Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) to the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews

For our 3rd traverse of the Panama Canal, we expected Viking to offer a distinct educational experience and culinary quality. Both were average (to be generous). One of the lecturers spent more time presenting his experienes in SE Asia than in the Panama Canal and Central America. None of the lecturers addressed the substance of developments in the canal's routing, engineering, building, and ...

Panama Canal cruise with Viking is the best cruise I have ever been to by far. Buying cruise and after sale communications - A+. Ship Mars - A+. New ship feels like NEW. Great design, smooth sailing. Stateroom - A+. Spacious room with balcony, large bathroom, fully equipped. Food - A-. Buffet on the deck 7 and The Restaurant on the deck 2 are both outstanding. Specially restaurants on ...

Beyond Your Imagination! (with some Upsides and Downsides) Ship: Celebrity Beyond Sail Dates: December 11—22, 2023 Itinerary: Leaving Fort Lauderdale, Grand Cayman, Columbia, Aruba (overnight), Curacao, Jamaica Captain: Capt. Leo I’m trying my best to not be so detailed, but that’s hard for me! My reviews are written in sections so you can skip over anything you’re not ...

My partner and I embarked on our first voyage with Celebrity cruise line, and it was an absolute delight. The entertainment surpassed our expectations – Ashlie Amber and Jesse Hamilton Jr. delivered awe-inspiring performances. Our room, boasting an infinite veranda, was a haven of comfort. Despite having a concierge room suite, we couldn't discern any marked difference from the regular infinite ...

This was my 51st Celebrity cruise. It just gets better. I am an administrative judge and I look for the sincerity of people's hearts. Every crew member did their utmost to make our cruise vacation the most pleasurable it could be. The ship is meticulous. The food was amazing and the service exceptional. I won't go into details, but I reported an incident to Celebrity staff onboard and ...

I have taken several cruises on Celebrity and Celebrity Beyond but this cruise was a Big disappointment. The checkin was smoothed and the Sunset Veranda Sky Suite was an excellent room. But the great quality food that Celebrity has been know for in the past was subpar. The food in Ocenview was just average at best but the beverage service was a miss. Fewer staff and no service. The few times we ...

Been long time cruisers with RC and Celebrity. Took three cruises in 2023, all on Celebrity, all in the Retreat. Once we arrived at our cabin, we knew something was amiss. No Butler. There was a head butler, nothing more. Never met this person the entire cruise. That was disappointing. Cruise was all right, nothing exceptional. We had been in most of the ports on previous cruises. Cartagena was ...

First, the ship. She's a grand dame with elegance and charm, and the Medallion electronics are awesome. Wearing the little coin makes you recognizable to your stateroom door, which unlocks as you approach. It also tells your traveling party as well as servers where on the ship you are, and can even draw a map to find you. There are many more Medallion features which you can look up on your ...

The wife and I just returned from an extremely enjoyable 10 days aboard Viking Sky, traveling from Ft. Lauderdale to Panama City, Panama. While this was our first ocean cruise in over 15 years, (our previous was on another cruise line), it got us very interested in doing this type of travel more frequently in the future. The crew and staff onboard our ship, to a person, were beyond friendly and ...

We enjoyed the itinerary or ports of call visited. Cartagena and going through the Panama Canal were the highlights. I would suggest that the descriptions of the excursions include how long the bus rides are. We spent 3 hours in a bus going to the Rain forest in Costa Rica and saw only birds and lizards/frogs at the destination. We did see monkeys and a sloth during the ride there. The ...