> On Jun 1, 8:16 am, scabbardgirl 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
>