Passengers arriving by ship pass the tip of Point Loma and the city's first lighthouse before entering San Diego Bay. Keep your cameras handy as you approach the bay's panorama of sailboats, yachts and Navy battleships backed by the mirrored towers of downtown.
White sails soar skyward from the roof of the San Diego Convention Center, just south of the cruise-ship terminal. Farther south is the sweeping arch of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge.
Cruise-ship captains and crew rave about San...