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gargoyle999

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from John Heald:

Poor Carnival Splendor. So its her first week back and there is a shooting in Mazatlan which although it did not involve any cruise ship guests or tourists was just one incident too many. Carnival has for now decided to skip the port and spend two days in Cabo instead. The saftey of all of you is the top concern of course and I can only hope that Mexico will get a grip of this situation.

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My post on FB

Would trade Cabo for Maz any day as long as the tenders are running. Please do not substitute Ensanada. Randi's Happy Horses will not be so happy. As far as a grip.....will be years if ever. May cancel if there is more bad news out of Mexico and opt for Caribbean again.

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hhmmm........ I wonder how long they plan to skip that port? We sail on the 13th of March and were going to do Stone Island. Guess I should start looking at more stuff in Cabo as a back up plan.

 

I hope John comes back on and clarifies this soon. The way he worded his post sounds (to me) like it is for awhile. But so far nothing officially changed on my Feb 27th or March 6th Splendor sailing when I called Carnival.

 

At least the rep know about the change to the sailing this week so that was something.

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Good and well overdue. We love sailing the Mexican Riviera but don't like Mazatlan. We only get off the ship for a couple hours and head over to Stone Island for some cheap beers and shrimp. Love the two days in Cabo but they could also add La Paz. I would sail the Mexican Riviera more often if they substituted La Paz for Mazatlan.

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Good and well overdue. We love sailing the Mexican Riviera but don't like Mazatlan. We only get off the ship for a couple hours and head over to Stone Island for some cheap beers and shrimp. Love the two days in Cabo but they could also add La Paz. I would sail the Mexican Riviera more often if they substituted La Paz for Mazatlan.

Really ...I was in La Paz last week and was bored stiff.....I can see how in the Future La Paz will be a Nice Tourist Area but as of now they do not have the resources or the Thing to do there...We only Found a few people that spoke English ....several that spoke broken English ....La Paz is working on it...but not ready yet...

 

As far As Mazatlan ...I was there last week as well ...I found it to be a charming place ...I never felt in Danger and our tour guide said that the troubled areas are limited to a small area and promised we would not be that area....

 

I preferred Cabo But.....I would not want to do Cabo and then Cabo.....I do agree another port is needed but La Paz in Mazatlan's place... no way! Maybe Ixstapa or Manzanilla

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John Heald ok, I am back. Just wanted to confirm that the Carnival Splendor will spend 2 days In Cabo san Lucas but not overnight as tendering at night is not safe. I have no idea how long this will continue for but will keep you infomed.

 

Come on John ....man up with the truth

 

the Casino cant open :rolleyes:

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Really ...I was in La Paz last week and was bored stiff.....I can see how in the Future La Paz will be a Nice Tourist Area but as of now they do not have the resources or the Thing to do there...We only Found a few people that spoke English ....several that spoke broken English ....La Paz is working on it...but not ready yet...

 

As far As Mazatlan ...I was there last week as well ...I found it to be a charming place ...I never felt in Danger and our tour guide said that the troubled areas are limited to a small area and promised we would not be that area....

 

I preferred Cabo But.....I would not want to do Cabo and then Cabo.....I do agree another port is needed but La Paz in Mazatlan's place... no way! Maybe Ixstapa or Manzanilla

 

I hope La Paz hasn't changed that much since we were there in December. It was just as nice as when we were there the first time in 2005.

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Mazatlan is my favorite port on the Mexican Riviera. It has beautiful beaches, great shopping and I will be totally bummed if Carnival stops going there! No way does Cabo compare in my opinion. Laurie

 

I totally agree. Have always enjoyed my various Mexican Riviera cruises in the past but Mazatlan has always been the highlight of the itinerary for DH & I. Mazatlan and Zihuat were our favorite ports.

 

Dianne

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hhmmm........ I wonder how long they plan to skip that port? We sail on the 13th of March and were going to do Stone Island. Guess I should start looking at more stuff in Cabo as a back up plan.

 

We are on your cruise too. I would be very sad if we don't go to Mazatlan. I love it there. Cabo is touristy and being more north means cooler weather and water temp. I will be reaching Cabo ideas as well...:(

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I totally agree. Have always enjoyed my various Mexican Riviera cruises in the past but Mazatlan has always been the highlight of the itinerary for DH & I. Mazatlan and Zihuat were our favorite ports.

 

Dianne

 

Completely agree. Now if they want o cruise all the way down to Zihuat/Ixtapa I would jump for joy!!:D

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Here we go AGAIN! IF the Splendor skips Mazatlan then I'd expect the Spirit to do the same! We are on the Mar.11 sailing which was supposed to be in Mazatlan on the 15th. I purposely picked THAT sailing because it did NOT spend 2 nights in Cabo!!

#1, We don't like tenders.

#2, I think Cabo is the least "Mexican" of the ports and feels like any beach town. I suppose that is why lots of you guys like it. <sigh> We enjoyed our visit to Mazatlan a few years ago and were looking forward to seeing new things this year. Oh well!

 

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