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Not what I expected

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Jewel

12 Night Panama Canal (San Diego To Colon)

Sail date: January 14, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10004

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Probably never take another Norwegian cruise, enough said..

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Chaotic.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Terrible not edible

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Music, dancing games

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
All the lower staff were great, higher ups would not care, Food, beverage, concierge managers could not care.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Could be summarized as " money grabbing, management would not two shits about the passengers"

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Ports of call

San Diego, California

2 out of 5
They knew they were not going to go to Nicaragua, but still sold excursions. Ports were in t cargo ports away from everything. Unless you took one of their excursions you got stuck on the ship.
Thumbs Up

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Acapulco, Mexico

1 out of 5
They changed the excursion times that were booked in advance, got stuck on the ship.
Thumbs Up

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

1 out of 5
Cargo port, away from everything without even a shuttle. Got stuck on the ship.
Thumbs Up

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua

1 out of 5
Never stopped, did not even offer a cruise credit for missing the port.
Thumbs Up

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

2 out of 5

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Confusing and late, chaotic.
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4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     1 month ago

Thanks for sharing
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CruzeFan    1 year ago

Cruising isn’t what it used to be.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Maybe try Princess, tried Norwegian also.
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Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise
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