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Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Island Princess

19 Panama Canal Pacific Adventure (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2017

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: L703

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We loved the entire experience with Christmas and New Years aboard!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Very good

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Only to sit and watch the activities around pools and in the atrium

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Loved the stage shows with the band and singers and dancers

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward Eugen was the best we have ever experienced and our waiters in the Provence dining room were stupendous/Rommel and Cipriano. The Captain Michel Tuvo especially funny and dear with bye bye

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Elevator design not good for moving you from one area to another. Also a lot of sewage smell.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Size smaller than some ships but well laced out. Bath especially nice!

Ship tip

Get layout immediately upon sail and learn how to figure bow-stern and also right from left

Thumbs up

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
Hard to get into the port but once in very nice
Thumbs Up

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5
Good experience
Thumbs Up

Puerto Chiapas (Tapachula), Mexico

5 out of 5
Loved the Mayan ruin!
Thumbs Up

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5
Mayan ruin
Thumbs Up

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

5 out of 5
Extremely fun to shop
Thumbs Up

Manzanillo, Mexico

1 out of 5
Ugly port to visit because too commercial where ship port is located
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Suitcase lost and we had to go and find as there was no personnel to help-very unprofessional!
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