San Diego 2026

My 35 night French Polynesia cruise came to an end in San Diego where I met back up with Bob to spend a couple fun days in town before jumping on a plane to Kauai.

 We love the Hyatt Manchester and the club lounge there with complimentary breakfast, lunch, dinner and almost Free drinks. We didn’t do any museums this year, but we did manage to enjoy Seaport village and the boardwalk. Racked up 20k steps just wandering around and ended up at KC BBQ- a San Diego tradition.

Hyatt Manchester towering above Seaport Village

No trip to San Diego is complete without hitting up KC

BBQ- home of the bar scene from Top Gun. The actual piano that goose played and jute box that Kelly dropped her quarter in remain and the bar is always a good time. Here’s a clip of the bartender explaining just how the scene was shot in the bar-

The jute box Kelly put her quarter in

Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire

The bar is filled with military memorabilia