Wonderful trip with a fantastic staff

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: carlamoore923

Emerald Princess Cruise Review

carlamoore923

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

15 Night Panama Canal - Ocean To Ocean New Locks (Ft. Lauderdale To Los Angeles)

Sail date: January 28, 2022

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: B524

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

A bucket list cruise 2 ports were canceled due to covid

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Despite having to test all passengers for covid embarking was smooth and faster than in the past. Very well organized 👌

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was generally good to excellent. The first 4 nights I ate in the botecelli dining room. Service was just OK moved to the da Vinci and it was consistently fantastic. Desserts were a little disappointing

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Absolutely stunning shows and talent was top notch

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Within 2 days every one knew my name and bartenders knew my preferred beverage

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

The old girl is clean but beginning to show her age many of the finishes were deteriating

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Standard interior cabin. Dropped it to 4 stars as they added motion activated lights I want total darkness when sleeping luckily mine was defective after the first night. No light for the closet but didn't get blasted by light when getting up to pee

Ports of call

Fuerte Amador, Panama

3 out of 5

Excursions were sub par pushed to get in and out and walking tour had very little information

Thumbs Up 1

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Nice small town snorkeling experience was nice lots of fish luckily I had my own snorkel gear as that provided was poorer than normal and the operator of the tour was totally disorganized. We left 30 minutes late had to turn around for mote equipment tour returned on time so we were not able to spend as much time actually snorkeling

Thumbs Up 1

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Not much to do a the port the coffee and chocolate excursion had no chocolate very disappointed. The beaches looked nice

Thumbs Up 0

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Absolutely stunning will do it again 😍

Thumbs Up 0

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5