South America Cruise Reviews

Es el primero crucero que hago con MSC y estoy pensando en realizar el de fin de año con mi grupo familiar extendido.-

This was our first trip with Celebrity / Royal Caribbean and we see no reason to return.

Overall it was a good cruise and one that I would recommend.

Very goods positioning cruise for you South American first timers. You wsaw ports of call not normally visited and that makes it very interesting. Highlight was Panama Canal. We were told that the Macchu Pichu 2 day tour was well organized, but quite expensive. FYI

Great trip overall. We had an emergency transfer of a crew member due to health reasons and had to skip our stop in Punta Arenas. This change in venue allowed us to be at Cape Hope at sunrise and to,transit the Beagle Channel during daylight. This was not the normal time to transit the channel. We were able to see many beautiful glaciers that would have been missed with a night transit.

I am glad I went, but I was not impressed with Holland America. I have been spoiled by sailing on Viking

Shore excursions were too expensive!!!!! We did one that was the best value - $29.95 Top 10 places to visit in Puerto Vallarta

Will not use Princess again - Ports good but not the ship or staff

overall had a wonderful trip, but 30 days was too long and with too many sea days

Food was disappointing in the main areas. Dining rooms, buffet, etc.

The ports were awesome. The ship is getting run down, especially outside with a lot of rust to be seen. The staff was confrontational and had an attitude that the customer was always wrong. The entertainment was mediocre except for guest performers who were good. Activities were limited and difficult to sign up for.

This was a relaxing and enjoyable cruise, which was educational in a way, because we get to see how people in other countries live.

Excellent experience! It was relaxing but not at all boring.

Overall, we were very pleased with this cruise. I didn't rate the ports due to time filling this out, but highlights for us were Panama (took a tour through the locks), Antigua on a Sunday in Lent - Amazing!, and we loved Puerto Vallarta's Old town section and walking along the Malecon.

The outbreak of a gastrointestinal virus put a damper on the cruise. No bread on the tables in the restaurants, no self serve in the buffets, no snacks in the bars, no ice buckets in the rooms, no hot tub usage, no library, no card room access, etc. In addition to those inconveniences, there was a lot of maintenance going on, often inconveniencing the passengers, such as grinding above the aft deck, sending debris flying down on the people and getting in their food. This eventually led to the closure of large sections of the deck. Frequently the Observation Deck Bar was closed for maintenance.

Great Ship, great cruise, amazing itinerary.... starting in Chile through the Panama Canal ending in Miami. A 16 day cruise was a pleasure and a dream. Our cruise was effected by the Noro Virus and the ship was taking extra efforts to clean and prevent people from serving themselves. That means longer lines and longer wait times. My family washed our hands very often and avoided the buffet as there was less selection and longer lines. It was better to be served breakfast, lunch and dinner in the main dinning room. No one out of the 6 people we traveled with got the virus. Complainers should keep this in mind as the crew also got sick and service was delayed due to less crew. NCL gave us $35/each on our bill for the inconvenience and not sure how they came up with that number. Thanks for that. $50- $100 would have been better :). Our ages ranged from 45-55 years old so we were less than the average age.

Great cruise, great way to go to the Rio Carnaval with interesting fellow passengers.

Overall it was a great experience but was spoiled by cabin problems for the first week of the cruise.

We really did enjoy the experience & would not hesitate to travel with Celebrity again.

Our first cruise was very memorable, we enjoyed the relaxed “Freestyle” approach to cruising and would travel Norwegian again, we’d like to be sure that there is no major maintenance being undertaken during the cruise and that they cater for all ages, not just the under 35s especially as the average age of passengers was well over 70. We had Norovirus on board, it would have been better to enforce strict hygiene from day 1 then relax measures once there is reasonable certainty that there is no risk. No announcement was made about the situation until 3 days after the virus had broken out.