starfish54

I am looking for 2 nights stay in February sailing and both Crown Plaza and Doubletree are giving me $350+ night! This is more expensive than cruise. I have to look for another alternative somewhere else, it really doesn't matter where we stay as long as it's somewhere we can take a cab from. The issue is we are getting there on Friday evening and we'd like to spend Saturday sightseeing. If we decide to go to a park (which I know 1 day is nowhere near enough for weekend) then we can stay at Anaheim area, at least even if we spend $300/night, we are near the park and we don't need park for food/etc vs staying at double tree there is nothing much nearby. I still would like to get a car so I can pick up the family from airport on Friday evening and make it more convenient for everyone but returning the car is the problem since it's shocking there are no rental agencies near the port that's open on sundays. Unless I drive family to port, then take the car to LGB, take cab back to port.

Thank you but I wanted to remind everyone Hertz is closed on Sundays, unfortanately and they close very early on Saturdays. So back to square one. 😞 Monday 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Tuesday 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Wednesday 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Thursday 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Friday 08:00 am - 05:00 pm Saturday 09:00 am - 12:00 pm Sunday Closed

I was thinking of using Budget, and dropping the car a day earlier (Saturday) but most places close very early on Saturday as well and most budget places are not open on Sunday. I never realized how most places close early in California.

I have the same question, I will be driving to Los Angeles from Vegas on Thursday night, picking up family from LAX airport on Friday so we will have Saturday to explore the town, then on Sunday I'd like to return the car to closest place near the cruise terminal then embark on Sunday. What do other cruises recommend? Just return the car on Saturday and take uber to terminal on Sunday?

Update: I went back to complete the purchase. 😞 All staterooms are gone.

We are really excited about it, is there ever any possibilities of balcony or other type of room opening up, or any insider connection maybe different sites getting different types of rooms? It's not just being in the front but we really love the balcony rooms. Thanks for the suggestion. What do you think about the RC's ship out of Baltimore? "Enchantment of the Seas", looks line one of their smallest ships.

Hi everyone, we are in New York and we hope to go on a cruise sometime between 3/31-4/10. We can budget up to $1500 (including airfare) per person at least Ocean View if possible, a family of 3 with a small child. I found Anthem of the Seas 4/2-4/9 Bayonne, which is perfect for us. We can drive, park there, and then drive back home on return, it saves a lot of time, but only in front of the ship (literally on bow/nose) on deck 9 and 10. We cruised several times before but never in the front. Would we be taking a big risk, especially with a long time on the sea on our way down? Would you suggest any other ships/departures? I think there was one from Baltimore but only Inside cabins were available. I know we are late but we had other plans that changed. We also consider going to Europe and taking a European cruise, but can't find too many that fit this schedule, that's also another possibility. (I can understand we have to increase our budget, I would do up to $2000-$2500 for European cruises) Thanks in advance!