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Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Island Princess

10 Night Roundtrip Panama Canal (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 19, 2011

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

Generally the ship is well appointed and very clean. It's a bit smaller than the giants, being of the "Panamax" class which is actually nice. Things are run in a very organized and competent fashion.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent food and variety in the dining rooms. The buffet is very good as well, but still a buffet. Excellent breakfasts.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
On board crew entertainers are quite good. Hypnotist show was below par. Don't miss the crew talent show where you'll see some of your waiters, etc. display their talents.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Caliber of the crew is generally extraordinary.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Cristobal, Panama

5 out of 5
Take the boat tour that brings you through the entire canal to the Pacific. The best.
Don't Miss: Entire canal tour.

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Limon is very dumpy, but the tour through the rain forest and banana plantation was great.

Pros: Caliber of the personnel. Extremely competent, corteous , and friendly

Cons: Transfers to and from the ship are slow and disorganized. Take taxis, they are cheaper.

Recommends Island Princess? Yes!

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