Monday, September 18, 2006
CRUISES to the Mexican Riviera - well-known for their cheap prices and interesting ports of call - would now disappear from the Port of San Francisco next year as cruise lines look for more profitable itineraries.
Princess Cruises, which this season is offering 23 cruises to Mexico from San Francisco, would pull out of the Bay Area after the Dawn Princess departs on an 11-day sailing April 23. Celebrity Cruises that had two sailings this year, has also dropped its San Francisco-Mexico itinerary.
Travelers would still be able to cruise to such ports as Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Ixtapa, but they'll have to leave from either Los Angeles or the San Diego starting next fall. Those ports offer seven-day cruises and the faster turnarounds.
The Port of San Francisco continues to be an admired port, though, for cruise ships departing for Alaska and elsewhere.
Princess Cruises, which this season is offering 23 cruises to Mexico from San Francisco, would pull out of the Bay Area after the Dawn Princess departs on an 11-day sailing April 23. Celebrity Cruises that had two sailings this year, has also dropped its San Francisco-Mexico itinerary.
Travelers would still be able to cruise to such ports as Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Ixtapa, but they'll have to leave from either Los Angeles or the San Diego starting next fall. Those ports offer seven-day cruises and the faster turnarounds.
The Port of San Francisco continues to be an admired port, though, for cruise ships departing for Alaska and elsewhere.
posted by wilson @
1:53 AM
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