El Cid Hotel in Cozumel

Was wondering if anyone has stayed at the El Cid Hotel in Cozumel?

I want to stay in a reasonably priced (not all-inclusive) hotel that
has a gym, pool, business center and fridge in the room. El Cid has
all these (not sure about the gym though) and I think it;s within
walking distance of stores, etc..

Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

Sy

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sytech@yahoo.com wrote:

> I want to stay in a reasonably priced (not all-inclusive) hotel that
> has a gym, pool, business center and fridge in the room.

Thats a really big room. Where do they put the bed?

> Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated.

You might ask yourself why you posted this to a scuba equipment group.

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Bullshark,

Though your first comment is quite funny,your post is a waste of
bandwidth.

Taking your very insightful advice, I took 1 nanosecond to conclude
that the reason I posted to rec.scuba.equipment had something to do
with the fact that people who are familar with scuba equipment tend to
go scuba diving which usually means traveling to some location and
staying in some hotel.

I guess it's conceivable that some people buy regs, bcd's and other
equipment and use them as expensive paperweights in their basement
apartment.






<1153692286.761618.267930@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, bullshark
<bullshark@gmail.com> wrote:

> sytech@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > I want to stay in a reasonably priced (not all-inclusive) hotel that
> > has a gym, pool, business center and fridge in the room.
>
> Thats a really big room. Where do they put the bed?
>
> > Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> You might ask yourself why you posted this to a scuba equipment group.
>

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<sytech@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:230720061859191632%sytech@yahoo.com...

> Though your first comment is quite funny,your post is a waste of
> bandwidth.

That depends. I enjoy reading bullshark's posts. Yours, on the other hand,
are usually a waste of bandwidth even when they're on topic.

> Taking your very insightful advice, I took 1 nanosecond to conclude
> that the reason I posted to rec.scuba.equipment had something to do
> with the fact that people who are familar with scuba equipment tend to
> go scuba diving which usually means traveling to some location and
> staying in some hotel.

That presumptious of you. There are plenty of people that don't travel to
some location and stay in a hotel in order to dive. If I have a question
about southern California traffic headed out to the beach, should post my
questions on rec.scuba.equipment as well?

Obviously, if there are better-suited newsgroups, the more appropriate
newsgroups is the correct newsgroup in which to post. For instance, since
you were asking about a location, perhaps rec.scuba.locations is the correct
group. Cross-posting among other subgroups and to the master group is
utterly redundant, but you seem to be a redundant fellow so I guess that
should be expected of you.

If the El Cid has what you need, stay at the El Cid. Having more than one
choice, if all the choices all have what you want, is redundant.

(and this is cross-posted to rec.scuba.equipment because anyone who reads
rec.scuba.equipment enjoys the topic of redundancy)

sytech@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Was wondering if anyone has stayed at the El Cid Hotel in Cozumel?
>
> I want to stay in a reasonably priced (not all-inclusive) hotel that
> has a gym, pool, business center and fridge in the room. El Cid has
> all these (not sure about the gym though) and I think it;s within
> walking distance of stores, etc..
>
> Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Sy
>

Not having stayed there since Wilma...

I realize you asked about El Cid, but I still prefer to use the original
name, La Ceiba Hotel - they're the same place - kind of... the original
La Ceiba has been there for many many years, and more recently got mixed
up with those time share scoundrels from Diamond Resorts International.
DRI bought the original, older section (where I stayed for several
years), gutted and rebuilt half as many rooms (every other interior wall
was removed). The rooms are very nice now as I've done lunch with some
of their clients there. I know I'll never have my old room again - it's
gone - and that's a shame (sorry... fond memories of simpler times).
The tower section is the La Ceiba Hotel - I've stayed there a few times
too. The corner rooms there are the larger of the choices, and the pics
I just found indicate the style hasn't really changed much since the
Wilma rebuild efforts. However, the beach side of the complex is
totally new and differently styled (except for the pier) and none of the
onsite trees have many leaves (yet) - but the man-built stuff is all new
(not really surprising since Wilma tore the place to pieces). Early
after DRI moved in, the staff was straining to stay afloat financially
due to the mix of all-inclusive and standard hotel clients - the DRI
guests NEVER offered any gratuities whatsoever ("all inclusive, why
should I spend more than the $2K/week I've already paid out?") I dunno,
maybe things may have improved since those earlier days. The bar is
standard fare, cheap highballs, and in the bar/restaurant/pool area,
don't bring your own booze, you'll regret the reaction you get, but over
in the hammock/sand area it's okay. <shrug> With DRI sales staff
hiding in every corner, if you see one - DUCK and RUN!!

