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Panama Canal Full Transit - Christmas and New Years
"Slices: Good pizza, there are a number of different pizzas of the day the cycle through (we had fun arguing about pineapple on pizza a couple of times) Salty dog: Good hamburgers and Hot dogs, be ready to wait in line at lunch time as it is popular Coffee and Cones: The soft serve is included, premium ice cream deserts here if you have a package, they ran out of cones 10 days into our 15 day cruise and just started serving it in the smaller plastic drink cups.The Main Dining room food was generally well presented and of good quality, the service was good most of the time with the exception of it being a bit slower one or two nights which seemed to be caused when a couple of waiters were sharing assistants and were busier...."Read More
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COVID19 and Crowds everywhere.

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LMMMM
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

The food and service was wonderful. Panana Canal was the Panana Canal. Cartegena was lovely as was Huatulco. Punteranus not so nice. 2 things ruined this cruise for us. 3 of us got COVID 19 around day 4 or 5. There was no screening and no masking at all. What made it worse was that everything was overcrowded. Hard to get a table at the buffet. Hard to get a seat in the theater. Everyting was ...
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Sail Date: March 2024


We won't cruise with Princess in the future

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Cruz59
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise mainly because it was going through the Panama Canal which was fantastic, but unfortunately two of the original stops got cancelled, the stop in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua got cancelled just a short time after booking and Grand Cayman got cancelled as the swell was to bad for the tenders. Pros: All the staff were excellent The Medallion App seemed to work well The ...
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Sail Date: February 2024

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony


Great ship and staff but too many sea days

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Willwils
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Wanted full passage Panama canal cruise and Emerald Princess delivered. I found this to be a mostly wonderfully cruise with fabulous entertainment  and games galore. While it was his last assignment on Emerald, Fernando the cruise director was everywhere helping to entertaining guests with games and contests. The shows were great,, especially the premiere of ROCK OPERA. Balcony cabin on Baja 11 ...
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Sail Date: January 2024

Cabin Type: Balcony


Best way to experience the Panama Canal!

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moosegrin
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

We are Long time Holland American Cruisers that took this cruise with Princess due to the timing and destination. Room: This obstructed view is fine from the view standpoint, it is at the top of the stairs from the promenade, but that was not an issue. The first 4 rooms on this deck including this one are narrower than other rooms and also have the really annoying feature of having two ...
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Sail Date: January 2024

Traveled with children


Third and last cruise with princess

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IleanW
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This has our 17th cruise (not all with Princess) so we are not new to cruise ships. This was the worst cruise of all and we will not be sailing with Princess again. Sorry Princess but your services on the cruise have ruined it for us. The first day, we went on the ship tour and went up to the Lotus Spa. I asked about using the sauna/steam room and was told by the female attendant the there would ...
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Sail Date: January 2024


Panama Canal Full Transit - Christmas and New Years

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mrell345
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

Overall this was a good cruise, the ship though needing some attention is in good shape, we had no major complaints about the food which in general was good. Our room steward worked hard to keep our room clean and we had no complaints about the service. We enjoyed our trip through the Panama Canal and the stops we made during the trip. The shows in general were ok, everyone on board seemed to ...
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Sail Date: December 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Sucks

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Wapascu
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

The staff at dining room botecceli dining was wonderful, however I could not say the same for the staff on Divi Divi dining room, it was Christmas Day and we had an early setting and a private table, we were seated and given menus and then we waited and waited and waited, meanwhile more diners came in and got waited on before us, not acceptable. Not a quiet place on the ship to read or play games ...
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Sail Date: December 2023


Panama Canal Coast to Coast

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bcgal00
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Our cruise to the Panama Canal on Emerald Princess did not disappoint, it was a great ratio of at sea days vs port days. The embarkation and disembarkation both ran smoothly. The staff were exceptional, especially our cabin steward. On day 1 he got extra hangers for me and removed the small table, replacing it with an extra chair. Our balcony stateroom was faded and the age really showed but it ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Quality of Princess Onboard Service Remains Outstanding

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imacruisejunkie
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

We booked this cruise at the spur of the moment, and did not shop around to see other options. That said, we were very pleased with the cruise overall. This was our eighth cruise on Princess, and the cruise line's quality of service has always been outstanding for every cruise we've taken over the years. The entire crew are wonderful - they all have a great deal of enthusiasm and are eager ...
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Sail Date: April 2023

Cabin Type: Balcony


Disappointed

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DougEnglish
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

Chose this ship because it had a Pickleball court and we wanted to play a lot on sea days. On the first day we headed to deck 19 to play only to discover that the plastic playing surface did not allow the ball to bounce at all. The net was in disrepair and everything was covered in soot from the smoke stack. Not possible to play and sure why the court even exists. On day 2 I went to the Fitness ...
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Sail Date: April 2023


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