Too big for its britches.
Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America
10 Night Panama Canal With Costa Rica & Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 26, 2017
Ship: Coral Princess
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: D518
Traveled as: Large Group
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
Firstly...the staff is wonderful. Very nice and always accommodating.
The food at dinner was always nice...great service.
What didn't work for us and why I probably will not cruise with princess again.
Breakfast in Horizon at any time was like pigs at feeding time, food disorganized...which was the same for lunch buffet. Went to dining room to be served for lunch and it took 2.5 hours.
Not enough outside policies and even though it was stated no reserving of chairs...we watched 4 chairs empty with clips on them for over 4 hours one day...no enforcement!
If you wanted to see a show you needed to get to venue over an hour before the show to get a seat.
Also...everything cost $$$$....such an emphasis on sell sell sell...we literally had crew begging us to sign with them for wine tastings...after saying we'd think on it...they pushed on while we were eating dinner.
Excursions...they even nickel and dimed you for water...really? You can throw in a couple of waters?
The casino was a joke...those machines so tight..one knows your going to eventually lose...but playing for more than a couple minutes would be nice.
We've got 10 cruises on Holland America...we hoped for a bit younger crowd, more manners and relaxation. What we got was no mannered zombie eaters, ride people, not enough seats for pool and shows and nothing to do that didn't cost $$$$...for heaven sakes no go cost 50 bucks unless you wanted one paper card..and then they couldn't loan you a dauber...they cost 2.50...really?
We have a fall colors cruise booked this fall...doubt if the four of us will go.
Thanks again
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Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)
7 Comments
Anthony40 7 years ago
ItaVero 7 years ago
Yeah - there is something going on with Princess - and the various incarnations of the Horizon Court - on our last two trips on the Crown Princess (one to Alaska and one around the Horn) the buffets were CRAMMED with people - and there was absolutely NO place to sit inside - the spill over was forced out into the open (blustery rainy weather - no fun at all). We stopped going to the buffet and concentrated on the MDRs for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
willwork4cruz 7 years ago