Mexican Riviera cruises usually include two days and three nights at sea either going down or coming back. These days at sea are relished by many, including me, but some people worry about getting bored when new ports stop arriving at the door of the floating resort.
To get the most of your sea days, be sure to look at the schedule of daily events in the "Princess Patter" (or whatever the daily bulletin is called on your ship). This provides an easy to follow listing of major events throughout the day. During our return trip there were great shows, games, exercise classes, spa treatments, salsa dance lessons, delicious meals, a galley tour, returning guest party and lots of other ways to spend time. I also managed to find time to relax in a lounge chair to read a Robert Ludlum book.
With dinner on Thursday, I finally broke down and bought a bottle of wine to have with dinner. I went with the cheapest red wine on the menu, a Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon at $21, and it proved to be a pleasant complement to dinner for the final three nights. On a cruise, the dining room will cork your unfinished wine bottle and serve it again the next night, so you don't have to polish it off in one sitting. This is true even when Personal Choice Dining is selected, despite the fact that your wait staff changes from one night to the next.
We thoroughly enjoyed this Mexican Riviera cruise. These mainstream cruise lines deliver amazing vacations at modest prices. Some people who don't consider themselves "cruise people" whose experience has been limited to an old tub doing a short getaway cruise or a sober, stuffy, upscale line that costs a lot more should really give lines like Princess, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity a try.
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