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Seven Seas Grandeur Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 71

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: 10 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     10 months ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004     10 months ago

Thank you for your review.

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Niavlys     10 months ago

Tks for sharing