CruisingRagdoll

Sorry I meant SD.

Hi there, we will be visiting LA and SG with Princess in September and we will be docking at the World Cruise Center in LA. We want to visit the Santa Monica/Pier area but the excursion is sold out. What will be our options to arrange our own transportation from the World Cruise Center to Santa Monica? We are a family with little kid so would Taxi be our best option? Are taxis readily available in the Cruise Centre area? How much would it cost us per trip and how long would it take with the traffics usually? Or if we get a Uber or Lyft, do they require child seat? For SG, we want to visit the zoo but again the excursion is sold out. I checked Google maps and see the port is relatively close to the zoo so I guess Taxi is probably our best option here, or would anyone recommend getting there by bus? thanks in advance!

Called our CP this morning about potentially switching our September cruise on the Crown b/c of the engine issues. She did tell us that the Crown was missing ports but mentioned they are already “working on it”. She was honest to say that she doesn’t know if the issue will be fixed by September but there’s still some time. If the itinerary needs to be changed, we will get an email notice….So we decided to hold off changing anything until the 30 days, and if it’s not fixed by then we will use the Cruise with Confidence policy to book another ship instead. I was checking CruiseMapper and it looks like the ship is making 20 knots from time to time, so hopefully it’s because they are “working on it” and the speed is improving.