mgrahm

On Jun 1, 8:16 am, scabbardgirl <scabbardg...@cox.net> wrote:
> mgr...@tribcsp.com wrote:
> > Hi all
>
> > We are looking at taking a Princess Cruise out of Los Angeles nest
> > year and are wondering what are options are for getting from the LAX,
> > LGB, and SNA to a hotel, then to the cruise terminal, and then back to
> > the airport. Of course we could rent a car, but I am not sure about
> > driving on the freeways in SoCal. Also could take the shuttle offered
> > by Princess, but many times they seem to overprice these. Are there
> > other options? Now really sure where we will be staying, as there are
> > too many options to sort through. I yet to decide if are flying the
> > day before or 2 days before. If we flying in the day before we will
> > most likely try and stay near an airport or cruise terminal. If we fly
> > in 2 days before we may want to stay near someplace near DisneyLand or
> > another tourist site. Please reply if you have any suggestions.
>
> > Thanks
> > Michael
>
> For my Princess cruise the other week, I flew into LGB.  I stayed at the
> Westin Long Beach downtown.  There are several other chain hotels in the
> immediate area.  I definitely remember the Renaissance Hotel next door.
>   From the Westin, it was a quick couple of minutes straight down Ocean
> Ave across Vincent Thomas Bridge to the cruise terminal. The downtown
> Long Beach area has lots of restaurants to choose from, and some cute
> shopping areas.  It's been nicely renovated to a place to stay.  You
> could do without a rental car.  The Crowne Plaza is definitely the
> closest to the terminal, but I'm not sure that there is enough within
> walking distance to do with for dinner and such.  Perhaps some of the
> RTCers who have stayed there can answer that.  I'd hate to have the
> hotel as the only option to eat at, but that's me.
> If you want to fly in a couple of days early and go to Disneyland, SNA
> is a good choice.  But, be aware that American Airlines has a big
> presence there and they are charging for EVERY checked bag.  If you care
> about that, be sure that you choose another airline.

Our choices are UA, DL, or NW (maybe just UA and DL by then) from CPR.
NW is not much of a choice, as we would have to back track to MSP to
may a connection. We would be better off with UA through DEN (did
notice an option through ORD and then DEN and one through DEN and then
SNA for LAX) or DL through SLC. LBG seems out of the question, as only
DL serves it and thus the price lots more.

Michael