The port of San Pedro itself is ugly. LA is such a huge area, and we spent time at Universal Studios prior to the cruise, that you can't judge the entire metro area on this crappy port. ...
First time sailing out of Los Angeles (San Pedro). A far superior experience compared to other departure terminals previously used (Seattle and San Diego where not bad per se but San Pedro showed how much better those other ports could aspire to). San Diego was efficient, expedient, clean, an overwhelming abundance of support and help-people from the curb to the ship's cabin. ...
Nice hotel for one night and toured the San Pedro Marine Museum which explores the history of the area - fishing and a large Japanese-American community on the island that is now the container port. Walked the marina. ...
We had a late-night plane, so we spent the day doing a tour of Rodeo Drive and Hollywood. It was starting to rain by the end, which made Rodeo Drive a bit of a drag, but our informative tour guide made it an excellent experience. ...
Port stay was from 8-5pm. Booked an excursion to Venice Beach, Canals and Santa Monica pier. (8:30-1:30) left at 9am arrived back at 1:05pm cutting an hour from our time in Santa Monica and Venice Beach. Tour guide was only chatting to front of bus. Answered questions but us in back not told what the question was. Constantly telling driver where to go or looking up things on his phone. Rude when ...
After I disembarked I did a City tour of LA through Sunseeker Tours because they offered an 8hr tour of LA and picked up at the cruise terminal and dropped off at the airport. They were super professional and lovely and picked me up at the terminal with my luggage. We traveled across LA (around 130 miles overall) and visited Griffith Park, Walk of Fame, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Venice Beach, ...
Awful location. San Pedro surrounded by cargo ships and mountains of shipping containers. Our driver could not get to the ship because all the exits were blocked by trucks waiting to deliver their loads. Seabourn claims that its smaller ships can get into ports close to the action. That was not the case in Los Angeles. ...
Lots to see but everything is so spread out and traffic is so heavy, you can really only do two things in a day. The Getty Center is quite nice and the Griffith Observatory has great views and a nice museum too. ...