Good cruise, loved the ship & food. A couple of the excursions were disappointing….not exactly as described.

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 4.4
Author: imclaughlin

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

imclaughlin

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

18 Night Panama Canal Mexico & Costa Rica (Miami To San Francisco)

Sail date: April 17, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11242

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall a good cruise. Nice ship, great food & entertainment. Had a good time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Good on all counts.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Enjoyed meeting up with the Stitchers & Knitters group. Met lots of nice ladies and enjoyed it very much!

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Broadway productions….Kinky Boots & Choir of Man were great! Also really enjoyed the Beatles Invasion group!! Music Was all very good!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All very friendly and helpful. Our room steward was excellent!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was good, but very tight quarters getting around the end of the bed. The bathroom was a little bigger than on past cruises though.

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

1 out of 5

Excursion was very disappointing and not as described.

Thumbs Up 0

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Very interesting and good commentary.

Thumbs Up 0

PANAMA CITY (FUERTE AMADOR), PANAMA

3 out of 5

Excursion was good to the Miraflores locks vistors center. I thought the boat ride on Lake Gatun was boring & not that interesting.

Thumbs Up 0

Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Again, river cruise was disappointing and tree top aerial tram was basically like a ski lift ride and didn’t see much.

Thumbs Up 0

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Visited the coffee plantation. Very good and interesting excursion!

Thumbs Up 2

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

All very smooth.

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