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Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 155

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Norwegian Jade

11 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 12, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4596

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

NCL will definitely be an option for cruising again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Online check-in was was great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Grand Pacific dining room was pleasant and spacious, versus Alizar which seemed compact. Garden Cafe buffet was our overall go-to with a great variety of choices for lunch and dinner.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Not sun people, so we took part in the various activities on board: trivia, bingo, library, card room.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
"Production" crew/dancers were just so-so. Singer Laura Wright was amazing! But her fiancé comedian Anthony Padilla was not very good. Hopefully he just had a bad night. Comedian Rod Long was very entertaining, and Duo Nika was fabulous!!!!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff we encountered were extremely pleasant!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Porthole view. We were pleasantly surprised at the spaciousness of this cabin.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Stayed in Miami 4 days before cruise and toured on our own to Key West and Everglades.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

4 out of 5
Canal passage was very interesting. We took a tour into Panama City which was okay.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Banana Plantation tour was very interesting.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5
Took the Best of Roatan Island tour. Small bus, roads were in deplorable condition.

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

4 out of 5
Panga boat loud and bumpy, but not too bad. 1-1/2 hours each way. School visit was interesting.

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
Took the Mayan Ruins and Spice Farm tour. Spice farm was very interesting!

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

2 out of 5
No excursion. Just got off ship to shop in the local markets.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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