island princess 3-24-09 - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

just having fun · 10-29-2008, 05:23 PM

hello everyone...well we are setting sail on 3-24-09 on island princess for 10 days to the panama canal..do we have any cruise mates??
sure like to hear from anyone going and been to the panama canal

thanks
butch/muriel

cruisin' chick · 10-31-2008, 03:31 AM

Do you have any questions about the ship? maybe I can answer them.

just having fun · 10-31-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cruisin' chick

Do you have any questions about the ship? maybe I can answer them.

well I was really looking for info on the cruise itself..but seeing u asked..
we have a balcony on caribe forward and wondered if the balcony is small and does it have an overhang??
overall, how is the ship?? food?? service??
have u ever taken the panama cruise??
thank u for everything..
butch/muriel

cruisin' chick · 11-01-2008, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by just having fun

well I was really looking for info on the cruise itself..but seeing u asked..
we have a balcony on caribe forward and wondered if the balcony is small and does it have an overhang??
overall, how is the ship?? food?? service??
have u ever taken the panama cruise??
thank u for everything..
butch/muriel

We had an inside cabin on the Caribe deck, midships. Hubby prefers to book insides (likes dark rooms to sleep in) and we don't want to spend money on a balcony and risk getting smoked out. So can't speak on the size of balconies.

We liked the ship, not too small (we like ships about 95,000 to 115,000 gt). Our one complaint about the layout was that there was often clouds of smoke in the grand atrium due to the cigar lounge and a bar that allowed smoking being on the Promenade deck in the grand atrium. Those two were in a better location, as far as we were concerned, on the Sapphire.

I don't remember the name of our waitstaff, but we've had better on other ships. I remember Mario was our steward, but he could be on another ship by now.

It was the ship doing the Hawaiian cruise at the time. We haven't been on a PC cruise.

jaechris · 01-17-2009, 12:20 PM

Hi,

I am new at answering to a blog.
My husband and I are on the cruise following yours. We set sail on 04/03/09. I hope you have a great time.
We have been on the Coral Princess, the sister ship to the Island Princess and we loved the size of the ship and the layout. We loved the Crooners lounge. Please have a great trip. We just missed your cruise by one voyage. Enjoy!!!