Wonderful Panama Canal Cruise

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

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Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 79

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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Norwegian Jewel

10 Night Panama Canal (Fuerte Amador To Colon)

Sail date: February 22, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin number: 10612

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was amazing. Ports were stunning except Santa Marta. Vendors were very pushy and annoying. Time at the various ports was adequate. We disembarked at Colon, Panama and it is not a safe port. Third world type country. Very dirty. NCL should not include this part in any way.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Check in went smooth and quickly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be patient now since ships are filling up again

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Fuerte Amador, Panama Did not visit port

Not enough time

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Totally awesome

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Santa Marta, Colombia

2 out of 5

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Colon, Panama

1 out of 5

Terrible. Dirty. Didn't look safe. Wise NCL would not stop here.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Totally disorganized. The bus operators could not speak English and could not tell us which busses to get on to go to airport

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