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Costa Rica & Panama Canal
Panama Canal
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Your Ship
Star Legend
Royal Viking Line's last and smallest ship, on her fourth name
Aboard
- Completed in February 1992 as Royal Viking Queen, the last ship Royal Viking Line ordered
- Has carried four names in four fleets before settling as Star Legend in 2015
- Played herself in Speed 2 Cruise Control, back when she was Seabourn Legend
- Second of the three yachts stretched at Palermo, delivered in May 2021
- Mediterranean and northern Europe most of the year, Central America in winter
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal
A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.
- Best Time to Go
- December through April, the dry season
- Typical Length
- 10 to 15 nights
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