West bound RCCL Panama Cruise

Vision of the Seas Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 123

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Vision of the Seas

16 Night Panama Canal Westbound (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: October 14, 2019

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8540

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This was a great trip, we met so many retired people from all over the world. There were only 7 kiddos on the ship and I think everyone enjoyed them. We may do East bound after retirement.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
This was really quick, having a suite sent us to a shorter line (actually there wasn’t even a line!)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We enjoyed all the food and the few adult beverages we had were great as well.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I did use the walking track.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
We enjoyed most of the shows. The jugglers and 2 funny guys were 5 ⭐️, production shows were 4⭐️, pickpocket guy was 3⭐️, comedian was 2⭐️. The guy that came out to get us to clap in sinc with music was awesome 5⭐️ (he was like the opener for the comedian. I don’t remember the rest of the evening shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We had great a room steward and waiters. The young lady at the Voom desk was very helpful, guest relations was very nice.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
An older ship, we could see where the carpet was coming away from some of the metal joints.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The size was great for us, all the chairs & sofa were comfy, the bed I would say was a 4⭐️, our room was kept very clean.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida Did not visit port

Our hotel was good.

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
I’m giving it a 4 as we didn’t go past the port area.

Colon, Panama

4 out of 5
I’m giving it a 4 as we didn’t go past the port area.

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
We his was great! We even had a gentleman on the ship that had been there several years ago. He did a great job over the P A telling the history and function of the locks.

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
I’m giving it a 4 as we didn’t go past the port area.

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5
I’m giving it a 4 as we didn’t go past the port area. However the port area was colorful and interesting. There were 2 women weaving things and a musical group was playing music.

Huatulco, Mexico

5 out of 5
The beach was right by the ship (crew got to enjoy that!). Lots of restaurants with great food, of course lots of vendors, a nice park just past the port and more vendors. Oh, the Mexican band played for us as we got off the ship. 😁

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5
We walked along the boardwalk area, saw LOTS of vendors and restaurants. The statutes along the beach were beautiful, the old church in that area was beautiful as well.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
We used the life boats to go ashore, that was cool, we got a guy to peddle us around to the city, he was supposed to give us a tour, but just dropped us off at his buddy’s jewelry shop. We went to the Harley shop, of course, ate at a little marina restaurant, slow service though (wasn’t impressed enough to take a picture to remember the name). We walked along the marina and enjoyed seeing where a lot of the boats were registered.

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California Did not visit port

Only got off to head to the airport.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
There was only 7 officers to handle that many people. Why do people in wheelchairs get to go to the front of the line??
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2 Comments

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed. We enjoyed our Panama Canal cruise so much.

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it... we love meeting people

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