Marie14 Posted May 9, 2005 #1 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Hello everyone... I was wondering what your experience was like at Cristobal Pier 6. Youre feedback is very important. Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2131 Posted May 9, 2005 #2 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Hello everyone... I was wondering what your experience was like at Cristobal Pier 6. Youre feedback is very important. Thanks... Hi Marie! I just wanted to let you know that I responded to your message on the other thread (a more detailed response there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highworth Posted June 9, 2005 #3 Share Posted June 9, 2005 What thread did you reply on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2131 Posted June 11, 2005 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2005 What thread did you reply on? I think it was about the same time (early May) and was a thread regarding shopping at the Cristobal pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashdog_1 Posted January 27, 2006 #5 Share Posted January 27, 2006 I think, but am not positive, that ships that actually dock at Colon all day go to the new Colon2000 pier (lots of shopping) and do not enter the canal. Those ships that do a partial transit into lake Gatun (and disembark their tour people there) dock at Cristobal for only part of the day, and wait for passengers returning from tours.. Someone tell me if this is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sptrout Posted January 27, 2006 #6 Share Posted January 27, 2006 flashdog_1, Based on my experience on the Summit and the Galaxy, your description is correct. Colon 2000 for ships not entering the Canal (Summit in our case), and Cristobal for ships that have been in the Canal (Galaxy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmsoko Posted March 8, 2006 #7 Share Posted March 8, 2006 "Cristobal: Shopped the warehouse of native crafts, etc. Try the cream rum that is offered. Yummy!" -- where was this offered? were you allowed to bring it back to your cabin? I'm planning to follow the same plan you did for the Canal/Cristobal so any addition info on Cristobal would be great. There was a stand/booth set up about 1/2 way into the "warehouse" that was giving out samples and selling the liquor. We did buy two bottles and were able to carry them back to our cabin. The other liquor in the liquor store didn't seem to be much of a bargain. The booths at Cristobal had lots of souvenir items. There was also a booth with handcrafted items by the Embera Indians...wood cravings&canes, baskets, molas. The intricate baskets were priced about $25+. We bought a wood craved bird and were able to "bargain" with the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDMess Posted April 27, 2006 #8 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Cristobal is a dump so don't go outside the terminal. Inside there were interesting vendors and authentic dancers. Too bad Princess doesn't dock somewhere nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikkiGarcia Posted April 27, 2006 #9 Share Posted April 27, 2006 When we stopped at Cristobal Pier we could not exit the peir even if we wanted to. There was an armed guard at the end controlling access. Vendors had to show a pass/ID to get access to the peir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Cruise Posted April 28, 2006 #10 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Other than items made by Embera Indians, most items at Cristobal Pier are made in China or India. Many still have the "Made in ..." tags on them. Enjoyed the dancers who performed and the local beer sold at the bar in the middle of the warehouse, but that was it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MISWANS Posted June 1, 2006 #11 Share Posted June 1, 2006 We cruised Panama aboard the Coral in November 2005. The pier was very disappointing. Prices for liquor and cigarettes were very high. The crafts were nothing to write home about. We got off the ship walked around in about 45 minutes and got back on. We had more fun watching a group of men load a small ship with cardboard cartons. 1000's of them individually. Not very efficient; but probably inexpensive for that area. The pier did have some Panamanian dancers while we were there; we enjoyed them. The cruise was fantastic; but the ports were not our favorites. We would do it again though; it was probably the most relaxing trip we have ever been on. Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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