Panama Canal Cruise

Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 172

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Coral Princess

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

Sail date: December 08, 2016

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E235

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Having not read details about the ship, we found it smaller than the other ships we had cruised in. The ship lack a little maintenacne, e.g, the left sink in the men's room on deck 14 next to the Horizon Buffet restaurant had cracks. Next they make us put some chemical solution to protect us from bacteria. I am not sure if any body recognizes the fact, the chemical that might kill bacteri amight really harm the passengers, becuse if you pickup bakery items such as bread or fresh fruits, you are using your hand and not silver ware to eat. We have traveled mostly on Royal Caribbean and they have special wash rooms to wash and dry your hadns before you enter the restaurant

Our fellow dinner mates had even worse proble. They were on deck 9 in a mini suite and half the deck smelled of seage, which the maintenance people did not take care of during the whole cruise

The room attendant and dining room staff did a very good job and special mention had to said

Disembarkation, we were delayed by about 30 minutes. Our luggage was there but the customs line was big. We cleared in less than 10 minutes since we had Global Entry and made it on time to atch our flight back

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Not Applicable, there were hardly any children on board

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The cabin was smaller than the other ships. The shower stall in the bathroom is very small and even i could not shower easily, since I am small made and thin structure. The handle to hold in the shower should have been placed else where.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5
Did not take excursion

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
get eady early in the morning and go to the front of the ship deck 14, or 15 fo a great view of the locks. You can use Horizon Court also, since it is in front of the ship to get a great view of the locks

Colon, Panama

1 out of 5
It is where the ship picks you up when you come back from the excursion. The souvenir shops are rip offs. Granted you on a vacation, but the price of a Panama hat was three times what you found in a tourist shop inside the city

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Ship at Cayman Islands Crossing the canal The locks building Locks in Panama Canal Aruba side of the ship at port EmabrEmbarking at Fort Lauderdale
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

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