Great partial Panama Canal cruise

Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 75

Overall rating:

4.4 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: 10500

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

This repositioning cruise was good with lots of things to do and a lot of fun and interesting ports of call and we only had a couple of issues

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fantastic quick and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Specialty restaurants were great. The main dining rooms were a disappointment.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Your basic onboard activities

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The entertainment was alright. Some was good and some was ok

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The Dawn’s staff overall was excellent. Some of the staff was outstanding i.e our butler Gilbert was superior, wait staff, bartenders, shore excursion staff. On the other hand we had some service staff members that were a disappointment i.e concierge, room steward

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
No issues here the ship was kept very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
This is a fantastic cabin

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
New York so much to do

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5
Clean, fun and no poverty

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Excellent port so many shop’s, restaurants and beaches

Santa Marta, Colombia

4 out of 5
Some poverty but overall a fun place to poke around

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5
Excellent port but not enough time to see and do all the items there

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
Excellent man made wonder

Colon, Panama

2 out of 5
To much poverty

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Fun port with active and interesting downtown

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Plenty to do. We decided to horseback ride in the ocean

Harvest Caye, Belize

5 out of 5
Great resort area with lots of activities

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Busy place when a lot of ships are in this port

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
Clean city with lots to do

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
A lot of confusion
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