All,
I will detail more in my journal, but the following may be of interest for you:
RE: What and where to fly into: We flew Jet Blue into Long Beach, which is the closest airport to to San Pedro, where the Los Angeles Port is.
RE: Where to Stay - I mentioned this on another thread, but the Sheraton San Pedro worked out fine for us. Not too swanky, but it is 5 minutes away from the World Cruise Center and they run a free shuttle over there! They claim they are remodeling and will have the Sheraton's equivalent of the Westin's Heavenly Beds soon, who knows!! We paid $99 for a Club Level which includes continental breakfast.
RE: Canopy Tour - The tour operator is the same one RSSC uses. When I had contacted them independently they basically told me that they were the same folks who were doing the RSSC one and just to go with RSSC. The difference was about 5 dollars (I think, I'd have to check my notes) and if you do the RSSC sponsored tour, they are on the hook to get you back to the ship on time. It's a first class outfit, though, so if Todd gets the big group independently with them instead of RSSC, I'm sure there will be no hitch. I just thought I would let you guys know.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends ~~M. Angelou~~
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