Missed Stop

Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Island Princess

15 Night Panama Canal Ocean To Ocean (Ft. Lauderdale To San Francisco)

Sail date: February 28, 2017

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9015

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The ship was nicely updated and the entertainment was excellent.   However our 5:45PM dinner seating was changed to 5:15.  The lounge for second lever Princess cruisers was scheduled from 5PM to 6PM, preventing us from taking advantage of the daily event due to our dinner dining schedule.   Also, due to high winds were not able to tender for our stop in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.  No compensation was made for skipping this stop on our trip.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

3 out of 5

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

1 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

San Francisco, California

3 out of 5
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3 Comments

Hazeldene    7 years ago

From what info I have gathered ports can and will be skipped for safety reasons. Better to be safe then sorry. As such port taxes will be credited back to affected passengers.

flo16    7 years ago

Princess will not compensate, Carnival did credit the port tax when weather prohibited us into a port.

mepcnp    7 years ago

They wont compensate for skipping a port. If it is unsafe for the ship to dock they will skip it. It ahould explain that in your ticket agreement or terms and conditions.

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