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Cruise Industry News & Platinum Highlights variety of live sports broadcasting. Towels and swimming from the deck into the water park… also for free.
Cozumel’s Premier Beach Park Has Expanded to Include an Amazing New Water Park, and Your Vacation Will Never Be the Same!
FONATUR Operadora Portuaria has 3 integral port administrations, and two of them rank in the top 10 ports with major tourist influx.
You can lie in the sun and hold up your hand when you’re thirsty, or join in the party action. Getting too hot? Go for a swim!
• API Cabo San Lucas • API Bahias de Huatulco • API Ixtapa – Zihuatanejo (newest destination)
If you arrive on a cruise ship, Margaritaville is only a short, 10minute ride from any pier or even walking from Punta Langosta Pier.
Since 2 years ago, FONATUR Operadora has worked together with Central American countries—Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca—to create a new cruise route and strengthen our 3 integral port administrations in Cabo San Lucas, Huatulco and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.
The weather and fun are here at Margaritaville Cozumel restaurant, and you should be too.
Port of Guaymas Increases Business The Port of Guaymas has formally confirmed the arrivals of the 1,258-passenger, Holland America Line Statendam for December 9th, 2013 and 694-passenger Azamara Quest on February 3rd, 2014. Port of Guaymas will serve as the new destination, and the Sea of Cortez is ready to welcome tourists from all around the world with a new state-ofthe-art cruise international center, featuring an innovative Santa Fe style. Discover the paradise where the desert meets the sea. As a port along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Guaymas has experienced a colorful past, is the most important port of the state of Sonora and one of the oldest ports in Mexico.
Have a blast with family and friends at Playa Mia Grand Beach & Water Park. Explore the Buccaneer’s Bay kids area; a lagoon-pool chock-full of fun activities, including a pirate ship, water cannons, sprays & animal slides. Relax with your favorite cocktail at the Oasis Island Pool & Jacuzzi; then make a splash on the 200-foot-long Twin Twister Waterslides. You’ll find top-notch services, facilities and exciting activities for all ages, such as paddle boats, hobie cats, water trampoline, kids club, lounge chairs, shopping and much more! Combine your beach park experience with other exceptional activities, including the Catamaran Double Site Snorkel excursion in the National Marine Park or the dynamic hands-on Mexican Cuisine Workshop & Tasting Tour.
As a result of these negotiations, it has been confirmed that Azamara Cruises will begin operations of the route in the first quarter of 2013. Through these efforts, it is hoped that the arrival of cruise ships to Mexican ports will increase considerably due to logistic and security warranties. Cruise Ships Set Sail for Nicaragua
At Playa Mia Grand Beach & Water Park, the fun never ends! FONATUR Operadora Portuaria Develops New Route with Central American Countries
Central America’s new travel destination offers enjoyable land excursions for cruise passengers. Nicaragua, known as the “Land of Lakes and Volcanoes,” has become Central America’s “hotspot” vacation destination. Travelers planning a Fourth Quarter 2012 • Cruising Magazine 13