Fantastic Holiday aboard the Coral Princess

Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Coral Princess

10 Night Roundtrip Panama Canal (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2013

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 503

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

We recently spent 10 days on the Coral Princess on the Panama Canal Cruise. The ship was stunning, the staff friendly, extremely helpful, professional and truly seemed to love their jobs. They really could not do enough for you! We visited, Aruba, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica and Grand Cayman. Our excursions to all of these ports with the exception of Columbia were fantastic. They were well organized, informative, fun and were more than we could have asked for with the exception of Columbia and this had nothing to do with Coral Princess. We found the street vendors to be very aggressive with their approach, there were so many tours taking place that you couldn't hear your guide and there were just too many people. The other excursions were great. The restaurants on board were very good quality and had a wide variety of dishes. The entertainment was very good and we enjoyed each of the shows we attended. The photographers were exceptional as well as our cabin stewart Adelo. Our days at sea were very relaxing and we met lots of great people. Sadly we had a man overboard which resulted in a death. The ships captain and crew handled the situation with the utmost concern and professionalism. Everything from embarking to disembarking was very organized and exceptionally easy. We will definitely be cruising with Princess Cruise lines in the future and in fact ,we can't wait. This cruise is considered the "bucket list cruise" so the age of the passengers was older than we expected, but we were able to meet many great people of all ages and the crew couldn't do enough to help those with physical limitation from what we observed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
wide variety, great presentation, excellent quality

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
There was definite something for everyone.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We found the entertainment very good. There was a good variety including the ships dancers, comedians, illusionists, pianists, movies, and lots of activities daily. More than enough!

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff seemed to truly love their jobs. Always smiling, never went past without acknowledging you. I don't think I opened a door myself once.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
beautifully maintained and up to date

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
we had a mini suite with balcony, we had lots of storage and the room was well maintained and everything we could ask for.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
The staff at the port and the park and go parking were friendly and helpful.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
BEAUTIFUL. Wasn't expecting such beauty.

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Wouldn't travel to Columbia again.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal) Did not visit port

FANTASTIC, the only way to really see the way the canal works up close. The ferry was very comfortable and we learned a lot

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
The rainforest tour with the gondola, boat and walking was absolutely beautiful we saw the most amazing plants, trees, birds and animals. Very informative.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Dolphin Encounter and Sea Turtle Sanctuary were so much fun!!
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

CanukCruiser    11 years ago

It's sad one uncontrollable event soured you on the entire trip. I guess I'm just a positive thinker :)

retiredtraveler    11 years ago

you obviously enjoy 4 hours on a bus -- good luck!...we have cruised many times from your comments - (Obviously you are a rookie) and this is not how to run an excursion. Even the excursion people said they hate this excursion because of all the uncertainties. We loved the servers and the entertainment but this excursion soured us on the entire trip.

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