Cruise Buzz

Cruise Line Update
The Port of Los Angeles starts 2009 strong, with an average of two daily sailings and a total of 22 cruise ship calls at San Pedro in January as the Mexico and trans-Panama Canal Caribbean cruise seasons sail into high gear.

January Highlights:

• Princess Cruises Sapphire Princess, Azamara cruises deluxe 694-passenger Journey and Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) Norwegian Star on Jan. 3;
• Royal Caribbean International (RCI) Vision of the Seas on Jan. 4;
• Princess Cruises Golden Princess on Jan.7;
• NCL Norwegian Star and the Sapphire Princess on Jan. 10;
• Seven Seas Cruises Voyager on Jan. 12 and 13;
• Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Jan. 17;
• Holland America Cruise Lines Rotterdam on Jan. 19;
• Coral Princess on Jan. 20
• Golden Princess and Crystal Cruise Lines Crystal Serenity on Jan. 21;
• Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Jan. 24.
• Jan. 27, Cunard’s new 990-stateroom Queen Victoria begins an 88-day world cruise from Los Angeles
• Oceana Cruises premium 684-passenger Regatta arrives on Jan. 28
• Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Jan. 31.

At least 14 passenger ship calls are scheduled in February including the Golden Princess on Feb. 4, the Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Feb. 7, Cunard Line’s Queen Mary II on Feb. 10, the Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Feb. 14, the Golden Princess on Feb. 18, RCI’s Mariner of the Seas on Feb. 19 and 20, the Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Feb. 21, the Mariner of the Seas on Feb. 22 and the Norwegian Star and Sapphire Princess on Feb. 28. http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esanpedrocalendar%2Ecom&tempid=739553f1a41f4093a846e5ce4695fe78&mailid=3c1a1390efdd46ea9aec9e100c75da22