Royal Caribbean Panama Canal & Central America Cruise Reviews
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"This was my first cruise ever and I came in completely optimistic, but it was an absolute disaster. From the first moment I entered this ship, you are greeted with this musty smell of this aging ship. The smell..."Read More
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Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Cindy Sea
6-10 Cruises
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Age 60s
My husband and I have been cruising with Royal Caribbean for years. We love the cruise line and have always had a good experience. It was my bucket list item to go on a Panama Canal Cruise. We usually take about one cruise per year but had never gone for more than one week. The Panama Canal cruises usually run 15-16 nights. We decided NOT to wait until after we retired!.
We went on the Jewel ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Departure Port: Wellington
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
Review for Vision of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Manymice
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
I'm loyal to Royal and wanted to do a Panama Canal cruise. I have been on about 40 cruises with Royal and this was by far the worst cruise I've been on.
1) Embarkation was delayed due to an unknown issue and the communication was non existent. The disembarkation from the ship was fine but waiting for an hour for our luggage to arrive at the airport was frustration
2) The ship is old but in ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2019
Departure Port: Hong Kong
2 Helpful Votes
Review for Vision of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
AZcrew
10+ Cruises
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Age 70s
We chose this cruise because the timing was good, it ended up in LA where we could drive home to Phoenix and we needed 15 days to make Diamond level. We arrived in Fort Lauderdale 2 days ahead hoping to do some sightseeing but a cloudburst stuck with us for much of the 48 hours until we boarded which dampened our plans. We were glad we were staying in an Embassy Suites and had the extra room while ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2019
Departure Port: Rome (Civitavecchia)
Cabin Type: Interior
9 Helpful Votes
Review for Vision of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Amdcu93
10+ Cruises
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Age 50s
The ship is wonderful. I love how small and easy to navigate she is compared to her bigger competitors and sisters. Not high-tech, which is fine with me. I'm happy with just music and trivia and silly games and reading by the pool. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I thought the ship was perfect for my wife and I.
Solarium space is wonderful. Quiet, great view.
Staff were wonderful. Steve ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2019
Departure Port: Hong Kong
7 Helpful Votes
Review for Vision of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
custard75
10+ Cruises
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Age 40s
Embarked in Miami - was on board quickly and cabins opened by 1.15pm. We tried the assisted boarding as my dad has bad arthritis and struggles to walk far now. We waited in an area with an awful lot of others in the same position and after 15 minutes were taken up an escalator and basically it cut quite a bit of walking out.
Deck 3 Oceanview 3096 and 3094 - nice big window with blackout blinds ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2019
Departure Port: Wellington
Cabin Type: Ocean View
Traveled with disabled person
29 Helpful Votes
Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Welly9
10+ Cruises
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Age 60s
We picked it for the Cruise Destinations, thru the Panama.
Started in San Diego, loved SD, stay at the Sheraton (close to airport and cruise port) and walked around, to Little Italy, the docks, Dinner at the Fish Market.
We love the Jewel, food and service, superb! Clean and not small not huge.
Los Cabos - walked around, visiting shops, stopped at a cpl bars for Mexican home made salsa ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Departure Port: Ilulissat
Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony
26 Helpful Votes
Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Astromaid
6-10 Cruises
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Age 60s
We typically cruise with Carnival, but wanted to do a full transit through the Panama Canal, which Carnival rarely offers. So we booked a cruise on Jewel of the Seas, we have been on Explorer of the Seas back in 2002. We have been on nine cruises, we are in our mid sixties, husband and wife. We have never had a bad cruise and we did enjoy Jewel, Some people might be upset that I am doing a ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Departure Port: Ilulissat
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
33 Helpful Votes
Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Dlqueen721
10+ Cruises
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Age 50s
Nice ship, just the right size for this type of cruise. Nice crew. The waiters in the main ding room went out of their way to remember what your favorite food items were. Disappointed that our spacious ocean view balcony was really an obstructed barely ocean view balcony (still awaiting a response from RCCL on that one). Good food. Windjammer was actually a nice experience on this ship with a ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Departure Port: Ilulissat
Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony
Traveled with children
Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
jujdred2018
2-5 Cruises
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Age 60s
Bucket-list cruise. Check-in was a bit rough: new program scanned my wife's passport and said she was born on some tropical island I've never heard of; a supervisor had to be called to update the location to NY. Night 2, around 9:45, we were in the Schooner bar having a drink and listening to Joy Wade the piano player. He was going along quite nicely, until he got bored or ran out of popular ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Departure Port: Ilulissat
Cabin Type: Spacious Ocean View Balcony
1 Helpful Vote
Review for Jewel of the Seas to Panama Canal & Central America
Cat butler
10+ Cruises
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Age 60s
The Ship was Tired. The windows were either dirty and had not cleaned in a while or the plain were in need of replacement. The seals were clearly gone in the double pained windows and we watched water "sloshing" in one window as the Ship rocked. Elevator lights did not function and this was common.
Stateroom: Balcony door was difficult to open and handle was extremely lose. Dust bunnies ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Departure Port: Wellington
Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony
3 Helpful Votes
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