Great Visit to Panama Canal

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Caribbean Princess

10 Night Panama Canal With Costa Rica & Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 20, 2019

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A734

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Overall, I would recommend this cruise to anyone, but particularly to anyone who is appreciative of great engineering accomplishments, which the Panama Canal certainly is.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The dining rooms were well-run. What I particularly liked was that the dining rooms had abundant tables for two which we preferred.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Two adult-only pools was a surprise, but very welcome.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Good but average entertainment for a cruise ship.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Absolutely excellent service in all areas.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship is very well laid out and well-maintained. This was as clean a ship as we've been on.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
We found the cabin satisfactory in all respect except the shower. We were mildly dissapointed that cabin di not contain a love-seat size sofa. Every other cruiseline we've been on featured one in balcony staterooms. The shower was the smallest we've ever had on a cruise.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Been there many times

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
We took a walking tour of Cartagena. It was excellent.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
Fantastic day at the canal.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

2 out of 5
The port was unintersting and the banana train tour we took was not at all worth what it cost us.

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5
Falmouth has a beautiful port. We very much enjoyed our Great House excursion.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Disney has the best disembarkation process. The processes of the other cruiselines we have been on, including Princess, are good but not great.
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

GerryBCruisin    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your review of the Caribbean Princess.

javawoody    3 years ago

Thanks for the review and sharing

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Thanks for the honest review

ThatGirlSteph    4 years ago

Glad you had such a good trip

trvljet    4 years ago

Thank you. I love this particular ship and looking forward to cruising on her again next June. It was the perfect size and fit for us. I enjoyed their shows last June and liked the high tech improvements. I agree about the showers, way to small. I loved spending time around the atrium. I am not ready for the mega ships. If I want a mall or a total amusement park I will go to one but for us not on cruise. Personal choice. The Panama Canal is VERY HIGH on our bucket list. Don and Helen from Newnan, Georgia Thank you for the review.

2cruisemates    4 years ago

We been on the Caribbean Princess twice and agree on all counts. The shower is much too small and a 2 seater sofa in place of a single chair that sits in the way would be much better however she is still a very nice ship and we enjoyed her both times.

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