!!! Acapulco is Back !!!

[bobnsofi]

Was searching for adventure on the high seas and Norwegian is porting in Acapulco, with the Sun running three 11 day r/t's out of San Diego this fall, and is porting in Ixtapa? (not Zihua?), and adding many stops on their Panama Canal route !!! YIPPEE !!!

[jwalk03]

Was searching for adventure on the high seas and Norwegian is porting in Acapulco, with the Sun running three 11 day r/t's out of San Diego this fall, and is porting in Ixtapa? (not Zihua?), and adding many stops on their Panama Canal route !!! YIPPEE !!!

 

Awesome!!

[swedish weave]

The NCL Star is also stopping at Acapulco on one of their November 2014 Panama cruises.

Edited June 21, 2014 by swedish weave

[cruizinator]

Those three 11 day cruises on the Sun are scheduled for October 2015. Wish they were this October!!

[PekingeseLady]

Wish they were in Nov. or Dec. :rolleyes:

[cruizinator]

Wish they were in Nov. or Dec. :rolleyes:

 

Or..for better weather.. IMO...January/February. Last time I went during Halloween...Manzanillo, PV and Cabo were unbearably HOT!:eek:

Edited June 22, 2014 by cruizinator

[riffatsea]

Wow! Good to know! NCL is not my favorite but we'd love to go back to Acapulco.

Ixtapa is right next to Xihua so it doesn't matter where it says it is porting.

[OCruisers]

Great to know ... THANKS! :)

LuLu

[WINEMANVISALIA]

was searching for adventure on the high seas and norwegian is porting in acapulco, with the sun running three 11 day r/t's out of san diego this fall, and is porting in ixtapa? (not zihua?), and adding many stops on their panama canal route !!! Yippee !!!

will have to wait but will be worth it...we ar san diegans!....yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[cruizinator]

will have to wait but will be worth it...we ar san diegans!....yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

 

I love cruising from San Diego. Sure miss Carnivals 8 and 9 day cruises from there!

[Clay Clayton]

We port in Acapulco next April after transitting the Panamal Canal aboard Norwegian Sun on our way from Tampa to Vancouver. Any suggestions on how to spend our time (Wednesday, April 29th from 10 am - 6 pm) will be most appreciated from all you Acapulco veterans.

TIA!

Edited October 8, 2014 by Clay Clayton

[swedish weave]

We port in Acapulco next April after transitting the Panamal Canal aboard Norwegian Sun on our way from Tampa to Vancouver. Any suggestions on how to spend our time (Wednesday, April 29th from 10 am - 6 pm) will be most appreciated from all you Acapulco veterans.

TIA!

 

If you haven't seen the cliff divers, that is an Acapulco tradition. Most of the taxi and van drivers will put together a tour for you that covers the things you are interested in. Check all the tours and brochures you can find and write down the items that interst you, then present it to a driver and negotiate a price.

 

Some things that interest me are the Flamingo Hotel ( an old movie star hangout). Casa Blanca hotel (Excellent view of the harbor and Diego Rivera painted the mural on the second story inside wall) The Diego Rivera sculpture wall at his girlfriends house, the big cross on top of a hill that privides a great view. There are other places that are great to see, but your interests may vary.

My favorite driver is Rafael Villaneuva -- His brother Augustin also drives a van.

 

I like the double decker glass bottom harbor tour boat. It goes around the harbor and passes many big name stars homes and will let you off at a bar and restaurant near the harbor entrance. Also goes over an underwater statue of Lady of Guadaloupe. If you get off, you can catch another boat (or the same one) back to the place you boarded. The tour is geared to locals, and the narration is all in Spanish. Price was around six dollars a few years ago, so probably higher now.

Edited October 8, 2014 by swedish weave