Discovery CA Coastal itinerary question

[sfpd3000]

2 minutes ago, RSF Cruiser said:

Maybe you’ll be there in October, then. 

We'll see.  As @telecheck wrote, I usually post on the particular roll call thread that I work.  But we don't get the work requests until a month or two out, depending on when the sergeant posts them.  He posted this morning for the June and July cruises.  Or if he gets mad at me (twice already), I get dropped out of the rotation...

[lahlah57]

When we cruised on Discovery last november they told us that Monterey would not be a stop because of high winds🫤.  They told us the day we were supposed to dock so they did a slooowwww sail from Frisco!

Kind of irritaring! 

Not even a catalina offering!

Edited April 30 by lahlah57

[qoap24]

I just booked this cruise on Friday. Chose this one since it wasn't staying in SF for 2 days. I've never been to Catalina and I was really looking forward to seeing it. I already was picturing myself on a golf cart cruising around. 

[RSF Cruiser]

21 minutes ago, sfpd3000 said:

We'll see.  As @telecheck wrote, I usually post on the particular roll call thread that I work.  But we don't get the work requests until a month or two out, depending on when the sergeant posts them.  He posted this morning for the June and July cruises.  Or if he gets mad at me (twice already), I get dropped out of the rotation...

Last I checked there wasn’t a roll call for the Oct 19 cruise. I generally lurk, and rarely post unless I have a question like today. If someone starts a roll call, I’ll be lurking and will look for your posting. 

[cr8tiv1]

3 hours ago, RSF Cruiser said:

The link for messaging has been disabled - I tried various ways, and all of them gave me a message that the function is not available.

 

When I posted @...I was hoping that Alan would chime in TO THIS THREAD.  Which he did. @sfpd3000 thanks for monitoring the boards.

[sfpd3000]

11 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

When I posted @...I was hoping that Alan would chime in TO THIS THREAD.  Which he did. @sfpd3000 thanks for monitoring the boards.

Luckily you posted @..., which shows up in my email

[riffatsea]

I booked the Oct 5th cruise hoping it would give us a d ay in Catalina!

I've never been there and have been to Monterey  and San Francisco multiple times!!

I may cancel if I find the schedule is changing!!

 

[karatemom2]

On 4/29/2024 at 2:03 PM, RSF Cruiser said:

Thanks - I was in Catalina last week and hiked up Hermits Gulch and then down the Sea to Sky trail into the botanical garden - the hike was incredible! Lots of wild flowers and great views. In October we are planning on doing the interior jeep tour with the Catalina Conservancy. I’m afraid Princess is going to cancel Catalina, and that’s why there are no tours listed. 

 

The wildflowers are beautiful here this year with all the rain we had this season. I bet it was gorgeous.

 

The interior jeep tour is a great tour - I hope they don't change your itinerary. Catalina is such jewel!

[disgirl]

We loved Catalina when we were there.  We did the Catalina food tour (not booked through the ship).  It was 2.5 hrs long and we had an amazing local guide.  The history and stories they shared were great.  The whole thing was 5/5!

[houston007]

Has anyone noticed that the schedule for the April 12, 2025 sailing of the Discovery Princess has the ship departing from Catalina at 6 PM on April 14 and arriving at San Francisco at 8 AM the next morning?  That is a 500 mile journey which cannot be done in 14 hours.  Hopefully Princess will realize their scheduling error and correct it.  I would like to book that cruise but don't want to until they fix their itinerary.

[skynight]

14 minutes ago, houston007 said:

Has anyone noticed that the schedule for the April 12, 2025 sailing of the Discovery Princess has the ship departing from Catalina at 6 PM on April 14 and arriving at San Francisco at 8 AM the next morning?  That is a 500 mile journey which cannot be done in 14 hours.  Hopefully Princess will realize their scheduling error and correct it.  I would like to book that cruise but don't want to until they fix their itinerary.

It appears that the itinerary has Catalina and the sea day mixed. Most likely 1st day is Catalina which is only a few hours from L.A. at a very slow speed and the 2nd day a sea day.

[mtnesterz]

9 hours ago, houston007 said:

Has anyone noticed that the schedule for the April 12, 2025 sailing of the Discovery Princess has the ship departing from Catalina at 6 PM on April 14 and arriving at San Francisco at 8 AM the next morning?  That is a 500 mile journey which cannot be done in 14 hours.  Hopefully Princess will realize their scheduling error...I would like to book that cruise but don't want to until they fix their itinerary.

There are three sailings of this itinerary. Two in October of this year, one you mention in April, '25. That is the only one with port, sea day switch.

We were also interested in this. The problem is that the week of April 12 is the week before Easter. Mostly, schools will be out, and this is only a 7 nighter. Potential for lots of kids. Something to consider.

Edited Sunday at 09:17 PM by mtnesterz

[Incognito1]

Catalina was wonderful!  Rent a golf cart and go geocaching; ride the city trolley for $3 +tip and the onboard assistant will give you as good a tour as the ship's overpriced one; go snorkeling but watch out for the tiger sharks; hike to the top of the mountain (bring a water bottle!) and start/end in the botanical garden.  Lots to do without ship's tours.  We have been there a few times and loved it.  

 

If you want the golf cart, you should book and pay beforehand.  They go quickly.