"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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> "dparkaa" wrote in message
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>> On my other post I mentioned that we had stayed at Loews and that you
>> should rent a car. However it appears that you really would prefer not
>> to so Iwould like to offer another suggestion.
>> If you take a shuttle, why not just go to Coronado and then take the Old
>> Town Trolley. Goes all over San Diego including the zoo and Old Town.
>> One of the stops is in Coronado and then take it for the day and you can
>> get on and off at your leisure. Would beat taking the water taxi to San
>> Diego and then having to walk or take some other means to see anything.
>> You can go to their web site www.oldtowntrolley and there is a map and
>> lots of other information.
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> Good Grief. Now I am totally confused. This is what a SD resident advised
> me on CruiseCritic...
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> "If you have plenty of time to waste, you can get a public bus along the
> Silver Strand which will take you to the Coronado passenger ferry landing,
> then take the passenger ferry to the pier next to the cruise ship pier,
> then walk 2-3 blocks to the San Diego Trolley, or catch another bus. The
> Trolley can take you to Old Town, or the Gaslamp Quarter, ......., but it
> does not go to Balboa Park, the Zoo, or Sea World. You would have to take
> more buses to do that."
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> This contradicts some of what you said. I called the resort and they
> advised the buses would only get us to Coronado, but not into San Diego.
> If the Trolley will get us from Coronado to the Gaslamp Quarter, Zoo and
> Old Town, we'd be pretty happy. I'll check that website and make more
> calls. Thanks.
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> Peter
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I think I'm confusing the Old Town Trolley with the municipal public San
Diego Trolley system!! The Old Town Trolley is a private tour operator?
Actually, the Old Town Trolley and tours looks exactly like the sort of
activities and transportation we'd need for the few days we're there!
Thanks.
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