Coral Princess Review

Coral Princess Panama Canal

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Coral Princess
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brlama
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2015

The following is a general review about the ship followed by some commentary on each of our port stops during our recent Coral Princess trip to Aruba, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Costa Rica and Jamaica. I understand that the ship will be moving toward the Alaska route after the next trip or two.

Couple of comments about the cruise ship. We were recently on the Royal Princess out of New York for a cruise, so my perspective coming to the Coral was a bit worrisome. I found the ship to be perfectly fine, while the atrium area is a bit smaller the rest of the ship seemed to flow nicely, I never felt I was on too small of a ship. We walked the deck each day on deck 14 with and were able to log 4-5 miles with easy walking area although it unfortunately snakes through a smoking area, the area is not that big, so you can handle holding your breath. We had a mini suite on deck 10, which was identical to the suite we had on the Princess Royal. I did not get the internet package, I understand it was quite slow, I went without email for days at a time, that felt pretty good. We almost never used the elevators which is a good way to burn off calories (i.e. alcohol). I always saw a line during peak times, often we would go up or down several decks at the same time the elevator arrived from the floor we left.

There seemed to be plenty to do, although we did not attend any shows, just was not our thing. On any given day there were lectures, demonstrations or other activities to do. We did utilize the Serenity Spa (reserved outdoor seating area with pool) so we did not have to engage in lounge chair wars. The Serenity area is another up-charge, but given that you are guaranteed a seat, in a specific spot, they constantly bring you citrus water, deliver food that you order ($3 additional) after lunch they serve tea, more free sandwiches and snacks around 3 PM. I felt the cost was worth it.

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Identical to Princess Royal which we were on in November. Couch a bit tired and it did lack a curtain between bed and seating area. Other than that, I could not tell a difference.

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