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Panama Canal Cruise

Review for the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Westerdam
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bkmcech
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite

We embarked in Ft. Lauderdale. The embarkation process was the only down side to the cruise. Since we are in a Deluxe Verandah Suite we are supposed to get priority boarding, etc. The people acted like they had never heard of it, even though there was a special line. When we finally got to the front of the line, people were crowding in front of us. It was 6 hours before sailing, but everyone was going crazy like they were going to miss the boat.

Once on board, our suite was ready and as usual, flowers and champagne were waiting.

The first two days were sea days, it was grey and raining so most of the days were spent relaxing in our suite. The first port was Cartagena, Columbia. The next morning we arose at 5:00 to go out on the bow to watch our entry into the Canal. It took about an hour to get into the first lock and was quite fascinating. We left once we were through the first lock so others could see it from the bow. We were in the Canal and lake the entire day. We were then at sea again, sailing to Costa Rica. The next day we were in Nicaragua. We did a shore excursion to the colonial capital of Leon. Very interesting. The country is beautiful, the people very friendly (but very poor), and the food was good. The country is trying to develop tourism and I do hope they succeed. Then we were in Puerto Vallarta, my favorite city on mainland Mexico. The last port was Cabo San Lucas, my Mexican home away from home. The last day at sea to San Diego was very chilly so a quiet day. We ate in the Pinnacle 7 times (2 of the nights were the La Cirque menu) and it was great as usual. All in all, this was a great cruise. There were many days at sea which I wasn't sure about at first but I enjoyed them all.

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Neptune Deluxe Verandah Suite

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Suite 7059 - very comfortable suite, good location. The stewards kept the cabin very clean and well stocked.

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