Panama Canal

Item: Island Princess
Rating: 4.7
Author: Cathy2018

Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cathy2018

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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

Sail date: January 09, 2019

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We thoroughly enjoyed this cruise - once in a life time chance to experience locks of this proportion - each excursion we took was awesome!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dining room needs more variety in their menu. Buffet was excellent.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pool - good Played golf - needs updating

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Outstanding

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Extremely polite employees - couldn't do enough for us.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

This ship was well designed and extremely clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Our cabin was very nice (shower a bit small) - comfortable bed - very clean

Ship tip

Unobstructed balcony, mid-ship, absolutely awesome!

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

We did an excursion - Highlights, Hell & Seven Fathoms Rum Distillery Enjoyed this excursion.

Thumbs Up 6

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Took a walking tour of the city.

Thumbs Up 3

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

Took an excursion into the old city of Panama and the new city and saw the church where the Pope was about to visit.

Thumbs Up 1

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Did not take an excursion just went to the market place.

Thumbs Up 1

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Excursion - Rain Forest, Jamaica Bobsled, & Dunn's River Falls

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy

4 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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joyandjerry 5 years ago

What excursions? We are going this fall.

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buckyboy 5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Like you say it's a bucket list cruise.

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AuntPinkie 5 years ago

The Panama Canal is one of our favorite adventures. So glad you enjoyed it.

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