We made the mistake of booking the city tour trough Disney and as a result we really did not get to experience much of what this port has to offer. Prior to arriving in PV there were some things I really wanted try. I had heard how much better margaritas were in PV than anywhere else. That the city was famous for things like "fish on a stick", shrimp and fish taco's, I thought we would have a chance to ck out some resorts, the beach, and do some shopping. I did not have a opportunity to do any of that. Instead of being shown the best of what Puerto Vallarta had to offer, we were bored to tears being shown statues, a church, and being lectured on Mexican history. We were then taken to a targeted group of merchants who obviously had a kickback deal with the tour company to ensure we would not be given the opportunity to shop anywhere except in there overpriced jewelry shops. We were then taken up in the mountains to a restaurant of the tour companies choice where we had the choice of one meal which was some kind of sorry excuse for chicken fajitas for $10 a plate. By the time we got back to the ship, the day was pretty much shot. I started the tour with about 1500 pesos to spend in PV. I returned to the ship with 1100. I am sure PV has some good things worthwhile of attracting tourists, I can not say what they are, and I personally have no reason to ever return. 


Puerto Vallarta

Cabo is designed for tourists. When you arrive at the marina by tendor, the marina area is for the most part secured and only merchants and tourists are allowed in. For most part, for what tourists are looking for, you never need to leave the marina area. Lots of activities, restaurants, and shops. It is very clean, well managed, and safe. I decided to venture into town and see what the rest of the area looked like. The town is clean, with information booths on the corners to direct tourists, and police at every crosswalk to stop traffic for pedestrians. Cabo obviously goes to great effort to protect and to do what ever they can to make it easy for tourists to spend money. With cruise ships pulling out of the Mexican Riviera, Mexico stands to loose a large piece of their tourist industry. There is a lot for other areas to learn from Cabo's success. 


Cabo San Lucas

Close to theaters, but far from drink fountain, close to forward elevators.

It is a little hard to understand why a children's oriented cruise puts so little effort in having good tasting food for the kids, it is hard enough to get kids to eat as it is.I especially appreciated Disney's alcohol policy and would not consider going on any cruise which enforced a strict policy on bringing your own alcohol on board.

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