This was a Saturday-Saturday, January 19, 2008 cruise out of San Diego to the Mexican Riveria.  We flew out of St Louis the day before in case of bad January weather.  Flights on SWA thru Phoenix were fully booked-missing a leg might have left us with no seats open on later full flights.

Tip: We stayed at the inexpensive Holiday Inn-Bayside on North Harbor Drive-West of the SAN airport (not the more expensive Holiday Inn (not rated well) across N Harbor Drive from the cruise terminal.)  They provided free shuttle to the ship if you signed up for a slot.  They also picked you up at the airport...