Mike45LC

It has been years since I've taken a pulmania from the Cruise Ship Terminal to the Golden Zone. I normally go to the Church first, and then take a pulmania from there to the Golden Zone, two distinct trips. I will guess that for 1 to 3 passengers, from the Cruise Passenger Terminal to the Golden Zone should cost about $25 US. I hope someone else comes along to correct me and give you a more current price.

How horrible. I have no suggestions except I think you need to be communicating by snail mail (not email or phone), certified, return receipt requested. I am surfe that you can get the address for corporate. Good luck!

Thanks for the referral. My co-pay for one of my medications in the local US CVS pharmacy is higher than my cost from a Canadian pharmacy without my insurance involved. My Canadian pharmacy accepts my US doctor's prescription. I haven't tried a Mexican pharmacy for this yet. I know that Princess has fresh eggs on-board. One of their "signature" activities is an "Egg Drop" -- not the soup. construct a packaging to allow an egg to survive a drop from the second floor balcony of the atrium. Of those who succeed, the one voted most popular design is given a Princess key chain or other valuable prize. My egg survives every toss, but I never won the coveted key chain!! [Hint: a superhero with a parachute can easily carry the egg with a few bandaids and some gauze.]

We once crammed four people in, two of whom are very large. It was not comfortable! You can probably fit. If the teens are brother and sister, they might not like being crowded together, so one in front seat, and Dad, Mom and other kid squeezed into back seat.

I could probably find the Cabo Walmart, but maybe not. I can't explain how to get there; we took a pedicab ride and had the driver stop at Walmart. Hank, I trust the Walmart pharmacy more than local pharmacies as to authenticity and expiration dates. But I rarely go to WalMart while cruising; I trust the cruise ship to keep my bathroom stocked with toilet paper! Are we allowed to bring eggs on board from a Mexican port? [Not important, I just am vaguely conscious of agricultural restrictions.]

My vague recollection is that the driver wanted $15 or $20 US for the ride to Golden Zone from the Mercado. For the cart load (comfortable for three), not per person. I never tried to grab a boat from the Golden Zone, except for a parasailing boat.

I needed a summer cruise to accomodate a school teacher's schedule. We ended up on a Carnival cruise out of LA to Mexico. It was beastly hot in the ports. I certainly understand Princess moving its fleet from the Mex Riv trips to Alaska.

I do not know the legality of this but I scattered my mother's remains (after she was done with them) from shore instead of from the ship. I was on a secluded beach that I love, and I waded out to knee-deep water to scatter the ashes. I timed the waves so that the ashes would be carried out instead of carried to shore. There was no paperwork, no Environmental Protection -- just me and the ashes.

There are public buses ($10 Mx per person, so just over $1 US for a couple), but my time and convenience is too important for me to deal with public buses. I will pay a taxi driver $10 US for the ride for the two of us. The taxi will drop you off at the near end of the Malecon. There are also vans/shuttles that charge $5US pp (unless the price has gone up), but I prefer a private taxi.

Mochii, Cabo has both the "small window in the bottom of the boat" type of boats [lots and lots of these] and the "all clear boats". You need to fight off the people selling tours in the "small window in the hull" boats. I suspect that all of the hucksters sell the "all clear" boat rides as well, but I am not sure. The way these salesmen work is that if you want an ostrich ride, the salesman will know someone who has an ostrich and a saddle, and he will set it up for you. The salesmen all know who runs the "all clear" boats and will be able to act as the intermediary on the transaction. I don't care for the "all clear" boats; the "window in the hull" is enough for me!

You are right, they are aggressive. I will usually give $5 - $10US (or $100 Mx to $200 Mx) if we are a couple, or $10 if we are two couples.

If your timing is good, you can book a tour on the docks. The boats tend to go out at the same time, kind of like a fleet, and if you arrive on the dock after the boats have left, too bad, you've missed the boat. I would go on-line to see what time the tours leave, and plan to be on the dock 30 minutes before the tours are scheduled to depart.

I have been on ships twice when DST occurred. But both cruises were Mex Riv, and what with DST being different weeks in the US and in Mexico, and with time zone changes, all I did was carefully follow the directions in the Daily Events paper and the notes left on our bed regarding time changes. No problem!

According to the article linked at the beginning of this thread: "The two mothers told ABC News that the arrests are not enough and are demanding justice." To me, "justice" means arresting and prosecuting the accused culprits, but that is already happening. If I read the article correctly, these two victims are demanding a cash payout as "justice."

