waste of a day as everyone had to get off the ship and go through immigration. We were to be off by 9:30, but did not get through until after 11 am. no one was allowed back on the ship until everyone was off. Also the port in in the industrial area of cargo ships with no place to go ...
: This port was a different experience for a lot of reasons. We arrived at midnight. Given that this is the largest US shipping port it would have been wonderful to see the arrival in the daytime. There are shipping containers and cranes for as far as the eye can see. At 2:00 AM I was awakened (on the 10th floor mind you) by the men yelling who were bunkering down below. Bunkering is the ...
My embarkation/disembarkation port. Parking at the pier is $17 a day. I saved a little by using the "park and sail" option at a San Pedro hotel the night before. My car was still there after a 28-day cruise.
Emerald Princess was the only ship in port that day. The terminal can feel really squeezed if embarkation moves slowly or not at all, as it did in my case. The shore staff did a poor ...
