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Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Emerald Princess

10 Night Panama Canal W/Costa Rica & Caribbean - New Locks (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 23, 2022

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: R402

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We had a wonderful vacation, a few blips but nothing to get in a tizzy about. Would love to do it again!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Overall pretty smooth, but confusion on which deck to go to when we first boarded while waiting for cabin to be ready. We were not kept updated on when cabins were ready.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Restaurants were excellent, we were in a suite so had fantastic service in club dining.We ate in one of the main dining rooms one night, service was not as stellar. Buffet was limited but good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Pools were nice, enrichment lectures were excellent.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Singing/dancing productions were marvelous. Comedians were excellent. Magicians not so good. Violinist duo who played in Piazza were amazing. Never thought I would go everyday to listen!

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone went above and beyond to make sure all was good!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was expansive, kept meticulous by Jeffrey. Balcony was large, private. We were just under Lido deck so occasional noise from pool…

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Spent a day in Ft Lauderdale prior to sailing, lots to do.

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
Did a excursion with tour of fort, old city. Guide was excellent. Street vendors were aggressive, did not take no for answer. Because we could not stop at Cayman Islands as planned, had 2 days in Cartagena. Not really enough for 2 days. There is a delightful aviary at end of port that was very enjoyable.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
We did the ferry through the old locks to Pacific. An experience of a lifetime! It does take all day…but worth it.

Cristobal, Panama

3 out of 5
Only dropped off to return to ship after excursion. Nothing there…

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Beautiful, excursion included ‘nature hike’, short hike through a park, saw sloths, guide was very informative about wildlife, also cruise on ferry on canal with more wildlife sitings.

Falmouth, Jamaica

4 out of 5
Did not do an excursion, visited shops in port village, lots of souvenir shops as well as higher end jewelry. Snack shacks were very tasty. Everyone was very friendly and happy to have us there.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Smooth getting off and finding luggage, customs was nothing getting through. Unfortunately we were directed to a bus going to Ft Lauderdale airport instead of Miami as we told them when approaching busses. No signs on busses… Fortunately we discovered this before leaving the port & got to the correct bus
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