Mazatlan, Mexico

Cross Country Biking or Deer Island Kayak Tour

Akasharogue — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:45:55 GMT

Has anyone done these excursions? My friends and I are interested in doing one of these and are wondering if one would be better than the other. Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Whale Watching.

Hillcountry — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:21:15 GMT

We understand the best time to see whales is from January thru March. Is January a good time to see whales and which port is better Mazatlan or Cabo?

Any help would be appreciated.

Is this board for a bunch of snobs?

newbie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:50:08 GMT

Do you people deliberately ignore someone that doesn't have hundreds of posts? If this is the way you folks treat newcomers I wonder why anyone bothers.

Mexican Show, Sightseeing & Shopping excursion in Mazatlan

newbie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:52:32 GMT

We have that tour booked for our cruise in June. Has anyone gone on that excursion? What was it like? Did you enjoy it? Was it worth the money?

We loved Mazatlan

LA Aggie 85 — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:07:40 GMT

My wife and i visited for her 40th birthday. We both have been to Mexicon; but found this location to be our absolute favorite to date. It seemed well developed with beach resorts and nightlife and yet somehow seemd more authentic and less touristy than other locations. We discovered that Mexican nationals like to vacation here. In fact, many restaurants and shop keepers greeted us in spanish rather than english. (translation: spanish is still the dominant language rather than "tourist"). We toured the sierra madres and loved the colonial villages. We loved the neighborhood bakeries and the open-air markets and the covered main marketplace downtown. This whole expereince seemed like "real" Mexico. We are anxious to return with our children and share the experience. Needless to say the seafood is simply outstanding and the mexican food was superb. This location left no desire unfilled. Bravo!

Shopping, Beach, and Lunch

ILoveLucy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:53:01 GMT

Hello Everyone!

Has anyone done the Shopping, Beach, and Lunch excursion in Mazatlan? I am wondering if it is worth it, and would like to hear thoughts and comments before I book! Thank you!

Just returned Jan 11th

vcundy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:50:38 GMT

Mazatlan was one of our favorite ports, we were a little concerned when we docked because mostly what you see is industrial type surroundings, a mini type tram loads up the passengers when you get off the ship and takes you to a terminal area where you will be SWARMED with vendors,taxis, tour operators, etc. We didn't book anything through the ship, and did everything on our own ( which is highly discouraged by Carnival ) with good cause I'm sure, but we took our chances and did our own thing. 2 of our group walked a couple of blocks to the Marina and pd $2 pp for the water taxi over to Stone Island, they had a fantasic day hanging out on the beach. The total cost for them for food and drinks all day was about $25 pp. The other 4 in our group went with a taxi who charged us $50 total for all 4 of us and he toured us around the entire area for about 4-5 hours, he took us to all the popular sights, we stopped numerous times for photos, he took us to a locals favorite for lunch, and we ended the day at the Golden Zone for some shopping before we headed back to the ship. We felt like we got the most out of this stop because we were able to see so much and get a real feel of the area. I recommend doing your shopping in Mazatlan or Puerta Vallerta because Cabo is more expensive for the very same things you can get at these ports and in Cabo they don't care to bargain.

Important to note that if you do your own thing with a taxi......make sure you get a driver who knows english....quiz him well, do make sure he understands you and you understand him, then negotiate the price...the want to charge $25 pp for the day but you can get them down, like I said we ended up with a price of $50 for 3 hours for all 4 of us and he ended up extended it to about 4 1/2 hrs we pd him a little more, another couple we talked to said they did a taxi for $20 pp for the whole day....our first taxi driver turned out to not speak so well, so we had him take us back to the terminal and negotiated with a different driver who turned out to be fantastic!