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by Casa Juan @, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 21:51 (2829 days ago)

Mexico Daily News was featuring the construction of a "new " pier in Zihua and the prospects for a resumption of the cruise ship trade in Zihua. What is the reality that cruise ships will be interested in coming to Zihua?

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by Sun Seeker, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 22:26 (2829 days ago) @ Casa Juan

Zihuatanejo used to be a scheduled stop.

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by Skink, Thursday, February 14, 2019, 13:48 (2829 days ago) @ Sun Seeker

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by Aunt Chelada, Thursday, February 14, 2019, 13:54 (2829 days ago) @ Skink

Seeing is believing. Probably listed Zihua as point of reference as to the direction they will be sailing and the port they will be "passing".

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by Roo, Thursday, February 14, 2019, 19:37 (2829 days ago) @ Casa Juan

We used to go to Cozumel but it changed for the worse so much after the cruise ship terminals were put in that it no longer appeals to us. I fear that Zihuatanejo will suffer the same outcome.

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by HolyMole, Thursday, February 14, 2019, 21:42 (2828 days ago) @ Roo

We used to go to Cozumel but it changed for the worse so much after the cruise ship terminals were put in that it no longer appeals to us. I fear that Zihuatanejo will suffer the same outcome.

I wouldn't call Zihua's new one a "cruise ship terminal". They'll still need to use tenders, which I'm guessing the cruise ship lines probably find expensive, time-consuming and a bit of a pain. The good news about the new pier is that it hopefully will kill any more talk of constructing a real cruise ship pier/terminal out in the middle of the bay.....at least for a few more years.

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by Charlybby, Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 19:02 (2824 days ago) @ HolyMole

:thumb:

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by Sunshine42, Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 16:28 (2823 days ago) @ Casa Juan

Does anyone know if a ladder on the pier, down to the ferries to Las Gatos is in the plans? So difficult to get out of the boats for many.

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by frostbite @, Hamilton MT, Thursday, February 21, 2019, 05:56 (2822 days ago) @ Sunshine42

What's needed is a floating dock, like they have at Las Gatas, rather than a ladder. Rob: is that something you could suggest to the appropriate authorities?

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by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Monday, February 25, 2019, 19:22 (2818 days ago) @ Casa Juan

Mexico Daily News was featuring the construction of a "new " pier in Zihua and the prospects for a resumption of the cruise ship trade in Zihua. What is the reality that cruise ships will be interested in coming to Zihua?

Lots of the passenger liners that travel our coast will add our port to their itinerary again once we have a pier that meets the minimum safety requirements. That's the only reason they stopped coming altogether. Numbers decreased several years ago due to bad publicity that is no longer the same issue along with a repositioning of ships to match the increased demand in certain markets. There are only so many ships, and even though they keep poisoning the oceans and occasionally their own passengers, it looks like millennials love them according to industry market researchers.