Sapphire Princess Review: Dates: 4/22/06  4/29/06 Itinerary: 4/22: Los Angeles (Sail Away 4:15PM) 4/23: Sea Day 4/24: Sea Day 4/25: Puerto Vallarta (Docked) 4/26: Mazatlan (Docked) 4/27: Cabo San Lucas (Tender) 4/28: Sea Day 4/28: Bonus Sea Day and Disembark in LA (3:30 PM).

Let us describe this ship in one word  WOW!!! The Sapphire Princess is beautiful.

Embarkation: We arrived at the World Cruise Center in San Pedro a little before 11 am. We drove from Northern CA so we parked in Lot Number 2, which is the first gate on the left after you pass the security gate. Parking is $12 per 24 hour period, and is a short walk to the terminal building no matter where you park in the lot. Gave our bags to the porters at the curb and walked into the terminal building. They will check your ID and cruise paperwork at this point so make sure you have it ready. You then go up stairs to the check in counter; there was not line when we arrived so all we had to do was wait for an agent to finish up with someone (less than 3 minutes). The check in process also was quick, as we had done on line check in, so it basically was a paperwork/ID check again and getting the cruise cards. We then walked over to the waiting area, and were given group numbers (we got group # 1). Boarding started at about 12 noon, with a wedding group first, then platinum and above, then group numbers. Group one was called about 12:10 pm and were on the ship in less than 5 minutes after going thru the metal detectors and the photographers. We did have an issue with both our cruise cards and security could not take our pictures, so we had to go to the Guest Services desk and get them replaced. Once than was taken care of we went back to the security podium and got our photos attached to our cards. Read more