The cruise was interesting and relaxing. The ship was old and wasn’t innovated with new technology. Eventhough the cruise catered to elderly people, we did enjoy ourselves.

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 3.9
Author: bmarna

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

bmarna

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

15 Night Panama Canal - Ocean To Ocean Eastbound (Los Angeles To Fort Lauderdale)

Sail date: December 03, 2019

Ship: Emerald Princess

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

If you enjoy smaller older ships, the cruise was relaxing, informative and enjoyable.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

We had towaita long time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The dining room food lacked a steak everyday. When offered it was tough and not juicy. The buffet was better, but not large. Similar choices everyday.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Fitness center was small but okay. Pools didn’t have a walk in stair case by mail pools, so difficult to get into.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Shows were similar everyday. Played “Sweet Caroline” almost everyday by different gigs.

Children's Programs

Not a kids ship/cruise.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The ship was under maintenance daily: broken pipe, gas leak, and water dripping in the buffet area.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Clean, cozy and the washroom was very tiny.

Ports of call

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2 out of 5

Excursion was fine but the tour guid didn’t give much details and the speakers on the bus didn’t work.

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Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Good tour guide.

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San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

4 out of 5

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Fuerte Amador, Panama

3 out of 5

I would have liked to see more on the tour.

Thumbs Up 1

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5

Interesting tour! Butcshout.

Thumbs Up 1

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Tour guide spent to much time to n the museum.

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Went quickly!

7 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruisereckoning 3 years ago

Thanks for the review

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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Justlovecruisin 4 years ago

We got on as you were getting off. The only time I heard 'Sweet Caroline' was when the pop choir sang it. Sophie did say, "I know you ALL know this" when she introduced the song, lol. So I guess they did sing it a lot and I just missed ;) We had long embarkation and disembarkation both, so you lucked out!

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dragz 4 years ago

Glad you had a great time 🛳🚢⚓👍

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Thank you for your review

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

You had some good ports of call.

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