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Port of San Diego Opens Cruise Season with Disney Wonder
September 20, 2012

The Port of San Diego will begin its 2012-13 cruise season on Sept. 21 with the inaugural visit of the Disney Wonder at Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier.

A ceremonial plaque exchange will take place onboard the vessel at 11:30 a.m. between Capt. Fabian Dib, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and Port Commissioner Bob Nelson.

The Disney Wonder is sailing out of Los Angeles to San Diego as part of Pixar-themed voyages. This will be the first of four port-of-call visits that the Disney Wonder makes to San Diego.

The vessel returns to San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and Oct. 12.

The Port of San Diego has 85 cruises and more than 270,000 passengers scheduled for calendar year 2012. In early October, the port will have two multi-ship days, with three cruise ships in port on Oct. 4 and three more on Oct. 5.

Although San Diego’s cruise business has dropped over the last few years as the economy floundered, a recent cruise feasibility study performed by the firm of Bermello Ajamil & Partners indicates that the cruise industry is still the world’s fastest growing tourism sector and that San Diego can look expect more frequent cruise line calls beginning in late 2015 to 2017.

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