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Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Island Princess

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

Sail date: October 27, 2017

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: e211

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We really would have liked to have more time at the first two ports. We spent around 5 hours at Aruba which didn't give us enough time to get around.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was great! The lines were almost non existent.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The food was good (we only dined at the buffets. They had a great selection and alternated the food every day. Great theme nights as well.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Not enough things that were interesting to me. The ones I was thinking about (Photographic classes) were usually during lunch or just before so I would always seem to miss them.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
We really didn't seem very many of the shows because we couldn't find a seat.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Great staff!!!!!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
The layout of the ship was ok. We had been on the Regal Princess back in February which is a bigger ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
VERY SMALL SHOWER! The cabin seemed a lot smaller than the cabin we had on the Regal Princess. The one question I do have is that I was told that if there were any cabins that were better than my cabin available that we would be assigned the better cabin. I had noticed that there were several cabins that were empty on the ship. What happened?

Ship tip

Only pack the things you really need.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Great port. Loved the sand at the beach.

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Nice place to visit. Did a tour of the old town

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Rained in the morning for about 10 minutes and then it was nice, but cloudy, the rest of the trip.

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Great place

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

5 out of 5
Did an excursion here. Spent a long time on a bus to get a ride on a lake.

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5
Walked through the town and ended up getting a table on the beach and drank some beers.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5
Not too much to do here unless you take an excursion. We walked over to Sam's Club (yes, there is a Sam's Club right next to a Walmart) and bought some tequila to bring home.

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5
It was fine.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We took our bags off with us so we were able to leave when we wanted to.
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