One thing off my bucket list but would not recommend this cruise line

Norwegian Gem Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

2.1 out of 5
Norwegian Gem

18 Night Panama Canal Westbound (New York To Los Angeles)

Sail date: January 02, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Gem

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Probably will not go back due to the food and the short times set that we had to be off the island each excursion

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Not Very good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Buffets was terrible, no shrimp lobster crab just chicken turkey and some roast ,The specialty restaurants were quite good they had a decent menu

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Rockwall ever seen anybody about it, the pool was OK and Hot Tub fit the seller was very good.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Stage shows were OK comedian was very funny

Children's Programs

1 out of 5
Didn’t see very many children did not experience anything with the clubs

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Room Stuart was not very good kept forgetting things a lot of them could not speak very good English

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Did not find it very clean a lot of paint missing my balcony was missing paint everywhere and rust was showing up everywhere

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t go food was not except a bowl for what you pay

Ports of call

New York, New York Did not visit port

I have been there previously

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
I went on a bus tour and it was excellent very clean city

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Very nice port also very clean would love to go there to visit and stay longer

Santa Marta, Colombia

1 out of 5
It’s not like sewer when we got off the boat and the people would not leave us alone

Cartagena, Colombia

2 out of 5
Once again the people would that leave us alone even after you said no 10 times

Panama Canal Transit

4 out of 5
Did not go and stop wish we would’ve but the experience going through the canal was very nice

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

3 out of 5
Did our own excursion and it was very nice we had a nice gentleman taking us

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua

3 out of 5
Had a nice time on another tour bus

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

2 out of 5
Had a nice time on another tour bus

Manzanillo, Mexico

3 out of 5
When another bus tour was OK never been to this place seem very clean for Mexico

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

3 out of 5
We’re on the bus tour nice viewing sites was it the port too short of a time

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
Paid too much went fishing did not catch anything was it the port too short of a timeBut the sites are beautiful

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
Got on the plane and went home

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Just a little lineup for about an hour and 45 minutes kick this out of the room at 8:30 did not get off the boat till about 930 had to wait in the hallway
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