If they have a gym, it's been built since Wilma - you'll have to ask.
The location is about 4 miles south of town, just north of the old
international cruise pier, which puts it barely inside the south hotel
zone for the cheaper cab fare to town - cabs are flat rate depending on
which hotel zone you start and end at (taxis are union regulated). Not
many people want to walk that far to town, though I've skated the
distance on many occasions, now I use a bike. With the cruise pier as a
neighbor, there's always a cab waiting outside so you'll never have to
wait for one.

If you see adverts about Del Mar Aquatics being the hotel dive op, it's
an old advert - Aqua World is the op now - I've never dived with them,
but I've not hearn complaints either (and I think I would have). Aqua
World is the same outfit that hosts the Atlantis Submarine tour thing
too, right next door. If you do that, I don't agree with their safety
bragging - they haven't lost anybody yet, but if they ever do, it's
going to be a $75/soul front page disaster for everyone on board (it
tours the Chankannab park area).

HTH


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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Thanks for your comments. They are useful and greatly appreciated.

Greg Mouseman ought to read your post to see what it means to reply in
a useful and meaningful way instead of doing his frat boy routine.




Jer wrote:
> sytech@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > Was wondering if anyone has stayed at the El Cid Hotel in Cozumel?
> >
> > I want to stay in a reasonably priced (not all-inclusive) hotel that
> > has a gym, pool, business center and fridge in the room. El Cid has
> > all these (not sure about the gym though) and I think it;s within
> > walking distance of stores, etc..
> >
> > Any comments and suggestions will be appreciated.
> >
> > Sy
> >
>
> Not having stayed there since Wilma...
>
> I realize you asked about El Cid, but I still prefer to use the original
> name, La Ceiba Hotel - they're the same place - kind of... the original
> La Ceiba has been there for many many years, and more recently got mixed
> up with those time share scoundrels from Diamond Resorts International.
> DRI bought the original, older section (where I stayed for several
> years), gutted and rebuilt half as many rooms (every other interior wall
> was removed). The rooms are very nice now as I've done lunch with some
> of their clients there. I know I'll never have my old room again - it's
> gone - and that's a shame (sorry... fond memories of simpler times).
> The tower section is the La Ceiba Hotel - I've stayed there a few times
> too. The corner rooms there are the larger of the choices, and the pics
> I just found indicate the style hasn't really changed much since the
> Wilma rebuild efforts. However, the beach side of the complex is
> totally new and differently styled (except for the pier) and none of the
> onsite trees have many leaves (yet) - but the man-built stuff is all new
> (not really surprising since Wilma tore the place to pieces). Early
> after DRI moved in, the staff was straining to stay afloat financially
> due to the mix of all-inclusive and standard hotel clients - the DRI
> guests NEVER offered any gratuities whatsoever ("all inclusive, why
> should I spend more than the $2K/week I've already paid out?") I dunno,
> maybe things may have improved since those earlier days. The bar is
> standard fare, cheap highballs, and in the bar/restaurant/pool area,
> don't bring your own booze, you'll regret the reaction you get, but over
> in the hammock/sand area it's okay. <shrug> With DRI sales staff
> hiding in every corner, if you see one - DUCK and RUN!!
>
> If they have a gym, it's been built since Wilma - you'll have to ask.
> The location is about 4 miles south of town, just north of the old
> international cruise pier, which puts it barely inside the south hotel
> zone for the cheaper cab fare to town - cabs are flat rate depending on
> which hotel zone you start and end at (taxis are union regulated). Not
> many people want to walk that far to town, though I've skated the
> distance on many occasions, now I use a bike. With the cruise pier as a
> neighbor, there's always a cab waiting outside so you'll never have to
> wait for one.
>
> If you see adverts about Del Mar Aquatics being the hotel dive op, it's
> an old advert - Aqua World is the op now - I've never dived with them,
> but I've not hearn complaints either (and I think I would have). Aqua
> World is the same outfit that hosts the Atlantis Submarine tour thing
> too, right next door. If you do that, I don't agree with their safety
> bragging - they haven't lost anybody yet, but if they ever do, it's
> going to be a $75/soul front page disaster for everyone on board (it
> tours the Chankannab park area).
>
> HTH
>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

<sytech@yahoo.com> wrote

? Unfortunately, all Newsgroups have
> jerks like like yourself who need to vent their spleen and bluster
> instead of staying of responding civilly. You are simply an immature
> asshole. That comes across in most of your posts.


"I think too many people here have a tendency to go into some type of
childish macho posturing and bragging instead of addressing the actual
issues in a clear and mature way."

"I really think all that alcohol has an effect on these guys, and not
only in the water."

"I didn't insult "everybody else" if you re-read my quote, only people
like yourself who are most likely half-in-the-bag as you wrote your
reply."

"Greggie Mossman said:
"Only a moron would think that Google is the only way to search for
information on the internet. ?But I did run my name through Google and
the second hit was a local attorney directory that I didn't even know I was
on."

