suekel Posted July 30, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Starting in 2019, Princess will be sailing out of Puerto Vallarta https://www.puertovallarta.net/news/cruises-depart-vallarta-2019?utm_source=Puerto+Vallarta+Mailing+List+AddThis&utm_campaign=e08703c7f7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_29_11_33_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5aafa86847-e08703c7f7-58666789&mc_cid=e08703c7f7&mc_eid=4691ded812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudleydog73 Posted July 30, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hmm, not available as a embarkation port on Princess.com for any cruises available which includes all of 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekel Posted July 30, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted July 30, 2018 They just announced it. Give them time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudleydog73 Posted July 30, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 30, 2018 They just announced it. Give them time! Not doubting you but usually port schedules and ship assignments are done way ahead of time, but will see how this goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie562 Posted July 30, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I'm wondering how accurate or true this article is? It doesn't give much info, no ship, no when in 2019, no itineraries. With 2019 being 5 months away they definitely need to hurry if this is true. I'm sure there will be some cancellations coming with this if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonaD Posted July 30, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 30, 2018 That’s surprising... flights to PVR tend to be on the high end. Not very appealing to us west coasters. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted July 30, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 30, 2018 There's one cruise that they'll be giving away since the ship will be sailing empty. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekel Posted July 30, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I think not. I know there is talk of a new cruise line that is starting up in Mexico only visiting Mexican ports trying to reach a new demographic. I'm thinking Princess saw that and said why not? Personally, I love PV and could easily visit there for a week before or after while tacking on the cruise. I think it sounds wonderful! I've always found flights to PV to be very reasonable, no more than flying to SFO or like the article says fly into Guadalajara and take a bus over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted July 30, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Could be the same set up as in the Baltic. There they have multiple ports for disembarkation and embarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted July 30, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Always follow the money. Princess hasn’t embarked or disembarked cruises out of Mexico since they stopped going to Acapulco decades ago. There are no Princess cruises embarking or disembarking in Puerto Vallarta on any released itinerary through Spring 2020. While itineraries can change, home ports rarely do once itineraries are released. Puerto Vallarta has been on again/off again on Mexican Riviera itineraries for years due to drug wars and potential danger to passengers. I doubt Princess would invest millions in a port that: a) has no market to launch, sustain and grow; b) is politically unstable; and c) is difficult and expensive to get to and leave from. Princess ships sail from ports where they can fill the ships on a continuous basis and charge premium fares. When you see frequent low or sale pricing, expect ship redeployment and reduced number of berths 2-3 years down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land lover Posted July 30, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Lots of ex-Pats in PV and many UK & Canadians too....wonder what the ports would be? Interesting, if the "hearsay" is true.... Just curious Pam..... what years was PV off the itineraries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekel Posted July 30, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Ok fine. The Puerto Vallarta newspaper is lying. Sheesh, just give them a chance to get it up and running...And, I believe it's mostly Mazatlan that gets removed since that is the state of the Sinaloa Cartel. I've been going to PV for 30 years, it is very safe and always has been. Maybe we should wait and see what happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrain Posted July 30, 2018 #13 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Could be the same set up as in the Baltic. There they have multiple ports for disembarkation and embarkation. This could refer to the Fall/Winter 2019 schedule. The Royal is the only ship that 'stops' regularly in PV on MR cruises. Grand is doing HI and MR out of SFO, Star is doing HI and MR out of YVR and LA. Coral is doing Antarctica. Island is doing SA. Crown, Regal, Sky and CB are out of FLL. Emerald is doing Panama Canals. Everyone else is either in Europe or Oceania/Asia. So this might be the Royal doing an embark/debark in PV much like some of the Baltics mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suekel Posted July 30, 2018 Author #14 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Here is a 2nd source https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/saldran-cruceros-desde-puerto-vallarta-corporativo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudleydog73 Posted July 30, 2018 #15 Share Posted July 30, 2018 A second source which is in the Opinion section, also lacking any details of ship, timeframe when the port will open, etc. Reading the piece it looks like they are "hoping" for a port for Mexican nationals to cruise from that doesn't involve flight to Us ports and/or having to obtain visas. It is interesting that Princess is not announcing this anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land lover Posted July 30, 2018 #16 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Here is a 2nd sourcehttps://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/saldran-cruceros-desde-puerto-vallarta-corporativo/ If PV gives incentives..the cruise lines will listen....nothing stated in this article though... The reason RCI pulled their 3& 4 day cruises in 2008 that they had run for 20 years, was because of ridiculous port fees. Which have double in the last 5 years or less. Mexico...needs to get real on port fees. Even fees to fly into the country insanely high for what you get.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted July 30, 2018 #17 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The a good portion of the middle class in Mexico could afford to cruise if the opportunity was available. If you add in the US and Canadians readily available in PV, a ship could fill a number of times a year at a reasonably high fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host CJSKIDS Posted July 30, 2018 #18 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) I’m actually on hold for customer relations at Princess, I’ll ask the girl when she comes back on if she has heard anything. Their hold music is awful! thanks OP for sharing the article. Edited July 30, 2018 by Host CJSKIDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host CJSKIDS Posted July 30, 2018 #19 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Ok, this is the first the customer relations person heard of the news and they couldn’t find anything in their current emails. They did say that nothing will be changing for 2019 like the article stated because they already have their embarkation ports/ cruise ships all set up for both 2019. Of course who knows, stranger things have happened! Edited July 30, 2018 by Host CJSKIDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonaD Posted July 30, 2018 #20 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Fake news? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted July 30, 2018 #21 Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Pretty sure Ruth came over to Princess from Carnival Corp where she was an integral part of the crack ***** marketing promotion team...;p Cruise tourism will see a major push in Mexico starting in 2019 when cruises will begin departing from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and sailing through the Pacific Ocean. The project is being nursed by Princess Cruises, headed in Latin America by Ruth Leal, in an initiative with very positive reception by the Tourism Secretary, Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, and the Communications Secretary, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza. Edited July 30, 2018 by voljeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted July 30, 2018 #22 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Someone with better Spanish than my mas cerveza, por favor Spanish could give one of the folks a call for an interview. headed in Latin America by Ruth Leal, in an initiative with very positive reception by the Tourism Secretary, Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, and the Communications Secretary, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 4cats4me Posted July 30, 2018 #23 Share Posted July 30, 2018 If I’m going to go to all the trouble of flying to Puerto Vallarta, then I’m going to stay there for a week instead of boarding a cruise ship when I can do that in Los Angeles or San Francisco Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted July 30, 2018 #24 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Could be the same set up as in the Baltic. There they have multiple ports for disembarkation and embarkation. My thoughts also. Take on passengers in both L.A. and P.V. for the 7 day cruise. Guadalajara is within driving range and Mexico City is a short flight or long drive. No schedules would have to change, only allocation of cabins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted July 30, 2018 #25 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Always follow the money. Princess hasn’t embarked or disembarked cruises out of Mexico since they stopped going to Acapulco decades ago. Just a small clarification: not decades - maybe almost a decade :D. They were still sailing out of Acapulco in January 2008 when we embarked there on a Panama Canal cruise. Maybe the 2008/2009 season was when they dropped Acapulco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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