Extremely nice 15 day Panama Canal cruise

Coral Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Coral Princess

15 Night Panama Canal - Ocean To Ocean Westbound (Ft. Lauderdale To San Francisco)

Sail date: November 02, 2019

Ship: Coral Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

All in all a great cruise. We traveled with 3 other couples and totally enjoyed the cruise from start to finish. We liked the wi-fi service(we had 250 mins). It was actually very fast. I might consider buying the entire cruise pkg but it is still a little expensive. One thing: Re the onboard Concierege wi-fi. It's a great idea to be able to contact fellow travelers but can you add some kind of Notification Tone?? As it is now you can send a message to a friend but unless they are on line and actually looking at their phone they won't know they are being called. That would be a tremendous improvement. BTW This was cruise #40 for us going back to 1979. #9 on Princess. We have booked a 29 day cruise from Australia on Golden Princess Apr 8, 2020 We also would like to commend cruise director Fernando. He was very personable and funny.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent. No wait

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Dining room and Horizon court were both excellent. Waiters Arnold and Marvin Jay were the best!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Pools, hot tubs!! We played a lot of cards.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Productilons were great. Very professional. The ship'd orchestra was outstanding. Very talented. The nightly show were very good.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Arnold and Marvin Jay were among the best dining room servers we have had on Princess. Room steward Toffee was most helpful and our room was always serviced quickly and efficiently. Our party had drinks in the Wheelhouse most every nite before dinner. Grace took such good care of us there. She remembered our drink orders Without us saying a word. Actually became a friend..Maybe we'll see her again.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
All were very clean and well laid ouit

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice but the shower was very small.

Ship tip

Book a mini suite. We will from now on

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Good We did a personal excursion to Old Town

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Outstanding running commentary from Humberto

Fuerte Amador, Panama

5 out of 5
HoHo bus tickets from ship. Toured Old Town

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
Not much to see here. Did a ship's tour to the river for wildlife. Guide Leo was excellent

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

5 out of 5
Cool little beach town. Lots of surfing and surfers around. Did a private taxie tour to the Lake and Rivas. Was impressed by the countryside. Clean and rolling terrain. Mostly cattle ranches. We would like to come back here to stay a week.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
Typical Mexican tourist town...but nice. Walked the town , did a water taxi to the beach, ate at The Office, the water taxi back with detour out to the Arch and surrooundings. Nice day

San Francisco, California

4 out of 5
Just got off and went to the airport

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Good. No waiting
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

javawoody    3 years ago

Thanks for the review

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Very good review, l hope you book again soon.

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