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Seven Seas Grandeur Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
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Seven Seas Grandeur

16 Night A Grandiose Transit (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: January 08, 2024

Ship: Seven Seas Grandeur

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 836

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Excellent new ship but spotty service (although room steward excellent) Not enough interesting port stops or activities on board so after a week became boring.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Slow & not as organized as before

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Excellent food/beverage overall but very spotty service. Sometimes totally ignored.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Onboard was mostly dependent on pool which was lovely but not much else offered especially on poor weather days. Speaker talks not of interest. WiFi was poor even enhanced. Not a lot of movie/tv choices.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Overall this was excellent

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room steward was excellent. Restaurant & bar staff not well organized

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful new ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Overall excellent & well serviced

Ports of call

Los Angeles, California

3 out of 5
Stayed in Long Beach ahead of cruise & good

Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5
VIP gourmet wine & lunch tour was just ok—terrible wines with dregs. Lunch somewhat tastier

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
Salsa & salsa idea was fun but your leader at event was annoying

Acapulco, Mexico Did not visit port

Changed by cruise to Mazatlan

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

2 out of 5
Tour offerings not great

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua Did not visit port

Cancelled by cruise line ahead of cruise

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3 out of 5
Good horse show tour but long ride in not comfortable bus

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5
Interesting although somewhat boring after awhile

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5
No shuttles offered into town to do something on own. Panoramic tour poor. Very hot & humid. Interesting little aviary at port.

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Cancelled by captain due to weather

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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4 Comments

javawoody     9 months ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004     9 months ago

Thank you for your review.

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Niavlys     9 months ago

Tks for sharing