Panama Canal cruise

Norwegian Jade Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Jade

11 Night Panama Canal Partial Transit (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 01, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Jade

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10536

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I like mid-sized ships so the Jade worked for us. We went with 2 couples and some single friends. Love going in small groups where we can all meet up for dinner !

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Delayed getting on board

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I must say the food was very good. Specialty restaurants were good, especially Cagney's and the breakfast buffet had everything you could imagine. All in all found the food to be very good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Lounges were good, but unfortunately the Stardust Lounge where the main shows were, the seats were so uncomfortable we could not sit through a show.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Talent aboard the ship (piano, guitar players) were mostly great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Could not ask for more accommodating staff

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Cleanliness - great. Common areas were good, but they should open some of the bars onboard when they have activities in that lounge.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Cabin was okay, but that bathroom was the worst EVER. Talk of the ship how badly it was designed.

Ship tip

Try the speciality resturants. Worth it even though free resturants are good

Ports of call

Cartagena, Colombia

4 out of 5
Did a bus tour with several stops. Well worth it

Cruise Gatun Lake And Panama Canal Did not visit port

Stayed on broad to watch the locks working...amazing

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5
Did the banana plantation tour. Now know more than I ever needed to know about bananas

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Did the semi sub tour - very good if you are not claustrophobic

Harvest Caye, Belize

4 out of 5
Husband went zip-lining. He had a blast, and great price !

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
No tour here - went on our own.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Delayed again. Another ship was disembarking and they had to stop because of congestion
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