This was a week long vacation packed into just three nights. The three night Coastal Getaway was short and sweet. With one sea day and one day docked in Ensenada it was over too soon yet we all felt satisfied.

This was my ninth cruise on Princess and the first time on the Golden. My sister had been on 18 prior Princess cruises and had sailed on the Golden before. My parents had been on 17 prior Princess cruises.

We arrived at the pier before 11:30 a.m. and drove around to get to the drop-off area. We were stopped along the way and handed a paper requesting that we leave and return after 1:00 p.m. due to a semi-annual U.S. Coast Guard inspection of the vessel. Since we had my elderly parents with us we decided that it was best for us to continue on to the terminal and drop them off and then park. They were allowing passengers into the terminal and there were no lines so we were quickly checked in and then waited in the terminal for boarding. BVE and in-transit people were allowed on after 12:45 p.m. Elite and platinum boarding commenced about 1:00 p.m. Read more