Shuttled in on tenders. Tenders take you to the main marina. As soon as you leave cruise ship area you will be bombarded with vendors offering their services. My wife and I love the beach , we could see the beach as we tendered in and so decided to walk to it, Don't do it what looks like a few hundred yard is probably well over a mile and at 90 degree heat seems a lot further.
We took a water taxi $6 each round trip this is not a suitable option for old or disabled as you have to jump the 4 feet from the front of the boat to the beach and obviously climb back up for the return journey (a few boats had steps to aid you with this) . The main beach has lots of bars where if you buy food and drink from them , they will allow you to use their loungers free of charge ( some have minimum charge ) . Prices not to bad.

On our 2nd day in Cabo we again went to the beach , however this time we went to " Lovers Beach " this a little further away from the marina $8 each round trip. This beach is much quieter there are no facilities here at all . It is at the tip of the Baha peninsula . You can walk through a break in the cliffs from the sheltered side of the bay to the Pacific side and watch the large waves roll in.Wear something on your feet sand is very course on the walk through.
Lots of bars and restaurants at the marina most of which have reasonable prices

Cabo San Lucas

Ship docks at quay side so much easier access than using tender.
There are a couple of bars and a few small shops come market stalls in the port area. We again headed for the nearest beach , we where advised by ship crew that we should walk along main highway and enter the beach through a hotel where you can rent their loungers. This is what we did $10 .
However when we explored the beach we found you can get entry to the beach through a walkway behind port area about 20mins quicker.
There is a small shopping mall across the road from the dock and there is also a Walmart which is great for stocking up on treats tooth paste etc

Puerto Vallarta

Poor entertainment was not limited to main theatre , lounge singers not great either.The main things that we thought could be changed are:-

The on board entertainment was very poor , amature almost with the exception of one night we left before the end.

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