Panama Canal Experience

Seven Seas Splendor Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Seven Seas Splendor

16 Night Empires Of The Maya & Inca (Miami To Lima)

Sail date: December 04, 2023

Ship: Seven Seas Splendor

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 630

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Although we were not impressed with the service. The cruise was very good. We are booked for Antarctica next January on Splendor and trust the service will be better?

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Terrible. Waited standing in line 1 1/2 hours. Very disorganized.d

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Specialty restaurants were very good and good service. Main dining rooms service was poor. Breakfadt and lunch buffets were great choices but took forever to get a clean table.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool and hot tub were clean and plenty chairs.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed all the shows. Best dance team on any cruise. Guest performers were very good.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Service was lacking for a luxury ship. Staff and chefs seemed inexperienced.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Impressive decore. Very clean comfortable areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect size for 2 of us. Layout was good. Enjoyed balcony.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Hotel was good location and lovely.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Glass bottom kayak was fun but didn"t see many fish.

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
Nim Li Punit. Ruins and guide were knowledgeable.

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

5 out of 5
Las Escobas Spring. Beautiful waterfalls. Rough terrain. Best excursion!

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Jolly Roger snorkle. Excellent staff very friendly. Saw lots of colorful fish. Good lunch and drink. Fun boat ride.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
Jungle riverboat and old train Eco cruise. Great guides. Saw wildlife and fun.

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5
It was excellent. Guide was very interesting.

Panama City, Panama

5 out of 5
Highlights of Panama. Colonial and modern Panama. Good guide. Museum very worthwhile as were the many ruins.

Manta, Ecuador

4 out of 5
Hat making shop was interesting and so frie dly. Riding the Chivas bus was a good experience.

Guayaquil, Equador

4 out of 5
Historical park had many animals. Walking on boardwalk was good. "Ecuador lunch" was poor idea since it was at a nice Hilton with more of an American menu? Not what was expected.

Salaverry (Trujillo), Peru

1 out of 5
Archeological museum was interesting at 1st. But too long. Could not understand our guide at all.

Callao (Lima), Peru

3 out of 5
Convent and house very good. After that it was just a long day, especially for final tour.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth
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5 Comments

PaulzyJC     11 months ago

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     11 months ago

I thought Seven Seas was a luxury brand with luxury service

cruising2004     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

Niavlys     11 months ago

Thank you for your comments