Date and duration
Any duration
Lovely ship, excellent facilities and the staff were superb. Departing early February 2020, The itinerary was two ports in Columbia, one in Costa Rica, one in Panama ( in addition to Colon), and a canal transit. Our one disappointment was that a "Transit" of the Panama canal was intimated and confirmed by a telephone call, when in fact a full transit was never intended. The "Panama Canal Transit" was detailed in published daily schedules, and only referred to as a partial transit in the last few days, when I suspect other passengers realised the status. The vessel was never designed to enter the Panama Canal. The lifeboats had to be removed, and a new Panama Fairlead installed aft requiring us to spend a day in the Port of Colon to accommodate this. This accommodation was only possible by cancelling The Panama port visit (Boco del Toro), therefore we only visited three of the planned four ports, and a planned "Day at Sea" was in fact a day at anchor outside the Canal. Without requiring to pass under the "Bridge of the Americas" and enter the Pacific, the vessel could have completed a full transit of the Canal, disembarking passengers in Panama City, rather than Colon, and embarking new passengers there to complete a second transit northwards. We were compensated for the missed port, $50 and $15 fees, (less than a dinner bottle of wine.) A very disappointing end to a potentially wonderful experience. The Ship was wonderful, the holiday was not.
Great cruise and enjoyed the small boat experience. Informal and opportunity to really get to know crew and other guests while visiting small ports that other cruise ships can’t access. Only a few other UK guests- mostly US /Canada. Qloved it so much planning further cruise next year
