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wilderone
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12-day Sea of Cortez cruise
In April 2020. Leaves from San Diego too. A good price for 12 days and several Mexican ports. I did a 14-day with Holland America - had a very fun
time.
12 Night Mexico Sea of Cortez Maasdam - Customer Favorite!
Departing from: San Diego, California
Ports of Call:
• Cruise Bahia Magdalena •
• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico •
• Pichilingue (La Paz), Mexico •
• Loreto, Mexico •
• Santa Rosalia •
• Topolobampo, Mexico •
• Mazatlan, Mexico •
• Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Interior from $1,099 $92/per night
https://www.cruisesonly.com/sc.do?d=04/03/2020&d2=04/15/...
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JZ
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Hate cruises with a passion.
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bajaguy
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Sounds like a fun cruise, but I would never book an inside room
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tjsue
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That's a Holland America cruise. They leave all the time from San Diego.
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wilderone
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Had an inside room with an obstructed view, and one with a port-hole view - no complaints. Most of your time is not spent in the room anyway.
Holland America is the only line that has ships departing from San Diego.
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rhintransit
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Am just trying to imagine what the shore excursions in Santa Rosalia would be...
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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bajaguy
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The bakery.............
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Marc
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My last cruise ship.
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MrBillM
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What is the Attraction ?
Having never been tempted to take a cruise given the disproportionate time spent at sea versus visiting locations, the answer that I usually get to
the question (other than the obvious regarding food) is the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people.
Since that interaction is something that I've attempted to avoid since childhood, that pretty much cinches it, but I realize that
most crave company.
Back in the '90s, we did find the cruise lines useful in both San Juan (PR) and Charlotte Amalie (St. Thomas).
Using the various trams/buses provided by the cruise lines for their passengers, we could travel crosstown without paying taxi fares.
That was cool.
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wilderone
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The attraction? From a woman's point of view (you're considerate of your wife, right?), I don't have to cook, clean, drive. Don't have to drive across
town 7 times to go to stretch exercise, salsa dance class, jewelry sale, soak in the hot tub, get to the magic show in the evening, dance to the blues
band, have a meal either with others (like a dinner party with interesting people) or by ourselves -- all in the same day. Next day, it's craft
class, cooking class, line dance class, computer class, lecture on emeralds, play Yahtzee in between dips in the pool, comedy show in the evening,
dance to the blues band. Then it's non-stop shore excursion - snorkel, shop, museum, zip line, hike, World heritage sites, local town color, history,
architecture, beach, margarita - the same as any other way you'd enjoy traveling. At sea day: art auction with giveaways and champagne, liqueur
tasting, jewelry sale, movie, hot tub, harp concert, NFL with a beer, dance to blue band. It's totally carefree - all fun. Shore days are packed
with as much activity as you can in your allotted timeframe - new destination, new experience. You can definitely choose to spend most of your time
alone if that is what you want, but I wouldn't say that craving company is any type of appeal for cruising. It's a manner of traveling, just like
backpacking or a road trip in hotels are ways to travel, but with cruising you only unpack once. Cruising is also a relatively inexpensive way to
travel, when you consider you're getting your room, all meals, entertainment, travel cost from city to city (of course the cost can escalate depending
on departure point, type of room, shore excursions). Some cruises have itineraries that do have more at-sea days than excursion days - but some of
these are repositioning cruises and cost a lot less. In the 12-day Sea of Cortez, there are 7 or 8 shore days out of 12 (and the first and last days
are only partial days - last day is pretty much for getting off the boat). There is a repositioning cruise from San Diego to Vancouver - takes 4 days
only - as little at $260. Almost cheaper than flying and a lot more enjoyable. Once in Vancouver, travel another way - rent a car and camp - get on
the Alaska ferry, fly to Anchorage and do a train trip. Lots of way to travel.
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bajamary1952
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Took Holland America to Inside Passage Alaska years ago and was 90% people over age 65. Never again. Cruises like this are for those tourists who
like everything on schedule (drives me crazy) Only cruises I really enjoyed were Antartica and Artic cruises took years ago on expedition ships.
Different type of clientele as well (more adventurous).
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dorado50
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If you are in good health and want to stay that way.....DO NOT go on a cruise ship.
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TMW
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Marc that looks more like a boat. I only cruise what I can fly off of.
USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63
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BornFisher
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Booked on this one. Done it about 12 times before. Very casual, no dress up, no dinner schedule, and the party last all night for the hardy. It`s
where you get a real Tequila sunrise!!!
https://bluescruise.com/31-oct-2018-sea-of-cortez/
BTW this one sold out months ago. BUT----- the pre booking starts July 26 for the 2019 trip.
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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Marc
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TMW...You guys actually got sea pay??
[Edited on 7-15-2018 by Marc]
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MrBillM
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Sea Cruise a Gal Thing ?
While I may be (to a degree) considerate of my wife's tastes, I have never (and will never) choose
an itinerary based on her choices absent my interest in the same.
Granted, I've taken her to a few (very few) movies that I had no interest in at some point in the last 40 years, but that's about it.
Fortunately, she's never expressed an interest in those cruises. We wouldn't have gone if she had, but (thankfully) there's been no disharmony in
that respect.
Our cruising has been in our own (or rented) sailboats off the coast or in the Caribbean. Where we found (4) a crowd the one time that we went with
another couple.
Speaking of those quickie "shore leaves", that was one of the negatives we noticed when we mixed with those cruising people. They all seemed
in a hurry.
In any case, "different strokes .........." , as they say.
They're obviously popular with the thousands that they cram on board.
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rhintransit
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Some people like cruises, some don’t. Lots of judgmental posts in response to an informational one.
Must be the summer heat?
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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Howard
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That's why they make Neapolitan ice cream.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Paco Facullo
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Make mine Spumoni ..... or Pistachio also will suffice... Heck I'll even go so far as Rum Raisin ..
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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bajabuddha
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Then don't go, DUMMY. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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