Coral Princess Review

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Our Coral Princess Cruise to the Panama Canal

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Coral Princess
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gcmack
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Feb 2015
Cabin: Balcony

Overall, a wonderful tropical trip with my wife in the middle of a horrendous winter in New England.

The "Pro's"; excellent caliber of entertainment (used professionals, not ship crew); good amount of on-going activities; boarding and disembarkation smooth; the ship was sparkling clean; we had a balcony cabin which happened to be on the side of the ship from which you could see how all the Panama Canal operations worked, food was very good; the lectures on the ports of call were very interesting and very worthwhile; staff well-trained and courteous(with one exception--see below); passengers were generally "upscale" and dressed well vs. our experience on another cruise line where the passengers would have had difficulty being admitted to a hazing party.

The "Cons" are few: for some reason, virtually all the waiters and bartenders called me Mr. [first name], instead of Mr. [last name]. Since you show your cruise charge card with every transaction, they see your first name and surname on it in that sequence, but for some reason (perhaps cultural since 80% were from the Philippines), they think your first name is your last name. It happened so many times, it became laughable. The baked desserts had great variety but did not seem as fresh as they should be.

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Balcony

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Nice cabin; only mystery was learning how the shower faucets worked: no indication of how to increase/decrease the water temperature, and both faucets had a moveable flange on it that had no apparent function whatsoever. The bed mattress and pillows receive an A+ rating from us.

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