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Island Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Island Princess

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

Sail date: October 17, 2019

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E507

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I am not happy with Princess cruises and their yo yo pricing with no compensation when they lower the price down $350×2! So other than that fact the Lido pool was nice, the card room was easy access from our stateroom.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The main dining room was exquisite. Ask for Olga at breakfast and lunch. Our waiter at dinner was Alvin asst. Waiter Joseph. Amazing service!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Non existant! Except for the occasional game show in the evening. There was not much to do. We did two craft days and the third was the recycled menus made into boxes. That was fun!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The stage productions were wonderful. The magician was good and that says a lot. I dont normally go to those shows!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters, room stewards were wonderful. The last night had a problem in the Explorers lounge with the bar staff. The server was Not efficient.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
The ship was clean. But who ever designed this ship should be fired! Who ever thought having the dining room in the forward of the ship was a good idea? The show rooms and casino, which was tiny do to the remodel. Were never full. Hard to maneuver around deck 5 and 6.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
This was a handicapped cabin. Fine for two but if there would have been three we would have been in big trouble. I would not have been happy climbing stairs to get into and out of bed. This has berths for kids only! Travel agent didnt tell us that.

Ship tip

Eat in the dining room on embakation day!

Ports of call

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Cristobal, Panama

5 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy disembarkation. Not enough porters. Could have been because it was Sunday.
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Justin327    5 years ago

I'm taking the same itinerary in December. There were 2 price drops before I paid my fare in full. Customer service happily re-rated me with a simple phone call. The women I got on the phone both times couldn't have been nicer. One suggested to make sure we pay off the cruise in installments as we can re-rate as much as we like until paid in full.

NJCruiseGuy    5 years ago

I’m not sure how much you have cruised, but price drops are common across all cruise lines. Some offer onboard credit if the price drops, but not all do each time. The best option is to book at a price you are satisfied with and not worry about it or take a chance and wait to book 30-45 days before the cruise and hope the price drops.

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