Because I am quite good at Internet searches his comment reminded me of
a search engine called (appropriately enough in Greg's case) "Dogpile".
It's a parallel processing search engine that queries numerous search
engines at the same time. This is what I found very quickly:

http://www.talkaboutsportsnetwork.co...essages/658610...

Seems someone posted some comments back in February, 2005 which sound
eerily similar to my observations and my questioning Greggie's claim to
be an attorney. Veddy interesting.

I'm coming to believe that Greggie is one very disturbed dude. As
happens quite often in these Newsgroups, there are people like this out
there who make a hobby of setting up some kind of identitiy or
identities and playing their "audience" for fools. It's actually kind
of funny and lets them kill time in between their thrice daily lineups
for their medications."

"Thanks for reminding me that Google is my " freind". Google also has a
dictionary to help people spell."

(Editor's note- the response-
"syt...@yahoo.com pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:

>I'm actually quite good ar searching the Internet.

Then why couldn't you find out about the climate in western Puerto
Rico? Dan Bracuk)

" I seem to remember posting a question about a year or so ago and
getting a similarly incoherent and addled rant from some nutcase,
probably yourself.
What is your problem with Puerto Rico? Or are you having delusions and
hallucinations again?"

"I'm sure no one ever considered you to be a windbag. Whadda guy.
Overcompensate much?"

"B.t.w., having read some of your more recent rants that
you had with Lee (unless you're one and the same)
confirms for me that you are one sick alcoholic
fuck, if not 2."

"Greggie,
I don't know how much Psychology you studied at Community college but
you are one hell of an example of what the pros refer to as having a
Narcissistic Personality Disorder:?
"Behavior or a fantasy of grandiosity, a lack of empathy, a need to be
admired by others, an inability to see the viewpoints of others, and
hypersensitive to the opinions of others".
And once again why don't you post that URL. You're not shy about all
other types of bluster.
Wanna bet on it? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!
Wanna arm wrestle about it huh, huh????"

""Empathy is for pussies" ?

"Wow! That's the very definition of a "psychopathic personality".
You must be goofing. No normal person can have an attitude like that.
Like I said before, you are one sick dude."

- sytech



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Popeye
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening
carefully. Most people never listen. -Hemingway

<sytech@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1153740537.771934.9420@h48g2000cwc.googlegrou ps.com...
> Greg,
>
> I thought things had gotten more civil with your comments.

My comment about your wasting bandwidth? Yeah, that was pretty low. Oh,
what's that? It was in response to your comment about bullshark wasting
bandwidth? But, [sputter,sputter] wouldn't that make you a supreme
hypocrite?

> What is it about you that compels you to write a lengthy commentary and
> criticism where none is required? Unfortunately, all Newsgroups have
> jerks like like yourself who need to vent their spleen and bluster
> instead of staying of responding civilly. You are simply an immature
> asshole. That comes across in most of your posts.

My response was very civil. I merely reflected that you were wasting
bandwidth as much as bullshark, if not much more. And I suggested that you
were redundant, more an observation than an insult. You reply by calling me
a jerk, immature, and an asshole, and then have the hypocrisy to call ME
uncivil? What a joke.

But I do have to admire your tenacity. You keep getting knocked down, shown
to be the fool every time, yet you keep coming back for more. That's the
makings of a great shore diver. Keep it up.

Greg Mossman wrote

> But, [sputter,sputter] wouldn't that make you a supreme hypocrite?

That title's been taken. It would make him an ordinary hypocrite.

> My response was very civil.

I thought so.

> I merely reflected that you were wasting bandwidth as much as bullshark,
> if not much more.

Bullshark's earned the right.

> And I suggested that you were redundant, more an observation than an
> insult. You reply by calling me a jerk, immature, and an asshole, and
> then have the hypocrisy to call ME uncivil?

Hmmm, he did waste bandwidth and, unlike Bullshark, or you, he hasn't earned
the right. Still, you can't fault his powers of observation. Of course, he
left out argumentative, but maybe that was because he knows you're a lawyer.

> But I do have to admire your tenacity. You keep getting knocked down,
> shown to be the fool every time, yet you keep coming back for more.
> That's the makings of a great shore diver. Keep it up.

Eventually, he'll do OK in rec.scuba too.

Lee

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:fn6xg.13211$Ur.4878@bignews7.bellsouth.net...

>> But I do have to admire your tenacity. You keep getting knocked down,
>> shown to be the fool every time, yet you keep coming back for more.
>> That's the makings of a great shore diver. Keep it up.
>
> Eventually, he'll do OK in rec.scuba too.

That I doubt. Rec.scuba is much more challenging than shore diving. Anyone
can learn to read the ocean.