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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Norwegian Dawn

15 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (New York To Tampa)

Sail date: November 09, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Dawn

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10226

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

excellent cruise, great ship with excellent crew. great itinery

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Perfect

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent meals in all venues.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
pools were not crowded, trivia was interesting.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
elements was very good.

Children's Programs

no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
room steward was faboulous, couldn't do better.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
ship was spotless and just the right size for us.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was very nice and extremely clean. Balcony was good size.

Ship tip

take the inclusive drink package.

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Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
easy to get around
Thumbs Up

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
very clean safe port
Thumbs Up

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
very nice port with plenty of good shopping.
Thumbs Up

Santa Marta, Colombia

2 out of 5
not very safe
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Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
nice port with plenty to see. TOO MANY PEDDLERS
Thumbs Up

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
fantastic
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Colon, Panama

3 out of 5
too many hawkers and not very safe looking.
Thumbs Up

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
very nice port with plenty to see.
Thumbs Up

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5
nice beaches, not very friendly
Thumbs Up

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
beautiful beach, very safe
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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
very nice port
Thumbs Up

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
great terminal for conclusion of trip
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
cbp computers down. luggage delayed arriving in terminal
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.
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Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

Fantastic, glad you enjoyed it
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