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Davejohn
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Posted: Mon May 26th, 2008 11:00 pm | 1st Post |
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Anyone been on the Sapphire Princess? We decided to use up our cancelled cruise credits before they expired and booked a Mexican Rivera cruise in December.
My total time on Princess is 1 day and 2 nights on the Sea Princess. 
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NCL Dawn - Sept. 21, 2008 - Canada/New England
Sapphire Princess - Dec. 6, 2008 - Mexican Rivera
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elizabethtaylor
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Posted: Tue May 27th, 2008 12:11 am | 2nd Post |
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I've been on the Sapphire twice and the sister ship the Diamond. Although I've
never been on the Sea Princess, I do know it's very simiilar to the Dawn, and I
have been in port with the Dawn Princess a lot, and the Sapphire makes the
Dawn look like a tug boat.
If you have any specific questions i'll be happy to answer them.
I've done that Mexican Riviera cruise 5 times on Princess in the last 5 years
and really enjoy it a lot.
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Family Man
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Posted: Tue May 27th, 2008 11:20 pm | 3rd Post |
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| We sailed the Mexican Riviera on the Sapphire Princess a few years ago and really enjoyed. It was one of our favorite cruises so far.
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Davejohn
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 10:42 am | 4th Post |
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Our cruise stops at PV, Mazatlan and Cabo. Any sights/excursions that you would highly recommend?
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Sapphire Princess - Dec. 6, 2008 - Mexican Rivera
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elizabethtaylor
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 09:37 pm | 5th Post |
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Davejohn wrote: Our cruise stops at PV, Mazatlan and Cabo. Any sights/excursions that you would highly recommend?
While in PV we've done the Las Caletas excursion twice and loved it.
http://www.vallarta-adventures.com is the site where you can read all about
it! Whether you book directly with them or go through Princess, you're
still with the same company. We always book this one with Princess since
it guarantees us a spot ---
We've done the Tequila tour and lunch/town tour also, and it was okay,
but a lot of hype. We did buy a couple bottles of a very nice tequila, however,
and are still enjoying its flavor:drunkfriends::shottime:
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Family Man
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 11:06 pm | 6th Post |
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Davejohn wrote: Our cruise stops at PV, Mazatlan and Cabo. Any sights/excursions that you would highly recommend?
If you are adventurous, I recommend one these: http://www.puertovallartatours.net/canopy-tours.htm . We've done Los Veranos and El Eden and both were great. Los Veranos is the most popular over on CC.
I am not normally into horseback riding, but Randi's Happy Horses is hugely popular and we had a blast last November. It is a gorgeous ride on Stone Island and then you are own to have lunch and Pacificos at Victors for very little $. The shrimp is outstanding. While I have not yet used him, eventually I will book through Mazatlan Frank. He and his crew are suppose to be the best tour guide in Mazatlan and there are several excursions available. http://www.mazatlan-frank.com/
In Cabo, we usually just go into town and shop and then eat lunch and drink.  Of course, there is Cabo Wabo, as well as several other places. In November, we did a glass bottom boat ride out around Los Arcos that was pretty cool.
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Family Man
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 11:08 pm | 7th Post |
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elizabethtaylor wrote: Davejohn wrote: Our cruise stops at PV, Mazatlan and Cabo. Any sights/excursions that you would highly recommend?
While in PV we've done the Las Caletas excursion twice and loved it.
http://www.vallarta-adventures.com is the site where you can read all about
it! Whether you book directly with them or go through Princess, you're
still with the same company. We always book this one with Princess since
it guarantees us a spot ---
We've done the Tequila tour and lunch/town tour also, and it was okay,
but a lot of hype. We did buy a couple bottles of a very nice tequila, however,
and are still enjoying its flavor:drunkfriends::shottime:
If Vallarta Adventures knows you are on a cruise ship, they will not allow you to book directly with them. Their contract with the cruise ships prohibits them allowing you to book direct because VA does most of the cruise line excursions in PV.
