Discovery Princess Mexican Riviera 3/2/24-3/9/24

[desertdwellingsailor]

Just got off the ship and back to my MIL's house in Orange county. Best part of the trip by far was the whale watching excursion in Cabo. We saw two humpback whales breaching three times together. They say there is no guarantee that you see whales, but our experience couldn't have been better. I had never been whale watching before. The person running the excursion seemed to understand the behavior of the whales and where to look. They had snacks and drinks on the boat. 

 

My wife thinks that the deserts are better than we had on the previous two trips. We have been on three Discovery Princess 7 day cruises since October 2022. My wife cares more about deserts than I do and she was impressed.

 

Overall I think the service was the best of the three trips. Obviously it is just our small sample size of 3. But the room service delivery worked almost every time and the wait time at the bars and restaurants were all good. 

 

This time we were doing Plus and not Premier so we didn't eat at the extra cost places. But we did eat at the two middle of the road places. I got a burger at the gastro pub and pizza at the pizza place and both were very good. We ditched the MDR for the formal nights but we saw a lot of dressed up people so many were participating. Tuesday night we wanted to watch Oscar nominated movie Barbie on deck so we ate dinner up there. I got both a burger and pizza. My wife got pizza and buffet. The Mazatlán 5 hour sea and land excursion was mixed. They dropped us off for an hour at a jewelry store and there was not any food provided. But it was a cultural experience. We did Puerto Vallarta on our own and it was a similar cultural experience. I had fun spending all my pesos on taxis and souvenirs. We paid 15 pesos each to go to a public bathroom with no toilet seats and that was amusing especially for my wife. But it was interesting to spend some time in Mexico. I went to Tijuana and Cozumel in the past, but this is the first time in this part of Mexico. The frigate birds in Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta were very interesting to look at. 

 

I think that the advice and information from this forum were helpful in several ways. One thing we did in our room was watch all the Sun Princess videos about its construction. It makes us want to go on that ship next, after 3 consecutive Discovery Princess cruises. We are looking at maybe doing one of the 7 day Caribbean cruises next year if they don't sell out. Anyway, happy to answer any questions. It was a good experience.

 

Bobby

 

Edited March 9 by desertdwellingsailor