Great view of Panama Canal

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: Dave870

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Dave870

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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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: 5 years ago

Review summary

Grat view of canal - excellent staff - try to get free internet.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Delayed for 3 hours due to a stow away on previous cruise. Communication could have been better

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Excellent wait staff. Horizon buffet was OK but not outstanding

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Shows were very good. Activities all day long. Excursion presents were wonderful.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Generally very good

Children's Programs

No kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room steward very attentive, wait staff was excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Balcony was adequate - bed was comfortable

Ship tip

Don't expect much from the TV service in room unless you love sports coverage of soccer (European league) and cricket. N ocoverage of college playoffs or access to ESPN (US sttyle) unless you pay $20 a day for internet.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Excursion around are well done

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Interesting area well worth the visit

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San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

4 out of 5

Seemed to be relatively new port visit

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Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Nice bay and city tour

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Fuerte Amador, Panama

5 out of 5

Greast tour of locks

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Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

New locks very impressive - good commentary through locks

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Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5

Stayed on ship - we had visited before

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Went directly to airport

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Would have been excellent if we were told we needed to fill out customs form for purchases we made

8 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Thanks for the positive comments

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trvljet 5 years ago

Wonderful

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

Very nice, glad you had fun

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buckyboy 5 years ago

Glad you had a good time

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