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

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 40
Helpful Votes: 452

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Vision of the Seas

16 Night Panama Canal Eastbound (Los Angeles To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: October 30, 2019

Ship: Vision of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3111

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was great except the Cabo limited time was a big mistake using small tenders

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
I could not get early dining so we ate in the buffet every night

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
A lot of different trivia, some shows

Casino Royale

2 out of 5

Smokey and took your money

Guest Services and Explorations!

3 out of 5

Had new people that didn't speak English wellHard to communicate

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Shows were ones we had seen before They were ok

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Windjammer was good

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Smaller ship with limited shops

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room close quarters but as expected for the price

Ship tip

Get in line for thender tickets early, by the time they were supposed to start giving them they were on boat #12

Ports of call

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5
Just walked off the ship small shopping area

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
We did the walk in the clouds The butterfly are in a large hut The humming birds are free and fly in and out not a large number

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Watch from ship Better view from other ships See a picture of the fool standing on the rail

Colon, Panama

4 out of 5
Stayed on the ship

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
Been here before Seen the walled city and hop on off bus

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Did the turtle and stingrays Went to Hell, Tim cake store Saw Tyrus from the 5 on Fox at the turtle farm

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Good
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3 Comments

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise..sorry about the tender situation

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Sounds like all in all it was good.

bobduck1993    5 years ago

Sorry about the bad but glad that you had some enjoyment!

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