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Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Norwegian Encore

21 Night Panama Canal: Mexico & Colombia (Seattle To Miami)

Sail date: October 13, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin number: 5100

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 days ago

Review summary

Great crew! Friendly and hard working! Food and drinks were good. Choir of Man was fabulous! Other shows were good. Would highly recommend! Only hitch was disembarkation. Major issue with customs. Rumor was only 4 agents on duty for our fully booked ship and 2 other Cruise ships in port. Port of Miami for being the 2nd largest port in world, that was bad! We were delayed almost 4 hrs on disembarkation, thankfully we weren't catching a flight ✈️.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The Manhattan Room - Main Dining Room

5 out of 5

Ate here a lot. Staff was excellent. We tried to get Same servers every time, then the would remember out drinks etc. a little extra tip when a long way when recognizing great service.

The District Brew House

5 out of 5

Went for beer tasting. Bar tender very knowledgeable on all beers. Lots of beer choices

Teppanyaki

5 out of 5

Loved the meal and the show of preparation of the food. Highly recommend

Sugarcane Mojito Bar

5 out of 5

Excellent mojito!

Ocean Blue

5 out of 5

Excellent meals. Highly recommend!

Garden Cafe

4 out of 5

Lots of choices. Only negative for me was good was not "steaming" hot. Very tasty

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Great steak and prime rib!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Observation Lounge

5 out of 5

Loved the views

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved the observation deck and views from the garden Cafe.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Enough room for 2. Standard room size , as expected.

Ship tip

Reward your room Steward for their hard work we took 2.00 bills to hand out at bars for better/ faster service

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

San Francisco, California

3 out of 5

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Manzanillo, Mexico

5 out of 5

Acapulco, Mexico

5 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Panama City, Panama

5 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

javawoody     2 days ago

Appreciate the review

Gwbigdog     3 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

natelorip     3 days ago

Thanks for sharing. Glad you had a great time.

cruising2004     4 days ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

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