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Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 66

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Norwegian Jewel

14 Night Panama Canal Westbound (Miami To Los Angeles)

Sail date: February 19, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4578

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

It was out first experience with free style dinning.  The food good, we did visit a few of the restaurants. Buffet very cattle drive, which most are.  I did not like having to find a place to sit and  eat, most frustrating part.Loved the washy kids:}. Very impressed with cleanliness of ship.  Espesially in Guatamale when I watched them wash the entire handrail off the ship.!!!! Loved Osheenans, my sanctuary. Ship seemed crowed to me. Both in the eating as well as the pool decks.Liked salt water in the pools.  We enjoyed meeting new people and was surprised at the different countries represented. We did have very good conversation with the people we found to set with. We did enjoy the cruise as well as the crossing of Canal. Very interesting trip. No regrets, Everyone should do it, glad we had the opportunity to go thru original locks. Cruise director staff and the entertainment kids did a fabulous job. I'm old I can call them kids. Tours we handled very well. And our last tour and delivery to airport went perfectly. If you don't have a good time on a cruise it's usually your fault. So much to chose from. We even took advantage of the wellness classes. Neither of us gained any weight.  And we ate and had cocktails....Good Job everyone.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
comfy beds Great! pillows

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I have at least a pot hole for light change, cant wake in dark room.

Ship tip

Nap in afternoon so you can late night in Spinnaker, fun spot.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

3 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
patience.. Long day lots to see

Puntarenas, Costa Rica Did not visit port

crocodile river and trail. Lots of birds too.

Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua

5 out of 5
long bus ride, but churches are amazing

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Acapulco, Mexico

5 out of 5
We set sea turtles free. Very fun and cute. We had visited before so was good tour for us. Great for kids.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5
LA a city, Sunday morning everything closed, so window looking. But kills time and delivery to terminal at airport great.
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