10 DAY PANAMA CANAL -ROUND TRIP

Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Coral Princess

10 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 15, 2016

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D404

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The CORAL PRINCESS has sewer problems, which we understand from other passengers this has been a problem before and apparently has not been corrected. The forward elevator areas on all decks is where the smell are most prominent, but are also noticeable in other areas.  The public restrooms seem to always in need of cleaning. Our mini-suite was not up to our expectations in that the beds were not set up to our pre-cruise request prepared on-line. The balcony deck was covered with paint chips and the furniture was dirty.  Bathroom did not have any hand lotions or other items normally found in hotels. Towels were sometime not returned after cleaning, ie: no wash cloths or only one large towel. Did not have a mini-bar.  So, I am not sure what I got for the price of my mini-suite other that having more square footage, which is why we get them. This is the second cruise in succession that a PRINCESS ship has had engine room problems which has caused us to miss port calls. This time the at sea repairs caused us to miss the port of Cartagena and we sailed directly to the Panama Canal to meet our schedule there.  The food onboard was very good and service in the dinning room was also good.  Entertainment/Shows were very good.  Thanks Kathy for the Rose Flower Vase and the Chocolate Covered Strawberries....very nice!!!  Gordon and Joan Bell

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Good shows, magician, band very good

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Responded to Princess Cruise about the waiters and Maite D

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Sewer problems and restrooms.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Already gave my comments on the suite......see above

Ship tip

Bring a face mask to keep out the bad sewer smells!!!!!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

1 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama

1 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

melsnook    8 years ago

The sewer smell is the same on the golden princess although around the aft elevators near the vista lounge and also at one of the bars. Very off putting. One of the bar stewards said it has been like that for a long time :( 

We also had the same thoughts about our mini suite, what did we pay so much extra for except a sitting area....

windy1    8 years ago

Don't be too disappointed about missing Cartagena. We got off there once... Never again. I didn't feel safe.

cosens    8 years ago

We were on the Star Princess last June and there was one elevator that everyone knew had a funky smell and avoided. I wonder if this is a problem on all their ships?

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