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Norwegian Bliss Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Norwegian Bliss

15 Night Panama Canal - Westbound (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: December 04, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Bliss

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10220

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

Seeing Panama Canal was very interesting. Zip lining in Puerta Vallarta was fun. Guatemala was new for us and interesting. Overall we saw more ports on this cruise, and they were places that we hadn’t been to, so it was interesting

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Long lines, no bathrooms while waiting, no water or soda dispensing machines while waiting

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining rooms very nice, specialty restaurants nice, except for Los Lobos..horrible, buffets normal, clean, busy

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
NA

Entertainment

5 out of 5
I enjoyed the shows, the employee variety show, most of the singers, enjoyed the comedy shows,

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The waiters were always nice except for one that looked like he didn’t want to be there mall of the buffet waiters and the employees serving and making the food were great. “C” our room steward was very friendly and always had fre

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I didn’t go on deck because too many people put their towels on chairs to save them and then didn’t show up until much later. Disappointing. The atrium was kind of the same way. People put things in chairs to save their spots. I could show up 45 minutes early for an activity or show and not find anywhere to sit. If they aren’t going to sit there and wait, they shouldn’t be able to save their place like this. Waiters were pretty good about picking up dirty glasses from people who drank, but they could accumulate at times

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Loved the balcony. Room was clean, no complaints

Ship tip

Food is rather bland. Usually always something to do onboard. But, many of these activities you had to pay for.

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Panama City, Panama

3 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5

Manzanillo, Mexico

3 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Mazatlan, Mexico

3 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Always long lines. Plus they were doing a new scanning system which didn’t take long, but only 2 of the 4 immigration personnel were working while we were in line. That made it a very very long wait
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10 Comments

JVPVPLAYAS     3 months ago

embarked Miami, disembarked Los Angeles

JVPVPLAYAS     3 months ago

embarked from miami

PaulzyJC     10 months ago

Hmmm, interesting. When I sailed on Bliss for my Panama Canal cruise we had drinks ststaions during our embarkation process in Los Angeles.

PaulzyJC     10 months ago

Where did the Bliss embark from?

Gwbigdog     10 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Niavlys     10 months ago

Interesting ports of calls.. Tks for sharing

javawoody     10 months ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004     10 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable and interesting cruise. Thank you for your review.

ericbran     10 months ago

Thanks 4 sharing. Definitely like your feedback

karlgrgurich     10 months ago

Always nice to see new ports. :)

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