Bajpole

We cruised on the Pullmantur Monarch at the beginning of November and had an amazing trip...(no A/C problems Ancldca).

We joined the cruise in Curacao after overnighting there...lovely island with beautiful people.

We did the Canal & Shopping tour in Panama...good choice...fascinating visit to the locks, and as we wanted to see the Pacific coast too, we did the shopping trip....electronics were very cheap and although we are not shoppers, many people did come back with lots of shopping!

In Cartegena, we did the Bus & Walking Tour....very interesting tour through the old town...found some neat souvenir stores and street vendors who were not on the "recommended" list, with people who were not "pushy". Also bought some good quality T shirts from one of the "pressing vendors" who was following the tour around. Hopped back on the bus and completed the rest of the tour.

In Aruba, we walked the main street and then took a local bus to a beautiful beach by the RIU hotel.....the water was warm and relaxing....we spent about 3 hours there....took a shower (on the beach outside the RIU hotel) then took the bus back to the ship.

In Venezuela, we did the cable car & Caracas tour .... felt a little uneasy as there were many police everywhere but still thought it was worth seeing Caracas for ourselves....we were not disappointed and the cable car gave us some spectacular views.

The crew on the Monarch were amazing and made our stay enjoyable...we ate mostly in the dining room and occasionally at the buffet...could not fault the service nor the food...excellent!

Our cabin was comfortable and the steward was very attentive.

Tips were added to our main account, but we still tipped the people who made our cruise extra special.

fengshui626

How was the cruise?

We received out tickets last week and I was waiting for your review.

Hopefully you had a good time.

Thank you yet again for your review.

We cruise on November 5th so hopefully things will be resolved, and if not, then we will be making lemonade from our lemons.

This is an incredible review...thank you...we will be doing the Curacao to Curacao cruise on November 5 and are looking forward to your next review.

I would love to visit Caracas so am interested to know if those excursions are now available.

My husband and I have previously travelled on CDF Horizon in the Caribbean and have enjoyed these cruises even though we speak very little French or Spanish.

We have added an extra day in Curacao at each end of our cruise and would appreciate reading any experiences of Check In/Out at Curacao airport.