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Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Caribbean Princess

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

Sail date: September 18, 2018

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E211

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Before the cruise I thought that a 10 day cruise might be too long. Boy, was I wrong!! This was a wonderful experience, with a few exceptions, from beginning to end. As always, staff was helpful and friendly. Food was fantastic, again, as usual. Ports of call were very good, especially Cartagena and Limon! The only downside was that the ship seemed a little tired looking. It could use a good refurbishing. In our room, for instance, the vent was held to the ceiling with duct tape. Overall, though, a relaxing, exciting experience that we would do again!!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Make sure you have enough expense funds allocated. A lot of extra charges on board ship.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Falmouth, Jamaica

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama Did not visit port

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

italianmama    6 years ago

Thanks for your post. We are doing this cruise in 2020 and we can hardly wait. So looking forward to seeing all of it.

Cindystokes318    6 years ago

I’m looking forward to retirement so I can book longer cruises than the 15 day max I can take due to my work schedule.

seachick66    6 years ago

My husband and I love longer cruises since we fly to ports

gatorhotline    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. We prefer longer cruises also. 2-3 weeks is a great length. Have a 3-month trip coming up. Will be interested to see how that goes.

RetiredRay    6 years ago

I love longer cruises,especially since we have to fly and may have to get a hotel for a day. But then again, the longest I was at sea was 60 days, but that was NOT the same type of cruise😁. Thanks for the heads up on the ship.

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Totally agree about the length. My wife booked a 14 day cruise last January. I thought that would be too long. It wasn't. We are booking a 15 day Panama Canal cruise

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