Ensenada port of departure

[spintowin]

Has anyone cruised from this port? I'm confused as to why RCI pulled out of the west coast but uses a Port in Mexico. Trying not to get upset about it......

[jchiefs13]

I did - once - quite a few years ago. I think they use Ensenada as a starting point for Hawaii to get the one foreign port in, then they can open the casino and duty free shops.

[skandls]

We did a cruise from Ensenada to Seattle on the Solstice. At that time the Solstice could not end the cruise in Vancouver so it was done to meet the foreign port requirement. We checked in in San Diego and we were bussed to the ship. There were some people who had long waits for the busses - we had AQ class and got priority bus boarding.

[Ken at the beach]

I did - once - quite a few years ago. I think they use Ensenada as a starting point for Hawaii to get the one foreign port in, then they can open the casino and duty free shops.

 

We did a cruise from Ensenada to Seattle on the Solstice. At that time the Solstice could not end the cruise in Vancouver so it was done to meet the foreign port requirement. We checked in in San Diego and we were bussed to the ship. There were some people who had long waits for the busses - we had AQ class and got priority bus boarding.

 

It is used to comply with the PVSA. They cannot start a cruise in one US port and end in a different US port without visiting a distant foreign port. Ensenada is not a distant foreign port but is used so that they are not starting or ending a cruise in a US port.