Having had five previous cruises on Magellan there were generally enjoyable I booked this Panama cruise based on the itinerary and then fact that l had so far found the ship to be a friendly, if cheap and cheerful one. However, after this horrible holiday l will never again sail with Cruise and Maritime Voyages

We were meant to fly to Cozumel before our first port of call, Belize.

About ten days before the start of the cruise we were informed we would be flying to Cancun instead, and that Belize was cancelled. Apparently the flight chartered by CMV was unable to land at Cozumel. Why this was not disclosed until just before departure remains a mystery, however instead of flying to Cozumel and having at leastca short time to explore, we got to Cancun, had a long coach journey to Cozumel followed by a long walk through busy streets to a port where we sat for 90 minutes on an oil-stinking ferry being buffeted about before the 30 minute crossing to the ship. Read more