We chose this Panama Canal cruise so we could visit my niece and family in San Diego, the have a leisurely journey back home to Port Canaveral, twenty minutes from our house. It was a really good cruise, nine sea days and four ports.

Embarkation was good- Donna and I were traveling alone and Donna uses a wheelchair for embarkation, but we found a San Diego port staffer who wheeled her on board, down to deck one to cabin 1052, so the journey began well. There were 1,700 passengers, not really overcrowded for an 83,000 ton ship. Probably not as many children as on many Disney cruises because of the length of the trip.

Our cabin was midships on deck 1, only a few steps from midship elevators which was great. Cabin was a Disney type with split bathroom, but roomy and comfortable. Our steward was all we could hope for. Cabin had two fairly small portholes which limited viewing but with so many sea days we didn't suffer. Read more