Terrific Caribbean Cruise

Item: Caribbean Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: beckyjp

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

beckyjp

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

20 Night Caribbean & Panama Canal Explorer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 18, 2018

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Thoroughly enjoyed the Caribbean Princess, it was our first Princess cruise and will not be our last. She is an older ship but still a grand one. The service was excellent, everyone was friendly and outgoing. The food in the Main Dining Room was great, did not like the buffet food at lunch, did not eat dinner at the buffet so can not comment (breakfast was good). We did the wedding renewal ceremony and Princess did an excellent job., would recommend it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Embarkation was very fast got there around 11 am and never even sat down went through check in and onto ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Enjoyed the main dining room food. The lunch buffet was disappointed, did not eat dinner there at buffet

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Enjoyed all activities that we participated in

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Enjoyed all of the shows.

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All staff we encountered were excellent. Our room Steward Ed (Edquardo) was great could not have requested anyone better. Our waiters Renante and Jason were terrific. The photographers were all friendly and outgoing.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We were in D522 mini suite which was nice, needs a bit updating but was clean and served its purpose for the amount of time we were in the cabin.

Ship tip

Enjoy - she is a great ship

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

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Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Did not do anything at this port but go to port and shop

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Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the land and sea tour, visiting the fort, the city and boat ride.

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Colon, Panama Did not visit port

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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Our Monster Bus tour was cancelled, so we just walked around the city and shopped at some of the local shops. There was a nice park visited close to the port.

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George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Really enjoyed visiting Stingray city, Hell and Turtle Farm.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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foot 6 years ago

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RetiredRay 6 years ago

Serwatkas, go to the Princess website or google for wedding vow renewal. The information is under Romance “Renewal of Vows Package”.

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chrissyjk 6 years ago

Love that ship

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serwatkas 6 years ago

My husband and I are sailing in June on the Caribbean Princess. We were discussing renewing our vows as well. How did you go about setting that up?

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Suescott 6 years ago

Just got off of the Caribbean Princess and it’s now fully medallion ready. It’s so convenient and enjoyable.

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RetiredRay 6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed the trip. 18 more days for us.

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Great

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Other reviews of this sailing

Superb and friendly staff! Our housekeeper Danny attended to many different needs and was great at anticipating needs! Thank you . security staff , front desk personal , the the amazing serving staff at the buffet , thank you for your time with my mom !

Most disgusting room I’ve ever stayed in. $10,000 suite was gross dirty and mildew beyond imagination.

Great experience