Brad and I recently took a week off to go on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We left from LA and went to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.
This was my very first cruise so I didn't know what to expect but it was a great time.
First of all the cruise ship was huge. It had a casino, shops, bars, 6 hot tubs, 3 pools, a workout center, an ice rink, a theater, a basketball court.
Adult Pool
Pool and Hot Tubs
Royal Promenade
The main things we did on the cruise was sit in the sun, eat, see the sights, eat, go to shows and eat. Did I mention that we ate a lot. Every night we had dinner in the formal dining room. 
We had steak, prime rib, turkey, lobster and then for desert we had cakes, cheesecakes, ice cream. I am shocked I am not 20 lbs heavier because we ate and ate some more. The food was excellent. The best part was that we ordered more than one entrée and 3 desserts every night. They had a cafeteria on the ship where we could eat but we got the good food at the dinner room. They also had a café with sandwiches, cakes, and pizza which we could eat at 24 hours a day. We stopped there regularly too. Every night they also had show we could attend. They had comedians, singers and dancers, the newlywed game. All the shows were very entertaining. As for sitting in the sun the ship had a ton on deck chairs so it wasn’t a problem to find a spot. Also with the ship being so huge we could get away from people if we wanted too. They also had an adult section with 2 hot tubs, and a pool so we didn’t have to be around children. It was nice. The cruise didn’t have a lot of children on it because school is still in session so that made it even more enjoyable. It was a little on the chilly side when we left LA but once we started heading south the weather warmed right up. In Cabo it was easily 90 and HOT HOT HOT! Mexico was exactly how I pictured it. Dirty and hot. How it is on tv is how it is. They make their money selling souvenirs to tourist so while you are walking the streets you are being hounded to buy stuff. That got old really fast. Our first port was Cabo San Lucas, like I said before it was hot. We did a kayaking trip (through the cruise ship) to see Los Arcos which is a rock arch in the middle of the water.
Los Arcos
After our kayaking trip we sat on the beach and then walked around the town and got something to eat. 
Our next port was Mazatlan. We did a shore excursion through the cruise where we went to a beach for 5 hours and ate and drank the whole time. It was wonderful. After our time at the beach we took a taxi into the city. It was really dirty but it great to see how people live in the other parts of the world. Mazatlan
The Beach we hung out at
Relaxing
The Beach
Our last port was Puerto Vallarta we did a sightseeing tour once we got on land. It was fun we saw a lot. The food was really good here too.
It is amazing how different all three ports were. Cabo was dry and very desert like, Mazatlan was very poor and dirty and Puerto Vallarta was very touristy and built up.
All in all the trip was great and exactly what Brad and I needed. We haven't been to the beach in three years and it was nice to get away for a long time.