I enjoyed your thoughtful review. I too cruise mostly Princess and Celebrity but last summer, I tried Carnival after a 30 year absence. I agree with most of your comments and observations. I now have three Carnival cruises booked for 2024, the shortest of which is 10 days, so the line is doing something good! I'll still avoid short 3 or 4 day party cruises.

The whale watching tours will not generally stop by the Arch for photo ops the way the Arch tours do, but sailing out of the Cabo harbor, you will see the Arch.

This is not a whale watching tour, but just the Arches tour. I have seen whales only a couple of times on these tours, from a distance. On a whale watching tour, I think we've always seen whales. The cost for the Arches tour is usually about $8 to $15 US per person. Depending on how hard you want to bargain and other factors. Speak English? $20! Speak gringo Spanish? $15. Speak Mexican Spanish? $10. I used to drive a harder bargain, but when I am spending thousands on a cruise, I can't get excited about bargaining for a few dollars with someone for whom $2 times four passengers means a lot. I think the last whale watching tour I took in Mex was about $40 US pp. Not a drinking party boat, I don't do those.

Thrak, Looking 4 Info (the OP) is distinguishing between the standard "glass bottom boats" and the "all glass boats." The "all glass boats" have the entire boat transparent, not just a small window in the bottom. I think you are asking about the standard "glass-bottom boat". The standard "glass bottom boat" is a panga with a small well with a glass window inset into the bottom of the hull -- maybe 4 feet by two feet?? For most of the trip, the views through the glass-bottom are pretty bad, but when the boat stops briefly and the captain throws out some food to attract fish, you get a decent view through the window. Me, I don't care about the glass-bottom "feature" of the boat. What I want is the panga ride from the dock out to the Arch and back. There is a set route: The Captain always makes a stop by one beach to feed the fish, then another stop to let passengers who want to visit Lovers Beach disembark, a pause by Stinking Seal Lion Rock, a view of the Arch and of Divorce Beach, a stop if there are any passengers who want to visit Medano Beach, and then back to the dock. I often request a stop by the Puerto Paraiso Mall, which is supposed to trigger an additional $2.50 pp tax. My wife has requested an extra 30 minute cruise up the coast; I don't recall how much we've paid for this detour, but it was worth it. Those who disembark at Lovers' Beach or Medano Beach need to climb over the gunwale and wade ashore. The water is about high-thigh deep, and the waves might knock you down. I caution parents of children about this. Lovers' Beach has no services, no vendors. Although I read on this forum once that someone had brought a cooler to the beach and was selling beverages. Medano Beach is full service -- restaurants, cafes, bars, massages, jet ski rentals, banana boats, etc., etc. From either of these beaches, you supposedly can join up with your boat on a later trip, but I don't know how well this works. From Medano Beach, I would simply take a land taxi or a pedicab back to the Marina. Is the boat trip worth it? I do this almost every trip to Cabo, first thing after I tender to shore. So to me, it is worth it.

Update: One of my faxed requests was rejected with an email telling me to submit via StockPerks. I assume the other three requests will be rejected as well.

The Carnival website has a page (as of two days ago) for Share Holders' Benefit requests listing fax numbers, email and snail addresses for Carnival, Princess, HAL, Seabourn, etc. . For Princess, the snail mail address as listed is: Commercial Compliance Support 24303 Town Center Drive, Suite 200 Santa Clarita, CA 91355 I do not think your submission via snail mail will be successful. I submitted a request by fax yesterday, and today I received an email telling me I have to make my request via StockPerks and some kind of "app" on a cell phone. Good luck!

PV: I would just find a nice beachfront restaurant on Playa Los Muertos at which to eat, drink and relax for a couple of hours. But I limit my beach time and don't need a full day.

This would be my concern! I'll watch for someone who has done it to respond.

As of Jan 31, 2024, the Carnival website still shows the old-fashioned way of submitting the shareholder benefit request (fax, email or mail). I printed out the Shareholder Benefit page for my records. As of today, the Carnival fax number is still working. Why would it still be working/ receiving if we can't send in our requests via fax? I just submitted four requests via fax, and I'll see what happens.

Sorry, it is Elite. I know she gambles a LOT more than I do. The cruise line doesn't care if I am aboard or not, unless that impacts her play!

Let me bootleg on this post. My wife, platinum, gets free transport between ship and airport. I am assuming that I have to pay for my transport. Can anyone confirm?