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Three Ships Bring 7,913 Cruise Passengers to Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Oct. 6, 2026 — Three cruise ships docked Tuesday morning, filling Puerto Vallarta’s three cruise berths, according to Tuesday’s arrival coverage.

Tuesday’s ship-by-ship figures show Disney Wonder, Carnival Radiance and MSC Poesia carried 7,913 passengers and 3,168 crew members.

Tour buses, taxis, and vendors served passengers as they disembarked, according to the same on-site account.

Activity around the cruise terminal

ASIPONA Puerto Vallarta’s location guide places the terminal on Boulevard Francisco Medina Ascencio in Zona Hotelera Norte. Its access points also connect with Calle Heroica Escuela Naval Militar.

The authority’s visitor guide warns that cruise docking maneuvers can extend waits for passengers boarding local boat tours.

“The wait may occasionally be prolonged,” the guide says of those maneuvers.

Scheduled arrivals and departures

We checked ASIPONA’s updated October calendar, last revised Oct. 5. It lists the following planned times for Tuesday, all in Puerto Vallarta local time.

ShipBerthScheduled arrivalScheduled departure
Disney WonderMuelle 36:45 a.m.3:45 p.m.
Carnival RadianceMuelle 28:15 a.m.10 p.m.
MSC PoesiaMuelle 19:30 a.m.8 p.m.

Based on those times, all three calls overlap from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Disney Wonder has a nine-hour scheduled stay, compared with 13 hours and 45 minutes for Carnival Radiance.

ASIPONA labels the calendar tentative and subject to change.

An added stop from Cabo San Lucas

Tuesday’s itinerary reporting says MSC Poesia replaced a planned Cabo San Lucas stop with Puerto Vallarta. The ship’s next scheduled call is Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on Oct. 10.

The arrivals follow the Oct. 4-5 cruise calls we covered earlier this week.

The updated port calendar lists 21 October calls, including five dates with two ships. It also schedules Koningsdam to stay overnight Oct. 24-25.

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