Just off the Koningsdam Mexican Riviera cruise 12/10/22 to 12/17/22. Great time and cruise. Of course there are always some pluses and minuses, but overall it was good! Love cruising out of San Diego! As we live here it is so convenient not to have to fly anywhere. I wish more cruising options were available.

For a bit of perspective of my review - this was our 2nd time on the Koningsdam (last was Oct/November 2021 California Coastal Cruise). We have cruised about 25-30 cruises, are in our mid-50s and the majority of our most recent cruises were on HAL, but our most recent was on Discovery Princess (1st Princess cruise) to Alaska from Seattle to Vancouver (where unfortunately I came down with Covid-19).

Embarkation – in San Diego it was quick and efficient. Our boarding time assigned about 1 week out was Group B 11:50a.m. We had an Uber drop us at about 11:30 a.m. – bags given to porter and then processed super quick. There is no longer a Verifly line – fyi. There was minimal waiting and then they directed us to a line, that started letting us on the ship and we were on by 11:50 a.m, in the cabin by Noon. MDR was open for lunch from 12 to 1pm – so we made a beeline there to eat and have our 1st drink. Read more