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San Diego is a great city to cruise from. It has everything that Los Angeles does not: for one, the downtown area is within walking distance to the pier. Another reason why I love to cruise from San Diego is the proximity of the airport to the port, which is very close.
With two centrally located cruise ship terminals downtown just minutes from the San Diego International Airport, as well as chic bayside cheap european cruise hotels, restaurants and exciting attractions, San Diego is the perfect cruise port, serving a wide range of cruise lines with diverse itineraries.
Ten cruise lines make calls in San Diego including Disney the newest addition Carnival, Celebrity, Crystal, Holland America, Norwegian, Regent Seven Seas, Princess, Royal Caribbean and Silversea. Each year, about 75 cruise ships dock in San Diego Bay, one of the most beautiful natural cheap european cruise harbors on the West Coast.
San Diego s cruise ship season runs September through May. Exotic destinations include Hawaii, Tahiti/French Polynesia, the Caribbean, Australia/New Zealand, the Panama Canal, South America, Central America and Mexico. San Diego Bay is considered the Gateway to the Mexican Riviera with numerous 3-11 day cruises to popular ports of call like Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, Acapulco, Ixtapa and Puerto Vallarta.
Disney Cruise Lines will begin offering three and five-day cruises from San Diego to Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico beginning May 17, 2015 aboard the Disney Wonder ocean liner. Four Mexico cheap european cruise cruises are also scheduled for October 2015. In addition, Disney cheap european cruise offers a two-night weekend getaway off the San Diego coast (May 15, 2015) and five-night San Diego to Vancouver, Canada cruise (May 20, 2015).
Enhancements to the Broadway cheap european cruise Pier, site of the Port Pavilion cruise ship terminal, are underway to make it more inviting to the public. Features include new moveable furniture, shade structures and decorative elements, including a historical Port timeline created cheap european cruise on engraved cheap european cruise brass plates. The project is expected to be completed by August 2014.
The pier is open to the public on days when no cruise ships are berthed there. The enhancements will encourage visitors to walk out onto the pier, explore, relax and enjoy panoramic views of San Diego Bay.
A new, pedestrian-friendly North Embarcadero project along Harbor Drive downtown, adjacent to the two cruise ship terminals, is quickly taking shape. Features include a park, gardens, landscaped promenades, palm-lined cheap european cruise medians, jacaranda groves and outdoor seating that were completed in July 2014. Shaded cheap european cruise pavilions under construction will soon be home to a new San Diego Visitor Information Center, kiosks for Flagship and Hornblower harbor/whale watching tours and a café; completion is expected in September 2014.
Also along the Embarcadero, a grand new Waterfront Park, featuring playgrounds, expansive grass lawns and a spectacular 830-foot long fountain with reflecting pools and 31 water jets, opened in May 2014. Free and open the public, the community park is the largest urban park to open in San Diego since Balboa Park in 1915.
Across the street from the cruise ship terminals, on the northeast corner of North Harbor Drive and Broadway, construction has begun on two sleek new Marriott-branded hotels and a 1.6-acre park with pedestrian paths, lawns, trees, interactive sculptures and a food pavilion. The hotels will share a common lobby and be operated as a Springhill Suites and Residence Inn (400 total guestrooms). cheap european cruise Completion is expected in 2016.
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Happiness is calling in San Diego. For more information on San Diego s cruise ship offerings, visit the San Diego Tourism Authority s website at www.sandiego.org/what-to-do/cruises.aspx , the Port of San Diego s website at www.thebigbay.com/san-diego-cruise-ship-schedule.html. A CruiseSchedule Port of San Diego app is also available for free download from the App Store.