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That's what I'm worried about for our Firenze cruise coming up in August. Hopefully they'll get something worked out beforehand.

I would agree with Mike. Skip going to the terminal parking structure. What a waste of time. We had this happen to us on the Miracle when we went last November. They sent us to 3 separate parking structures. We also had a 10-10:30 check in time and didn't get there until 11:30. Sure makes you start your cruise off in a bad mood.

I saw a YouTube video someone posted saying the dining room Deck 3 Aft had a secret buffet on embarkation day that no one knew about. I was wondering about that. It may be less crowed than the Lido that day. Thanks Weezal for posting that!

Just wanted to chime in and say I am so thankful for you putting your report in purple font! I'm on limited time and it's so easy to scroll to find your installments. I think I'm putting the Zoo on our "next trip" list.

Also note in some parts of Mexico ATM's only take a 4 digit pin. Mine was 6 and didn't work. Jim's was 4 and had no problem. (I found out the hard way) Lol...

Did pretty much the same places a few weeks ago. Walked from the port to Tacos Fenix, across the street to Taco Coronas, then around the corner to Tacos Castillos. Walked to the other side of the city and stopped for a Margarita at El Corralito. Excellent! Touristy spot. Can't miss it. Pink building. The down the street to the La Guerrerense stand. Really good. Stuffed and went back to the ship. A really good day. In July we tried to go brewery hopping but found most of them were closed or opened later.

Just another note. After the cruise, the shuttle (which was a big bus) just dropped us off at the second parking structure and we had to lug all our luggage up the street to the 3rd structure. They also had us pay when we first parked at the 3rd spot ($100) and we were hoping our car would be there when we returned as it was not in a covered spot and just off the main street.

I thought the same thing. Here's what happened with us. Wasn't fun. We'll just an update to my question, they didn't let us park in the terminal and we were sent to an offsite structure with bad directions and we got lost, finally got to where they directed us too and they turned us away saying it was full, sent us to another structure that had a long line waiting to get into it, and cut off it right after the car in front of us. Sent us to a 3rd location up the street and then we had to walk back to the structure to get on the shuttle bus to the port. We arrived to the port finally an hour after our check in time. My husband was so mad! (along with many other people) Very frustrating way to start a cruise off. That being said, we had a nice time on the cruise and the Miracle was in very good shape.

We'll just an update to my question, they didn't let us park in the terminal and we were sent to an offsite structure with bad directions and we got lost, finally got to where they directed us too and they turned us away saying it was full, sent us to another structure that had a long line waiting to get into it, and cut off it right after the car in front of us. Sent us to a 3rd location up the street and then we had to walk back to the structure to get on the shuttle bus to the port. We arrived to the port finally an hour after our check in time. My husband was so mad! (along with many other people) Very frustrating way to start a cruise off. That being said, we had a nice time on the cruise and the Miracle was in very good shape.

We are on the MIracle next week. (21st) Do you think we can park in the structure instead of offsite since Panorama won't be there? I just got an email update to our sailing, but it still shows the notice on it that parking for Miracle is offsite.

Sounds like a great plan to me! We love Puerto Vallarta.

Panorama has a great selection of beers! The brewery on board sold bottles of beer also. The craft beer on tap (Carnival's) tasted stale to me so I drank cocktails instead when we were on the Radiance.

We did too. Panorama was just too big. Too many rooms and people. The best part about it was the Havana area. I would only book the Havana area if going on this ship again. Radiance was just our size. Loved our regular balcony room. Food was better on Radiance, but both buffets didn't have much to select from and overly crowded.

Looks like you had fun! We stopped in Hussong's and had one of their beers while waiting for the other brewery to open. Met a guy that lived 3 blocks away that used to be a Vet tech in Los Angeles years ago. He kept us entertained with stories. I told him he wouldn't recognize LA now with all the homeless everywhere.

Knock on wood, but we've never witnessed a fight or overly drunk people on any cruise we have taken. We've only sailed out of Long Beach or San Pedro (except for a Disney Cruise from Florida in 2007) Guess we've just been lucky!