Going to puerto vallarta, get ready to tender

[Florida_gal_50]

8 minutes ago, oldbluff said:

Never mind. crew-center.com shows four ships in PV on 30-Nov. Ugh.

 

It does show three on 23–Nov.

 

Not sure why the web sites don’t align.

That would be nice if they did align.  

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

3 hours ago, mcrcruiser said:

Except for those who are handicapped  . Tenders are not handicapped friendly

Either is Mexico. 

[mcrcruiser]

1 hour ago, oldbluff said:

Never mind. crew-center.com shows four ships in PV on 30-Nov. Ugh.

 

It does show three on 23–Nov.

 

Not sure why the web sites don’t align.

The PV streets will be busy   that day 

[mcrcruiser]

34 minutes ago, Gail & Marty sailing away said:

Either is Mexico. 

We been there probably 30 odd times on ships even other Mexican ports than the 3 typical  they now sail   .One time we ran Into  a driver that ripped us off  . Of course you then learn not to make the same mistakes  over & over .  Actually ,we have had wonderful memories from all the ports & Mexican people we have met over the years    

[GTVCRUISER]

Anyone know why they are tendering today in Puerto Vallarta 

[Florida_gal_50]

6 minutes ago, GTVCRUISER said:

Anyone know why they are tendering today in Puerto Vallarta 

Yes because there are 3 other ships docked and we drew the short straw or cheaped out.

[Greysandy]

Thanks for the heads up.  We have an excursion booked through HAL for that day, so at least we will get an assigned tender.

[oldbluff]

2 hours ago, mcrcruiser said:

The PV streets will be busy   that day 

Yes, 15,500 pax between the four ships.

[oldbluff]

1 hour ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

Yes because there are 3 other ships docked and we drew the short straw or cheaped out.

Koningsdam has the lowest pax count. There can be other considerations, but that is probably a key factor.

[Florida_gal_50]

7 minutes ago, oldbluff said:

Koningsdam has the lowest pax count. There can be other considerations, but that is probably a key factor.

I had heard that as well.

[JeffElizabeth]

15,000! Wow. And I thought Alaskan ports got busy. We love PV and would still be willing to tender. No wonder Carnival built that nice port facility there. 

[Copper10-8]

2 hours ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

Yes because there are 3 other ships docked and we drew the short straw or cheaped out.

 

Kinda wondering who the 3rd ship is..........Map only shows Norwegian Bliss (1,094 feet in length) at Muelle No. 1, and Carnival Panorama (1,059 feet in length) at Muelle No. 3 in port today. Could be that K-dam, at 983 feet, is too long for Muelle No. 2 with those two biggies on either side. No space for maneuvering/parking unless she has one of those "self-parking" thingies on her bridge............    

[Florida_gal_50]

4 minutes ago, JeffElizabeth said:

15,000! Wow. And I thought Alaskan ports got busy. We love PV and would still be willing to tender. No wonder Carnival built that nice port facility there. 

It seems a lot of ships are coming back to Mexico and I’m happy for the Mexican people.  For a long time there was hardly any cruises to the Mexican riviera.  

[Florida_gal_50]

4 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Kinda wondering who the 3rd ship is..........Map only shows Norwegian Bliss (1,094 feet in length) at Muelle No. 1, and Carnival Panorama (1,059 feet in length) at Muelle No. 3 in port today. Could be that K-dam, at 983 feet, is too long for Muelle No. 2 with those two biggies on either side. No space for maneuvering/parking unless she has one of those "self-parking" thingies on her bridge............    

Those are the only 2 ships here now.  You may be right but there was another ship here this morning I swear 😛.  The cabana steward had to point it out to me because it was all white beside a white building so it melted in.  That was around 9:45 am Puerto time.  I don’t recall seeing it since but I might have not looked.  No alcohol yet today so it’s not that.

[Copper10-8]

20 minutes ago, Florida_gal_50 said:

Those are the only 2 ships here now.  You may be right but there was another ship here this morning I swear 😛.  The cabana steward had to point it out to me because it was all white beside a white building so it melted in.  That was around 9:45 am Puerto time.  I don’t recall seeing it since but I might have not looked.  No alcohol yet today so it’s not that.

 

Ever had a Wang Wang? The HAL bartenders will have no prob making one for you......... 

[Florida_gal_50]

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Ever had a Wang Wang? The HAL bartenders will have no prob making one for you......... 

I've never had one.  I hear they are quite sweet so I don't think I'd like it.  

[oldbluff]

2 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

Kinda wondering who the 3rd ship is..........Map only shows Norwegian Bliss (1,094 feet in length) at Muelle No. 1, and Carnival Panorama (1,059 feet in length) at Muelle No. 3 in port today. Could be that K-dam, at 983 feet, is too long for Muelle No. 2 with those two biggies on either side. No space for maneuvering/parking unless she has one of those "self-parking" thingies on her bridge............    

 

I may have misspoke as I did not check for today. I was looking at the 30-Nov visit and the couple of following weeks, as I will be there then. Those three weeks have four ships in port. It looks like 23-Nov, the next time Koningsdam is at PV, there are three ships.

