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Wonderful Relaxing Panama Canal Cruise

Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Island Princess

10 Night Panama Canal With Costa Rica & Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 11, 2018

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D710

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Was a great cruise had a blast. Went to new ports that we had not cruised to. Ship exceeded our expectations.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was a great experience arrived at 11 and sitting in the lounge 10 minutes later.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All ship board personnel met or exceeded our expectations. Melanie our room Steward was great.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very comfortable lots of room. Was a mini suite with bathtub.

Ship tip

More of an mid aged crowd not many kids on this cruise.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

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Falmouth, Jamaica

4 out of 5
Falmouth is in the center be prepared to travel at least an hour to get to most excursions.
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Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Took independent tour with Marelvy Pena guided tour which was private.
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Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
Got this checked off my bucket list. Exceeded expectations.
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Colon, Panama

1 out of 5
Nothing was a disappointment.
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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Rainforest Tour was very interesting and informative.
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George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Did the Far Side tour got to see a different side of Grand Cayman.
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Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Self disembarked off the ship by 0745 and done with Customs by 0805.
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks
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flynnc25    6 years ago

We also had Melanie as our steward - she is so lovely. Everyone in our part of the deck hugged her as we were leaving. Such a sweetheart!
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