Relaxing Panama Cruise

Item: Island Princess
Rating: 4
Author: CruisingBest

Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

CruisingBest

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 201

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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

Sail date: November 06, 2019

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: P507

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

If it wasn’t for the smell in the cabin it would’ve been a fabulous cruise

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy Smooth and quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Main dining was excellent a nice variety to chose from

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

One pool was peaceful tranquil with comfortable cushion lawn chairs. It felt like a large spa pool. The other pool was the party side live music and movies

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Encore performance was nice and the 2nd choice was the Elton John tribute.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Lots to do air hockey video games etc

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

If it wasn’t for 3 rude unhelpful employees I would’ve given a 5 star.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Stateroom shower very small I think 2x2 It was the smallest I ever since

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

The size is about 140 sq feet. Scuffed up OakWood furniture. The rug looked worn out. 1 outlet with 2 plugs the hair dryer kept falling everytime we used the outlet. I could’ve accepted all of that but the worst was the nauseating sewage smell from the bathroom almost everyday. There was back up coming from the shower drain. Which we reported numerous times.

Ship tip

Book a balcony or higher class stateroom above the 6th floor. Everyone beside us complained about the smell.

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Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Gorgeous Beaches

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Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Shopping city walk site seeing

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Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Watching the ship go through the old canal was impressive. Rising from each lock. We booked an excursions so we can disembark at the canal to see the new locks. For $80pp they take you to the lookout for 2hours then back to ship at cristobal. Overpriced.

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Cristobal, Panama

3 out of 5

There isn’t anything at this terminal only cargo. The locals setup about 10 tables to sell custom jewelry and there is a small performance.

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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Went to playa Bonita

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Falmouth, Jamaica

5 out of 5

Beautiful clean port lots to do

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

Traveler Photos

6 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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CruisingBest 5 years ago

The ship outside the cabin was great. The food was good. The 3 shows were fantastic. The comedian was good too. The activities were fun and entertaining. I really wanted to give all 5 stars but so upset because of the cabin stench with no resolution. Seriously all they needed to do is fix or change room. The vessel wasn’t packed. I wanted to burn my clothes in the end. You can see all the Panama Canal from the ship it was great.

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cruisereckoning 5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed.

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

We are looking forward to our Panama Canal cruise in February. Hope our room has no odor. That's for your review

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Justin327 5 years ago

That stinks about the room (pun intended) but I'mnglad to hear that the overall cruise was a good time!

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CruisingBest 5 years ago

Thank you

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Other reviews of this sailing

Wonderful cruise. We really enjoyed and very relaxing.

Panama Canal Nov. 6, 2019

Overall a Great Cruise