PutnamNY Posted February 3 #1 Share Posted February 3 Can anyone share their embarkation experience on Explora 1 at Colon? We will be staying overnight at Panama City and heading to Colon on embarkation day. Hopefully we can find a good car service or agency that can give us a tour of the locks before taking us to the cruise terminal. (The reason for this question, I read somewhere else that Colon is a bit on the seedy side and need to be careful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOWTIECLUB Posted February 19 #2 Share Posted February 19 Did you ever find a good car service that also took you to Miraflores? Would really appreciate any incite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PaulMCO Posted February 20 #3 Share Posted February 20 On 2/3/2024 at 6:46 PM, PutnamNY said: Can anyone share their embarkation experience on Explora 1 at Colon? We will be staying overnight at Panama City and heading to Colon on embarkation day. Hopefully we can find a good car service or agency that can give us a tour of the locks before taking us to the cruise terminal. (The reason for this question, I read somewhere else that Colon is a bit on the seedy side and need to be careful) Why don't you use a guide from Tours by Locals. They can do both a tour and drop off at the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted February 22 #4 Share Posted February 22 Yes, Colon is definitely on the "seedy side" and not a very safe area, once you leave the relative safety of the port. I believe the port was actually developed with CCL (Carnival) money and there is an adjacent shopping area, bar, etc. Going there from elsewhere in Panama should be fine as long as the OP has a car/driver who drops them inside the port. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltonfarms Posted February 23 #5 Share Posted February 23 We felt safe but did not walk around Just got back had excursions with Viator gave our name to Thomas When we got there saw my name on placard went with tour took us to different village than had booked with Viator and wanted us to pay him already paid Viator pd him Thomas tried to contact us at 9:15 TOUR was at 7:15 Viator will not reimburse us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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