Rare hcat Posted March 24 #26 Share Posted March 24 13 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said: OK. I love to cruise the US West Coast, but cruise to where? Mexico, always love a port where the local police carry machine guns and the US travel warning means I have no insurance coverage California, San Diego great as a port. Catalina Island is OK. SFO great. But Monterrey and Santa Barbara are shut. Whales require slow cruising speeds so the 14 day RT to Alaska doesn't work any more. And the short 4 day cruises are not our style. We took a Ca Coastal cruise on Infinity some yrs ago, RT from San Pedro that included all the ports mentioned above.incl Monterrey and Santa Barbara . Ensenada was the foreign port. It was one of our fav cruises..Well worth flying west day ahead from NY..Every port was beautiful and had much to explore.. Guess we were lucky to have the experience ! We have enjoyed Mex Riviera cruises as well but would not book there now for safety and other reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted March 24 #27 Share Posted March 24 Celebrity should do a cruise like this one the Princess offers 32 days , out of LA it would be good uses of a m class ship 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMcruise Posted March 24 #28 Share Posted March 24 For those of us who live in the West - we would love more cruises departing from the West Coast. Air fare is much more reasonable. We enjoy the longer cruises. Cruises less than 10 day are too short for us. Not interested in Caribbean cruises. We have done many Alaska and Mexican Rivera B2B2B cruises. I can always wish for more choice for West Coast departure. Just put me on a ship and give me a book! A lot of ports we just stay on the ship and enjoy the peace and quiet. 38 days until the next one not that I am counting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEwAbG Posted March 24 #29 Share Posted March 24 11 hours ago, miched said: Why don’t they sail out of Houston, NOLA, and etc? Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 More ships are sailing out of Galveston these days and I doubt X has the demand to compete with the others. I have family in TX, but my problem every time we've looked at sailing from there is that it takes a couple days to get out of the Gulf and a couple days on the back end, so the itineraries are very limited on a typical 7-day cruise. Cannot get too far into the Caribbean before turning back, so lots of Western Caribbean/Mexico stops but not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestLakeGirl Posted March 24 #30 Share Posted March 24 11 hours ago, miched said: Why don’t they sail out of Houston, NOLA, and etc? Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 The Houston cruise port is no more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEwAbG Posted March 24 #31 Share Posted March 24 Same OP, same topic, more or less same answer... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 24 #32 Share Posted March 24 Same OP? Incognito? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #33 Share Posted March 24 It is very hard to understand that any of the cruise lines could not make as much money deling their cabins from Florida ports as to sailings from California ports . There is a lot of population in the western states Additionally ,many people would drive in & the air fares are lower flying to California . The report that Mexico is dangerous is blown up . Mexico gets many cruises per year & we do not hear of any danger to the Mexican ports . Fact is many US cities today are more dangerous than the Mexican ports . NYC now has national guard troops in their subways .So sailing to Mexican cruise ports as being dangerous is very over blown .We have done Mexican cruise ports at least 30 saiings & not one time ever felt threatened If X does not want to sail from our California ports ,then when there may be a opportunity ,it be too late imo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #34 Share Posted March 24 Princess ,Holland America & Carnival cruise ships have been sailing from the 3 California ports for many years .They make plenty of profits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #35 Share Posted March 24 We do 4 long cruises every year on Holland America ships & they are full . This is hust from San Diego ;which also has the best weather in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted March 24 #36 Share Posted March 24 Have you asked Celebrity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEwAbG Posted March 24 #37 Share Posted March 24 10 minutes ago, cruisestitch said: Same OP? Incognito? Same OP, new username. Same drumbeat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #38 Share Posted March 24 8 minutes ago, hrhdhd said: Have you asked Celebrity? Hope that they read these boards besides has any one every tried to reach their marketing department ? We are Elite Plus & almost Zenith with X . Because X has no ships here in our Ca ports ,we decided to give our business to Princess & Holland America who care about us in tthe Western States 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 24 #39 Share Posted March 24 27 minutes ago, bEwAbG said: Same OP, new username. Same drumbeat. How can you tell they are the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liao Posted March 24 #40 Share Posted March 24 23 hours ago, CDRonboard said: We have been sailing Holland America & Princess in Celebrities absence from our Calif ports Since you can't travel to Florida, it's great that you have two nice options to select from in CA. Happy crusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted March 24 #41 Share Posted March 24 6 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said: Celebrity should do a cruise like this one the Princess offers 32 days , out of LA it would be good uses of a m class ship Way too many sea days for us..and too long overall! 15 days was our max ..roundtrip to Hawaii from San Pedro on Summit when she was in her prime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #42 Share Posted March 24 2 hours ago, cruisestitch said: Same OP? Incognito? Wrong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Airbalancer Posted March 24 #43 Share Posted March 24 35 minutes ago, hcat said: Way too many sea days for us..and too long overall! 15 days was our max ..roundtrip to Hawaii from San Pedro on Summit when she was in her prime We thought it would be a perfect mix of ports and seadays ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bEwAbG Posted March 24 #44 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, cruisestitch said: How can you tell they are the same? Posting history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 24 #45 Share Posted March 24 Good catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRonboard Posted March 24 Author #46 Share Posted March 24 5 minutes ago, cruisestitch said: Good catch! I made my point for lack of X s presence in the California ports . The jury is out & we hope that X sees a way to not treat the Cakifornia ports as a step child 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted March 24 #47 Share Posted March 24 12 minutes ago, CDRonboard said: I made my point for lack of X s presence in the California ports . The jury is out & we hope that X sees a way to not treat the Cakifornia ports as a step child Is it Celebrity or the RCG making that decision? RC pulled out sometime after 2016. IMO, RCG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 24 #48 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, CDRonboard said: Wrong!! Why deny it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted March 24 #49 Share Posted March 24 3 hours ago, cruisestitch said: How can you tell they are the same? Topic, spacing before periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted March 24 #50 Share Posted March 24 I guess it's too simple to just point out that RCG has invested heavily in Florida with cruise terminals in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral, and Tampa. Every cruise that leaves one of those locations increases the return on those investments. And those cruises are mostly leaving full. Including plenty of cruisers willing to fly from the West Coast. Seattle and especially Vancouver give them advantages that wouldn't exist in Southern California. They can reach Alaska easily from either location, and Vancouver as a non-US location allows them to do one way cruises to Alaska or Hawaii. Europe and even Australia have become big "other markets" for RCG. If the OP has an actual business case for San Diego I'd love to hear it. Although having multiple user names on the same platform usually gets one banished. I'd have to look at the user agreement on CC... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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