Woodside Lady Posted March 6, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 6, 2019 We are on the Grand Princess California Coastal Cruise leaving from SF on March 30th. One of the ports of call is listed as LA. There are two ports in LA. One in Long Beach and one in San Pedro. Cruise Mapper shows the ship arriving in Long Beach near the Queen Mary. But all the descriptions of shore excursions makes it sound like the ship will be arriving in San Pedro. I called Princess and they couldn't confirm either way and suggested calling back the week before the cruise. Has anyone been on the California Coastal on the Grand Princess and if so, where did the ship arrive in LA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 4cats4me Posted March 6, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Princess always uses San Pedro and Carnival always uses Long Beach, from my personal experience over the last 16 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted March 6, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 6, 2019 It is very confusing. Sometimes Pacific Coastals from SF stop at Long Beach. I looked at the San Pedro Port schedule for your visit. It IS stopping in San Pedro. I have friends who will be on this cruise too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted March 6, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Woodside Lady said: We are on the Grand Princess California Coastal Cruise leaving from SF on March 30th. One of the ports of call is listed as LA. There are two ports in LA. One in Long Beach and one in San Pedro. Cruise Mapper shows the ship arriving in Long Beach near the Queen Mary. But all the descriptions of shore excursions makes it sound like the ship will be arriving in San Pedro. I called Princess and they couldn't confirm either way and suggested calling back the week before the cruise. Has anyone been on the California Coastal on the Grand Princess and if so, where did the ship arrive in LA? Most of the time in San Pedro however......... as stated above it could be Long Beach on a transit stop during a coastal cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Lady Posted March 6, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted March 6, 2019 cr8tiv1, what website are you looking at for the Port of San Pedro? The website www.sanpedrocalendar.com does not show the Grand Princess there on that day (Tuesday April 2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louanne93 Posted March 6, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 6, 2019 We were on this cruise out of SF a few years ago and it was Long Beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Yoda Posted March 6, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Hope this doesn't get moderated: https://www.portsamerica.com/operations/cruise-los-angeles-terminal-schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted March 6, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 6, 2019 World Cruise Center Schedule Any Month January February March April May June July August September October November December 2018 2019 Month Date Day Line Ship LOA Berth Port of Call April 04-02-2019 Tue PRINCESS Grand Princess 950 B93 In-Transit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted March 6, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ferd Berfle said: Hope this doesn't get moderated: https://www.portsamerica.com/operations/cruise-los-angeles-terminal-schedule Thanks for finding the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted March 6, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 6, 2019 The Grand 7 day Coastal usually always stops in Long Beach. Don't know why it is stopping LA. I wouldn't be surprised if it really did stop in Long Beach. (If show your cruise card can tour the Queen Mary.) Guess you'll find out when your on the Grand. Bon Voyage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingofcool1947 Posted March 6, 2019 #11 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Woodside Lady said: We are on the Grand Princess California Coastal Cruise leaving from SF on March 30th. One of the ports of call is listed as LA. There are two ports in LA. One in Long Beach and one in San Pedro. Cruise Mapper shows the ship arriving in Long Beach near the Queen Mary. But all the descriptions of shore excursions makes it sound like the ship will be arriving in San Pedro. I called Princess and they couldn't confirm either way and suggested calling back the week before the cruise. Has anyone been on the California Coastal on the Grand Princess and if so, where did the ship arrive in LA? They alternate between San Pedro and Long Beach. Call the LA Port Authority. They will know. Enjoy. Edited March 6, 2019 by Kingofcool1947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted March 6, 2019 #12 Share Posted March 6, 2019 15 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said: Most of the time in San Pedro however......... as stated above it could be Long Beach on a transit stop during a coastal cruise. We did a Pacific Coastal on the Grand last spring and it did indeed stop in Long Beach. The location was perfect and we were able to walk over to the Queen Mary to tour the grand old girl. If you show your cruise card, at least when we went, the entrance was complimentary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted March 6, 2019 #13 Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Cruise Raider said: We did a Pacific Coastal on the Grand last spring and it did indeed stop in Long Beach. The location was perfect and we were able to walk over to the Queen Mary to tour the grand old girl. If you show your cruise card, at least when we went, the entrance was complimentary. