San Francisco to the Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Ruby Princess
BikerPaul
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We choose Princess because it sailed out of San Francisco. We were able to take the Amtrac train out of Fresno, CA at 6:00 AM and were in front of the Buffet at 11:30 AM. Embarkation was the easiest of all our cruises. Luggage taken right from the Uber along the curbside.
Every sea day was a hour practice on the steel drums for 30 shipmates. Leader of the drums, Wilson, was great. Much ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2023
Cabin Type: Interior
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Caribbean Princess
2sharp2
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
All new ports and new lock canal transit for us. Ship's first cruise since a three week dry dock. Not sure what work was performed but ship had some issues. I think CP was built in 2004. The first thing we noticed was all the windows on the Lido deck were so filthy dirty you could barely see thru them and the window in our restricted view cabin on Emerald deck 8 cabin E308 also dirty. One morning ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2022
Traveled with disabled person
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Ruby Princess
Minisuite mama
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
We originally booked this cruise through the Panama Canal for April 2020. We were very excited when we were finally able to start cruising again and were looking forward to sailing through the Panama Canal. Most of our past cruises have been with Princess.
Princess has paid a lot of attention to health safety protocols. We had to have a negative Covid test within 48 hours of embarkation. We ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2022
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Ruby Princess
Dr DH
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
Always wanted to do the Canal and it was amazing! The LGBTQ social in Adagio every day was very special and we met over 25 people from all over and met every day, plus had a pool social one afternoon. Cherry and Michelle were very friendly and served us well. It was great to see the return of two shows with singers and dancers and would hope this could be expanded as Covid recedes. Also enjoyed ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2022
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Ruby Princess
Protseq
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
This was our second cruise on the Ruby Princess. Passenger capacity was 60%. The Panama Canal full transit was the main reason for us taking this cruise. Embarkation took about an hour. Pier-side covid testing was expected although there were passengers who were not happy after doing the required 48 hour tests. Cabin was not ready until 1 pm.
Comments: Food in the buffet as others have ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2022
Cabin Type: Interior
Review for a South America Cruise on Insignia
Overthewaves
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
Oceania cruises are great for couples (nothing interesting for children or singles)
This cruise was from San Franciso to Santiago Chile, i.e. a 22-day section of a world cruise. In addition to embarkation and debarkation, we visited these ports: Santa Barbara and San Diego in USA; Cabo, Ixtapa, Acapulco and Puerto Chapas in Mexico; Puerto Quetzel in Gautemala, Acajutla in El Salvador; Manta ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2020
Cabin Type: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Gem
theoz
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and the fact that it left San Francisco and ended in New York. Being from the East Coast, we only had to fly one way. This cruise had 13 port stops which was wonderful. The ship was almost all senior citizens which we expected due to the length of the cruise. We met some wonderful people from all over the world and it was so interesting talking ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2020
Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Balcony
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Norwegian Gem
Tailwind1
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
This is my 26th review for Cruise Critic. Unlike some reviewers that join this group just to complain about a bad experience, I have, for the past 10+ years felt obliged to write about my cruise experiences. I am a professional writer in another life which tends to make my reviews long and thorough. If you want to know simply if we liked our time on the Gem, just count the stars. If you want to ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2020
Cabin Type: Mid-Ship Oceanview Porthole Window
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Coral Princess
Cruise Aficionado Too
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We had never seen the Panama Canal and this time worked well with our schedule. The shipboard entertainment in the evening was varied and of good quality. We particularly enjoyed the violinist and piano duo of Consonance and the choice of comedians, musicians and singers were excellent for such a small ship. The food was very good at all meals and at times excellent. The excursions were a mixed ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2019
Cabin Type: Balcony
Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Coral Princess
Coral Traveler
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We heard how good Princess is and we had traveled last year on a Princess. We wanted to see the Panama Canal and the cruise sounded just what we wanted. Embarkation and disembarkation went so very smooth. We were impressed. The service was awesome and our cabin sparkling clean thanks to our cabin steward. Was very much disappointed in that we were unable to take our scooter on the tenders and ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2019
Cabin Type: Balcony
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