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Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Emerald Princess

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

Sail date: January 17, 2020

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: B508

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Ports of call were good but the ship experience was very poor, likely my last Princess Cruise. Going back to Royal Caribbean.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Felt like an animal, checked in and then hold us up in a room for 30 minutes before getting on the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Never attend main dining but Buffet was limited in variety, the food that was there was good though

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
There was none to speak of. Rough Seas on the first 2 days resulted in production shows to be replaced by borderline funny comedians

Entertainment

1 out of 5
There was none to speak of. Rough Seas on the first 2 days and the last 2 days resulted in cancellations and were never rescheduled. I heard the Ships band play approx 12 songs

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
Was none

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
This was the bright spot of the Cruise

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Not impressed with design but was clean and well kept, but it did just come out of dry dock recently

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was comfortable and clean. On most ships this would have been lots big enough but, due to lack of entertainment we seemed to spend more time in the stateroom than we normally do.

Ship tip

Be prepaired to be board

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
Always love Ft Lauderdale

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Booked a half day with Dora the Explorer. Tous our Guide was very knowledgeable and made us feel very safe and had all the answers to all the questions our group had.

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Very interesting and impressive.

Fuerte Amador, Panama

5 out of 5
Embera Indian Village was a 10 out of 10.

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3 out of 5
Explored the port shopping and relaxed on the beach had some local food and beverages

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

5 out of 5
Visited a Hacienda that was very interactive. Had some local home made juices, lots of local food made right there, milked a cow, watched them train Parade horses, listened to music and dance

Huatulco, Mexico

4 out of 5
Just relaxed on the beach and enjoys some local food and drink

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5
Shopping and sight seeing at the Melacon, always good in PV

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
There were 4 of us in the group and they split us up at the last second

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