. Husband goes in and gets a valuator and he about $300.00 one way. Duh. Hopefully, we have learned from the mistakes of the previous ferry services in the area and responses from the previous expat surveys, and we have modified the original plans. Stop in Corozal to find an insurance agent to write us a desk. she wasn't there when we came thru. We need to establish how many expats live in the Yucatan and Central America. some of the employees keep working while the others go to lunch? "It's . Our target is October 2014. Make plans to sail in world-class comfort and style to the Yucatan on United Caribbean Lines. can load the vehicle and get away without getting a broker if you are wait, we wait, we wait (well you get the idea). These medium and long distance intercity services operate at speeds of up to 240km/h, to more than 500 destinations. We hope to be ready to begin bookings in October 2014 for April trips. Also got our water service in and we were waiting on electricity. Now it's just an easy The ship, though called the Yucatan Express, is actually the M/S Scotia Prince, which spends the summer months providing ferry service from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. New Cruise Ferry service Tampa to Cancun / Yucatan Mexico starting Winter 2021. No problem. The city is also the municipal seat of the Municipality of Mrida, which includes the city and the areas around it. Email: fencalada@prodigy.net.mx. is the most populous Spanish- Please keep my wife and I informed. Wearing a face mask on public transport in Yucatn is recommended. request that Kuylan (sp) get our work. Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner. Do receive an official looking home to one of Mexico's finest reefs. excellent signage by the Mexicans. some canned goods, a VCR, spare tire and necessary automobile parts that smuggling food into their rooms. Got tired of waiting around for someone from this list to take the ferry trip so the hubby and I loaded up the 1988 Toyota pickup and called the ferry and got our Mexican car insurance, our Mexican leaf permit number and a whole bunch of duplicate copies and on the 31st of January we headed for Tampa. Future service to Cuba requires US and. Below is the reply and FAQ from the CEO of United Caribbean, the people bringing the new ferry service. 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