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Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

eileena49

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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10 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 24, 2016

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E 318

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

It was a beautiful cruise, with a couple of exceptions. The free style dining did not work so free style- I guess more people opted for that choice. The first few nights of the cruise the line/wait to be seated was unreasonably long. Although I must say the staff (Moises) handled the situation in a very pleasant manner.

The Waiters were warm and professional, in particular Karina in the anytime dining room-Lovely young lady. Sayrel Xnesa, waiter, in the reserved seating dining room was also exceptional. Our room steward, Marlon was also exceptional.

Thanks for a beautiful cruise!!!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Marlon was very pleasant, professional and attentive.

Ship tip

Beautiful ship!!!

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

3 Comments

TeamDavonavo 8 years ago

We haven't been on the Island Princess since it was refurbished . Princess has a number you can call for more info. I looked for a E-mail address and couldn't find one. If you are working with a travel agent they may be able to help you.

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Melanizzy6 8 years ago

I am so sorry to bother you, but I was considering booking this cruise on the Island Princess...and even the staff at Princess cannot answer this, but we are trying to figure out if there is a smoking area on deck 15...I know since the ship was refurbished last year that the sanctuary is now where the smoking area was...did you happen to see if there was a smoking area there??

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TeamDavonavo 8 years ago

We had always opted for the anytime dining and didn't have a problem because we usually went early. This last cruise, we accidentally were assigned to set-time dining. We actually liked it. We went in and headed directly to our assigned table between about 5:45 pm. We got to know our table mates and enjoyed them. We were all different personalities with different experiences, so the conversations were interesting and animated. Our timing allows us to get to the show with plenty of time to spare. Surprisingly to us, we have already signed up for this type of dining on our next cruise. 😁👏🚢

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