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Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 59

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Coral Princess

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Sail date: October 24, 2013

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D631

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

This Princess cruise was delightful.  The crew, from officers to deck hands, were friendly, made eye contact, and made sure we were enjoying the trip.  We enjoyed all the ports we visited, and really loved the activities on sea days.  Our anytime dining allowed us to meet a variety of fellow passengers while we enjoyed the food.  Production shows thrillled, as did other specialty performers.  There was a wide variety of musical entertainment opportunities, including a volunteer passenger pops choir that performed the last night aboard.
 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Both dining room and buffet excellent

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
See entertainment and activities

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The best we've ever experienced on a cruise

Children's Programs

No opinion

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Friendly, competent, helpful

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful, clean, convenient

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We were spoiled--surprised by having a suite

Ship tip

If given the opportunity in anytime dining, make a reservation for your preferred time. You can either dine by yourselves (or with the party you came with) or opt to be seated with others whom you don't know. Early in the cruise, we had no problem being seated without a reservation but later did.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Make sure you have a boarding number or card when first arriving.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
took CruisesOnly excursion and were highly satisfied, small group of 12.

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Princess excursion buses all ended up in same places at same time--total chaos! It was our favorite destination and disappointing that it was so chaotic.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
Wonderful Princess tour with excellent guide. Train ride to Panama City parallels canal, and bus back includes Miraflores Locks.

Colon, Panama Did not visit port

Spent no time there exc at pier after return from train excursion

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
CruisesOnly arranged excursion--best guide we had, great experiences thru forest and jungle river cruise, small group of 12.

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Been to George Town twice before, instead enjoyed the ship all day.
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