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Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Coral Princess

Sail date: March 01, 2007

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 17 years ago

Review summary

our 17th Princess cruise, first time into the Panama Canal, good itinerary with at sea days spaced evenly throughout cruise, one of 6 ships in Cozumel and one of 8 ships in Grand Cayman so it was crowded ashore, stage show productions were first rate, good individual acts (one singer, one magician, one ventriloquist, one comic who had the standard cabin toilet and buffet line gags that are all worn out..he was a very good impressionist), balcony cabin was nice and our cabin attendant was absolutely stellar, ship seems to roll a bit more than the Princess Grand-class ships but not to the point of inducing seasickness (it actually helps rock one to sleep), phenomenal food in the dining rooms including lobster, king crab, prime rib, shrimp, scallops, lamb...really good soups and starters, great fruit sorbets, the wait staff was quite attentive and provided first class service, drinks are getting more expensive every cruise, worst cruise director in the Princess fleet should be replaced by his assistant who had a far superior stage presence and voice, the rest of the cruise director staff was nice, wide variety of activities throughout the ship, trivia games were tough, ballroom dance class very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
5 star meals and service (Joao), did not have a bad meal

Entertainment

5 out of 5
stage shows good but sometimes only one performance at night, evening entertainment augmented by movies

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Khi the barista was the best latte maker on the ship

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
public rooms immaculate

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
a very nice and "invisible" cabin attendant (Lorena) who kept us well supplied

Pros: transiting the Panama Canal

Cons: high cost of shore excursions

Recommends Coral Princess? Yes!

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