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Viking Star Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Viking Star

14 Night Panama Canal & Central America (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2021

Ship: Viking Star

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 6018

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was very nice, excellent ship, great crew! The ports were ordinary and far from any beaches, etc.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Viking arranged our pickup from the airport, and it was confusing, poorly coordinated, and our luggage was loaded on the wrong bus 3 times. Waited over an hour just to get on the bus. Then the driver got lost in the ship terminal.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The ship's main dining rooms, special restaurants and breakfast buffets were outstanding. All the servers and hosts knew our names after the first day. Excellent service!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We only used the pool, which was good. Not many activities.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We primarily listened to the guitarist/singer, King, in a couple of venues. He was excellent.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent service all around, waiters, room stewards, and everyone.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean everywhere.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The room stewards kept the cabin clean and picked up. Very comfortable.

Ports of call

Key West, Florida Did not visit port

Key West was on the itinerary, but the ship did not stop there. Very disappointing as we were particularly looking forward to it.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5
Not much to see in Honduras.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Colon, Panama

3 out of 5

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

4 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

4 out of 5
took the included excursion which was guided by an excellent guide, Aleysha (sp?). Very interesting tour of the White Witch's mansion.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Disembarking from the ship itself was good, organized and fast. However, the bus driver dropped all of us off at the first terminal at the airport. We had to walk at least a mile to get to our American terminal. Many of us are over 65 and several wheel chairs, canes, etc. Everybody had to walk or be wheeled.
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4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    3 years ago

Thanks for the review

AuntPinkie    3 years ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

cruising2004    3 years ago

Thank you for sharing

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