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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America
16 Night Panama Canal Westbound (Ft. Lauderdale To San Diego)
Sail date: April 09, 2017
Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: 4114
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
Get rid of Cartagena! or at least the tours. We sat on a bus until we got to stores-stopped and got to shop (badgered by peddlers). Got back on bus, went to one museum and paid $54 each for this.
Liked everything else- Corinto in Nicaguara is very poverty stricken - but the folks there are nice. We enjoyed the Costa Rica experience - train and mangrove boat
ride. Mexico excellent and appeared very clean.
Enjoyed going thru the Canal. That was on my bucket list.
Staff on the ship was outstanding as usual. Managed to gain six pounds eating two desserts on the Lido deck at lunch.
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Ports of call
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)
Enter Panama Canal At Cristobal
Puerto Chiapas (Tapachula), Mexico