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4 RCI, 1 Princess, 2 Carnival, & 1 NCL
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Family Man
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Posted: Fri May 30th, 2008 11:11 pm | 8th Post |
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| BTW, the next time we go to Cabo San Lucas, we will try one of these: http://www.cabosanlucastours.net/Canopy-Tours.htm
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Tim
Cruise Planners/American Express
Future:
RCI Monarch 10/10/08
Celebrity Infinity to Alaska 5/22/09
RCI Mariner 6/21/09
? to Canada/New England 9/09
Past:
4 RCI, 1 Princess, 2 Carnival, & 1 NCL
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Davejohn
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Posted: Sun Jun 1st, 2008 02:43 am | 9th Post |
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Thanks for the tips. The Las Caletas tour sounds interesting. I'm a little leery of the zipline tours. A neighbor did one in Costa Rica and shattered her ankle on landing. After several surgeries she still walks with a limp 5 years later. As I approach 60 my bones don't heal as well. An ATV or horseback tour is more my speed.
Mazatlan Frank does look like an interesting site. Thanks.
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Sapphire Princess - Dec. 6, 2008 - Mexican Rivera
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Family Man
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Posted: Sun Jun 1st, 2008 02:55 am | 10th Post |
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I trust and have used these sites. There are several excursions on each to choose from:
Cabo: http://www.cabosanlucastours.net/
Puerto Vallarta: http://www.puertovallartatours.net/ , http://www.vallartaonline.com/
Johann & Sandra have a guarantee that if your ship doesn't make it to port, you don't pay (they refund your money).
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Tim
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RCI Monarch 10/10/08
Celebrity Infinity to Alaska 5/22/09
RCI Mariner 6/21/09
? to Canada/New England 9/09
Past:
4 RCI, 1 Princess, 2 Carnival, & 1 NCL
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elizabethtaylor
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Posted: Mon Jun 2nd, 2008 01:27 am | 11th Post |
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We also did the Randi's Happy Horses a few years ago, and you get a lot
of bang for the buck. However, I had a wild horse who got spooked when a wave came in and he took off and I tried to slow him down and he reared up not once
but twice and I was thrown off of one of Randi's horses. It was my own stupid
fault, probably, because I pulled hard on the reins and didn't know that that would cause the horse to rear up like that, but they didn't go over instructions with us how to
ride the horse there like they did in Hawaii. They didn't match up my husband
and I with the appropriately sized horse either. My horse was way too broad
which was some of the problem, and my husband's horse was too little.
I was thrown and landed on the small of my back on the hard, wet sand. I seriously didn't think
I'd be able to walk for like a minute, and I was so glad when I could walk. when Randi found out about the incident,
she said that that was the second time that week that something like that
had happened. I know Everyone loves Randi to pieces, , BUT
her attitude was quite cavalier when she found out I'd been thrown, and
she tried to crack jokes about it while we were at Victor's. I was nauseated
for the rest of the day. I think I might have had a concussion too.
HEY, this is starting to sound way too MACOP -- 
Anyway, proceed with cautioin is what I'm trying to say. I never wanted to
post this anyplace else, i.e., the darkside, since they'd ream me for speaking
out about the beloved Randi, but after she downed a couple brewskies, she
made light of my incident and became rather obnoxious, I thought. There is no way I'd go on her excursion again.
My back is still in a lot of pain from that day. If only they'd gone over how to
ride a horse [like they do here in the U.S.] I seriously don't believe this would have
happened to me.
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Davejohn
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Posted: Fri Jun 20th, 2008 10:21 am | 12th Post |
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We just got an email from Princess saying they upgraded us to a BA balcony on Caribe deck. Is that a covered balcony deck?
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Sapphire Princess - Dec. 6, 2008 - Mexican Rivera
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Cruise Cat
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 12:46 am | 13th Post |
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| Looking at doing this ship for Sept. 2010.....
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