Colon, Panama Port Reviews

We did the Guatano Lake tour. Very nice!

Didn't stay long and could not go outside a mile perimeter.

Only had an hour here but visited the few shops

We did not really see Colon as it was just a pick-up place for the ship to retrieve us from our Panama Canal excursion to Panama City.

Not a lot going on here near the port and we were warned about venturing outside the port area sue to crime. We did not book an excursion at this port.

We left immediately. Area around the dock looked really rough.

Been here previously. Was disappointed in the tour as I must have misunderstood the description. Thought we were visiting the old locks but went to the new lock. Did that earlier.

This was our only RCL tour. Waited well past our noted arrival time. 37 groups left before us. When we finally were told to head to the busses it was chaos. No one knew what they were doing. Busses were late taking off. We were doing the Engineering Panama Canal tour. After a 90 minute drive we arrived at a boat ramp and got on a 2 level boat. The canal was fascinating. We dropped 9 meters in 10 minutes as we went through several locks. Ended up in the Pacific watching the ships lined up to cross back through the canal. Lunch was a total mess. 3 lines merged into one, took an hour to get through the line and the food was not good. When we got off it was another chaotic mess and we arrived late back to the ship. We were too late for our dinner so it was room service night.

Panama Canal experience was cool! A ship was actually moving through the locks!

Bad info by crew said shops closed on Sunday. Found out from others not so.