San Diego, California Port Reviews

Trolley tour was quite enjoyable and tour guide very knowledgeable

We grabbed a taxi to the zoo.. Cost was about $14 plus tip each way. Enjoyed a cart tour and walking around zoo.

Rating is clouded by Cruise Excursion for the San Diego Zoo - which is a wonderful place to visit, just not on the Cruise Excursion... We paid $169 per person expecting a guided tour of San Diego and drop for a day at the Zoo. We did get a bus to take us to the Zoo. Our "escort" made certain to share that he was not a "Tour Guide" but simply the escort for our trip over to the Zoo. Write-up implied a double deck bus ride from the port to the zoo with information on San Diego and its history. We weren't the only ones looking for the double deck bus. Which by the way, the San Diego Zoo has - double deck buses - that are available to any patron with a day ticket which is about $59 per person. Go to the San Diego Zoo. Take a taxi or ride share for $20 or less, buy your own ticket(s) and ride back to port on your schedule for another $20 or so.

We live here in San Diego, so we love it!

Much to do within walking distance of the ship in San Diego! To the south, the USS Enterprise museum ship is right next door with Seaport Village just a few minutes' walk beyond that. To the north, there's the Maritime museum and Little Italy is beyond and a few blocks inland. A few blocks to the east is the old Santa Fe Depot and Red Car stop - a quick way to get over to Old Town and a taste of Mexico in the USA. We booked an Old Town Trolley tour via their web site rather than using Princess. Instead of wasting time assembling at an appointed time and getting an extra sticker on the ship, we saved a couple of dollars, walked off the ship at our leisure and boarded the trolley at the visitor center less than a block from the terminal. Old Town Trolley's main stop is Old Town - a great place to wander over to Casa de Reyes for a light lunch of margaritas, chips & salsa.

Visited: Apr 16, 2022

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Took the Old Town Trolley tour one day. An excellent way to see everything as it’s “hop on/hop off.” The Hotel del Coronado was a nice stop, although extremely pricey. We also visited the San Diego Zoo on another day, which was really really nice. Plan on at least 4-6 hrs there to see everything.

The Hop on & Off Old Town Trolley was not available thru Princess, but available on Old Town Trolley we site. Hop on & off was good, since we want to stop Hotel Del Coronado & the second to the last stop, Little Italy. We saw some people had to wait, because there were no seats available.

No excursion

Did not go ashore thus time but have sailed from here several times and it’s a vibrant city with much to see and do.

Loved the hop on Trolley. Super fun and very interesting about the history