[Copper10-8]

52 minutes ago, oldbluff said:

 

I may have misspoke as I did not check for today. I was looking at the 30-Nov visit and the couple of following weeks, as I will be there then. Those three weeks have four ships in port. It looks like 23-Nov, the next time Koningsdam is at PV, there are three ships.

 

I checked several of the cruise schedule sites and only was able to find the K-dam, Bliss and Panorama in PV today. Having said that, FloridaGal50 received info that there was a fourth, smaller, all-white cruise ship that departed PV earlier in the day. That one just doesn't show up in the scheduled so perhaps it was the "Flying Dutchman" 

 

[oldbluff]

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

I checked several of the cruise schedule sites and only was able to find the K-dam, Bliss and Panorama in PV today. Having said that, FloridaGal50 received info that there was a fourth, smaller, all-white cruise ship that departed PV earlier in the day. That one just doesn't show up in the scheduled so perhaps it was the "Flying Dutchman" 

 

I like it. Perhaps that is Johnny Depp at the mast.

[CruiserBruce]

There is a new, Mexican oriented cruise line operating one ship in the Mexican Rivera. When we were in PV, twice in March, that ship was doing an overnight at PV on a promo cruise. I think it was a smaller, all white ship. 

[Florida_gal_50]

11 hours ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

I checked several of the cruise schedule sites and only was able to find the K-dam, Bliss and Panorama in PV today. Having said that, FloridaGal50 received info that there was a fourth, smaller, all-white cruise ship that departed PV earlier in the day. That one just doesn't show up in the scheduled so perhaps it was the "Flying Dutchman" 

 

Love it 😍😛.

[Wayfairers]

1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said:

There is a new, Mexican oriented cruise line operating one ship in the Mexican Rivera. When we were in PV, twice in March, that ship was doing an overnight at PV on a promo cruise. I think it was a smaller, all white ship. 

This sounds interesting.  Any idea what the name of the cruise line is?

[Hlitner]

1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said:

There is a new, Mexican oriented cruise line operating one ship in the Mexican Rivera. When we were in PV, twice in March, that ship was doing an overnight at PV on a promo cruise. I think it was a smaller, all white ship. 

That is the Vidanta Elegant which is owned/operated by the Vidanta Group who owns hotels/resorts in Mexico.  The last we heard that ship is moored in Mazatlan.  If and when it actually operates it will use PV as one of its ports and would likely get priority at Muelle #1 where they can utilize the new terminal building.

 

Hank

[JeffElizabeth]

8 hours ago, Hlitner said:

That is the Vidanta Elegant which is owned/operated by the Vidanta Group who owns hotels/resorts in Mexico.  The last we heard that ship is moored in Mazatlan.  If and when it actually operates it will use PV as one of its ports and would likely get priority at Muelle #1 where they can utilize the new terminal building.

 

Hank

We stayed at one of the Vidante resorts in PV in January.  Nice place, they were pumping tons of money into the resort.  Land and cruise combo tour? 

[Copper10-8]

8 hours ago, Hlitner said:

That is the Vidanta Elegant which is owned/operated by the Vidanta Group who owns hotels/resorts in Mexico.  The last we heard that ship is moored in Mazatlan.  If and when it actually operates it will use PV as one of its ports and would likely get priority at Muelle #1 where they can utilize the new terminal building.

 

Hank

 

The 32-year old, Spanish-built, Vidanta Elegant, the former Crown Monarch for Commodore Cruise Line, and a whole slew of other names: Cunard Crown Monarch, Nautican, Walrus, casino ship (Hong Kong) Havens Star, casino ship (Hong Kong) Neptune, Rembrandt II, Jules Verne, Alexander von Humboldt (Phoenix Seereisen), and Voyager (Voyages of Discovery), was purchased by Mexican-owned Hoteles Dinamicos SA de CV / Grupo Vidanta in March 2017. The ship's previous owners, All Leisure Group, had gone belly up and Voyager had been laid up after being arrested in Singapore for unpaid bunker bills.

 

Under her new owners, she was renamed Vidanta Alegria in August 2017, and sailed to the Navantia yard in Cadiz, Spain, followed by more yard time at Cantieri del Mediterraneo in Naples, Italy for extensive refurbishment.

 

In January 2019, after being renamed Vidanta Elegant, she left the Naples yard and made a trans-Atlantic crossing, followed by a Panama Canal transit, arriving in Mazatlan, Mexico. In November 2020, she made her first stop in Puerto Vallarta. 

 

Vidanta Elegant, was scheduled to sail a three-day "preview cruise" on April 14, 2022 from Mazatlan to  Puerto Vallarta for guests of the Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta resort, which is located about 20 minutes from the Puerto Vallarta airport.

 

I don't believe she has done anything else besides having been moored in Maztalan at the Terminal de Transbordadores, so not at the usual Terminal Maritima / Cruise ship terminal there.

 

Having said all that, Vidanta Elegant has a blue hull and the small cruise ship seen leaving PV yesterday was all white! The plot thickens......................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2022 by Copper10-8