Good Cruising in Antarctica

Item: Sapphire Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: williamgrum

Sapphire Princess Cruise Review to South America

williamgrum

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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34 Night Antarctica Andes & Cape Horn Grand Adventure (Los Angeles To Buenos Aires)

Sail date: December 01, 2023

Ship: Sapphire Princess

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Good, but my only complaint was the slow embarkation and common areas were too cold.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

3 hours to embark, extremely slow

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Port talks and Antarctica wildlife talks were good

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Most of the time they were good

Children's Programs

Don't have children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

They had too much conditioning in the common areas, the ship was quite cold

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Slow embarkation

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Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Very good shore excursion to Tarkolas river

Thumbs Up 0

Manta, Ecuador

4 out of 5

Callao (Lima), Peru

4 out of 5

General San Martin (Pisco), Peru

4 out of 5

Coquimbo (La Serena), Chile

4 out of 5

San Antonio, Chile

5 out of 5

Nice shore excursion to local villages

Thumbs Up 0

Punta Arenas, Chile

5 out of 5

Very good museum in town

Thumbs Up 0

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina Did not visit port

Port closed due to weather conditions

Thumbs Up 0

Cruise Cape Horn Did not visit port

Cancelled due to weather conditions

Thumbs Up 0

Cruise Antarctic Peninsula

5 out of 5

Though we could not go ashore, we saw some excellent views of the islands and peninsula with very good commentary from the naturalists

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Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

5 out of 5

Went to go see a penguin colony organized by the local government

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Montevideo, Uruguay

4 out of 5

Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 out of 5

Excursion to Tigre Delta, organized by CruisesOnly was excellent

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

javawoody 10 months ago

Appreciate the review

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karlgrgurich 10 months ago

That is definitely a slow embarkation for Princess. I wonder why

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Gwbigdog 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Skooby 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Your cruise had some interesting ports.

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