Coral Princess Review

The Panama Canal is amazing!

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Coral Princess
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boulder53
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jan 2012
Cabin: Balcony

We arrived in LA a few days ahead of our cruise; however, the night before the cruise we stayed at the Doubletree Hotel in San Pedro. Older hotel but very nice with an excellent location by private boat docks. Staff was very helpful and friendly. We used a car service to get to the hotel, DK's Livery Service, which was excellent. Along with our luggage, we also brought on to the ship 2 cases of water, upon which I taped the Princess luggage tags. It worked out great! We had a cabin with a balcony, which measured about 6' deep x 9' long, deck 8, aft and port. Our balcony was also very private as no one could see down on us or into it. As to bedding, I really appreciate that Princess has gotten away from the old fashioned bedspreads and have gone to the white coverlets which are cleaned regularly.

Our cabin door faced the elevator area; however, it was very quiet as most people walked forward to use the elevator! We loved being in this area as the stairs/elevator went right up to the spa/work out area! And from there very easy to walk forward to the open deck area where we watched movies under the stars as well as football games and documentaries! I really love that Princess has gone mostly non-smoking! We thought the staff was very pleasant and attended to people very quickly. Our cabin steward, Glynn, and our wait staff for evening meal, Israel & Edgar, were outstanding! We are a couple who enjoys the whole dining experience, and those two men did it very well.

We are happy we did excursions in 3 ports and then did not in Aruba as we wanted to just discover it ourselves and walk around more of the area. All 3 of our excursions were excellent with excellent guides! We were very pleased!

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Balcony

Cabin BE

Quiet location; across from aft stairs/elevators; private balcony; room darkening drapes; balcony larger than expected with 4 chairs and a table

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