"Live" Sapphire Princess, 32 Days, Buenos Aires to LA, 3/5/23 to 4/6/23

[LACruiser88]

We had a fantastic day in PV today. 

 

After doing a little shopping next to the cruise terminal at the old flea market shops, we walked out to the streets to hire a taxi.  Taxi's are not allowed into the terminal area.  They want you to use the 12 passenger share vans (they charge $5 pp).

 

We walked out to the street and found a taxi waiting for us.  Ride to downtown was $15.  There was very little traffic and we found the Malecón area to have a lot fewer people than when we were here for New Year's. 

 

Photos from the Malecón, Old Town and river area:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had lunch at our favorite PV restaurant, Pipi's.  We have been eating at Pipi's since the early 90's.  They never dissapoint.  Today we had coconut margaritas and the "crispy shrimp" tacos.

 

 

 

 

We came across this t-shirt, a motto that we will have to revisit after this 5 week trip!  🍷🥂🍹🍺🍸

 

This little boat was docked right behind our balcony. 

 

They added this art display to the terminal building since our last visit.  The umbrellas are suspended in the open air.

 

 

[treesah]

Love your postings.  We're doing this cruise in reverse in December.  You've given me some new ideas.  Thank you.

[Thrak]

Hmmm... Is one supposed to dress as royalty or do they just not understand how English works?  I'm guessing the latter since there is also a misplaced apostrophe. Not exactly professional.

 

[LACruiser88]

3 hours ago, Thrak said:

Hmmm... Is one supposed to dress as royalty or do they just not understand how English works?  I'm guessing the latter since there is also a misplaced apostrophe. Not exactly professional

How funny!  We didn't notice.  It must have been those margaritas at lunch.  😆

[Happiest when cruising]

34 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

How funny!  We didn't notice.  It must have been those margaritas at lunch.  😆

I fully understood it was an invitation to a luncheon that you had earned. 
 

I hope you enjoyed the drinks! 

[Steelers36]

9 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

We came back from the port to find an invitation to a MTG Cocktail Party.  This was unexpected!  We already had the two luncheons as this voyage encompassed two back to back cruises.

 

 

 

I am wondering if the invitation has a miss-print for Skywalkers as I thought that location was always spelled as one word.  I wonder if Lucasfilm made them change it.  (Deck plans still show it spelled as one word).  I also don't know that Lucas could have copyrighted the name since it is made from two common words and may have been in existence prior to 1977.

 

Did a short search and Lucas protected several names, including "Luke Skywalker", but "Skywalker" on its own appears not and another note mentioned person names cannot be copyrighted.  I kind of doubt Princess has a problem with the name use and they certainly weren't evoking Star Wars when they came up with the moniker.

[Steelers36]

6 hours ago, Thrak said:

Hmmm... Is one supposed to dress as royalty or do they just not understand how English works?  I'm guessing the latter since there is also a misplaced apostrophe. Not exactly professional.

 

 

Oh my - of course.  More spelling issues.  Not professional for certain.

[LACruiser88]

7 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I am wondering if the invitation has a miss-print for Skywalkers as I thought that location was always spelled as one word

My DW caught that and said the same  thing. 

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[LACruiser88]

Good morning Cabo San Lucas!  The Princess Discovery and the Carnival Panorama are also scheduled to be here today.  We beat them.  We are the first ship scheduled to leave today.

 

Debbie is going ashore to shop and I'm at my happy place, The Sanctuary.  Having been here about 8 times in the past 2 years I figured I would skip the water shuttles.

 

 

 

 

[Thrak]

11 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I am wondering if the invitation has a miss-print for Skywalkers as I thought that location was always spelled as one word.

 

You are right! I missed that one... Princess deck plans do list it as "Skywalkers". A bit odd that it's a singular name rather than plural but there's no apostrophe in the Princess spelling.

[LACruiser88]

The Discovery Princess making a late arrival to Cabo.  I was just chatting with the F&B Director onboard the Discovery via Whatsapp, they have 4,100 passengers onboard.  Cabo is about to get real busy!

 

 

Edited April 3, 2023 by LACruiser88

[LACruiser88]

 

 

 

 

[Steelers36]

26 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any "hootin' or hollerin'"?

[LACruiser88]

39 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Any "hootin' or hollerin'"?

No, not yet.  Here is a photo of the Sapphire from the Discovery, sent by my amigo.

[Ken the cruiser]

While you're lounging in your happy place, keep an eye out for breaching whales! They were definitely jumping when we were there on the CB in early May last year! 😃

[LACruiser88]

10 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said:

While you're lounging in your happy place, keep an eye out for breaching whales! They were definitely jumping when we were there on the CB in early May last year! 😃

I've been looking but nada...

[fpsphil]

2 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

I've been looking but nada...

Are you guys departing or switching anchorage? Seen Sapphire drift way off but looks like there are still tenders along side it looks like.

[Ken the cruiser]

2 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

I've been looking but nada...

When I saw them from our balcony, the whale tour boats helped us "locate" them, as the word spread pretty fast where one was jumping as you might imagine! 

[LACruiser88]

5 minutes ago, fpsphil said:

Are you guys departing or switching anchorage? Seen Sapphire drift way off but looks like there are still tenders along side it looks like.

We are not leaving until 6pm.  The wind has kicked up and is turning us around.

[Caribensun]

Thanks for info.  Gelato is usually next to or across atrium from International Cafe.  Appreciate your posts and info.

[LACruiser88]

9 hours ago, Caribensun said:

Thanks for info.  Gelato is usually next to or across atrium from International Cafe.  Appreciate your posts and info.

No gelato on deck 5

[LACruiser88]

Much cooler today and a little bumpy.  Sanctuary time is over, so sad!  😔

 

 

 

 

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[LACruiser88]

Sadly this is the last day of the cruise.  We have Pink 2 luggage tags and should be in the first independent group to disembark that will collect bags in the terminal.

 

Last night at the MTG Cocktail Party (which was great btw) the Guest Services Director told us that there are just over 100 passengers staying onboard for the following 6 day cruise to Vancouver.  They will be embarking 1,800+ new passengers tomorrow in San Pedro.

 

I'm off to the Fitness center for my last onboard workout!  😔