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted March 6, 2019 #14 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Just now, Colo Cruiser said: Nice! Not to mention there is a complimentary shuttle that takes you into the town of Long Beach. I understand they have a great aquarium there as well as a museum that looked interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted March 7, 2019 #15 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Grand Princess will be in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2nd https://www.cruisemapper.com/ports/los-angeles-port-86?tab=schedule&month=2019-04#schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDDY0827 Posted March 7, 2019 #16 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) I am on this cruise and received an e-mail from Princess saying that the LA stop will be in San Pedro. Port departure time was moved up 1 hour. I received this e-mail over a year ago. Long Beach Grand Prix may or may not have something to do with the change. My cruise personalizer says we stop at Los Angeles, which means San Pedro. Long Beach means Long Beach. Edited March 7, 2019 by EDDY0827 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimer Posted March 7, 2019 #17 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Last years Grand's Cal Coastal stop in Los Angeles and we went to see the Battleship Iowa BB-61. It was located on the next berth. There was a free Trolley taking you to the LA Maritime Museum, Battleship Iowa, Historical Downtown, CRAFTED (Home Made Market Place), Cabrillo Beach and the S.S. Lane Victory (Merchant Marine Cargo Ship) and returns to Berth 93. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTBLCOACH Posted March 7, 2019 #18 Share Posted March 7, 2019 We're on the 30 March cruise as well and have done this same cruise for the last 2 years. Previously we have stopped at Long Beach both times the week of the Grand Prix which means the city streets are set up as the race course...very cool. HOWEVER, for this year's cruise we received an email from Princess stating that the port of call would be Los Angeles (San Pedro) and NOT Long Beach. The cruise this year is approximately one month earlier than it has been in the past (March instead of April) and I think that due to timing, there may be a conflict with a Carnival ship in Long Beach that day. Not to despair, the USS Iowa (BB-61) is a fantastic adventure and well worth the time. Among other things, she is famous as the only ship in the history of the US Navy to have a bathtub on board. It was constructed for FDR to be used during his trip to the Malta conference. May fair winds and calm seas fill your journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Lady Posted March 7, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Eddy0827, I show posted departure time from wherever the LA port is as 9PM. Is that the correct time (after the one hour move up) or are we in for a surprise? And yes, I now have conflicting websites that show the ship will be in both Long Beach and San Pedro that day. Like I said, when I called Princess, they didn't confirm either way. There also appears to be a LOT of construction in San Pedro right now (they are tearing down Ports-O-Call) and the lovely red trolley isn't currently operating. Perhaps the port has worked out some other form of transportation for passengers "enjoying" a port day in San Pedro. Hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDDY0827 Posted March 8, 2019 #20 Share Posted March 8, 2019 9pm is the adjusted time, originally it was 10pm. " Like I said, when I called Princess, they didn't confirm either way." Often times I have found, they can't even confirm that their shoes are tied. 3 calls, 4 different answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodside Lady Posted March 23, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted March 23, 2019 One of our March 30 CC Roll call group is also on the March 20 sailing. So she asked the folks on the Grand Princess, Long Beach or San Pedro? They weren't real clear either, but they were leaning towards San Pedro. Hard to set up car rentals or anything with that kind of a vague answer. Oh well, any port in a ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haboob Posted March 26, 2019 #22 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 5:39 PM, Woodside Lady said: We are on the Grand Princess California Coastal Cruise leaving from SF on March 30th. One of the ports of call is listed as LA. There are two ports in LA. One in Long Beach and one in San Pedro. Cruise Mapper shows the ship arriving in Long Beach near the Queen Mary. But all the descriptions of shore excursions makes it sound like the ship will be arriving in San Pedro. I called Princess and they couldn't confirm either way and suggested calling back the week before the cruise. Has anyone been on the California Coastal on the Grand Princess and if so, where did the ship arrive in LA? Princess ships prefer to dock at Berth 93 in San Pedro, but do not always. For example, the Star will dock at San Pedro's Berth 46 on the 30th, way down at the foot of Miner St. You will even (rarely) see a Princess ship over in Long Beach on one of the two days of the week that Carnival brand isn't using that berth. Check https://www.portsamerica.com/operations/cruise-los-angeles-terminal-schedule for where the Port of LA currently plans to put ships. When I just looked, it said Majestic was to be in-transit at Berth 93, which is at the big World Cruise Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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