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Norwegian Joy Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

16 Night Panama Canal (Los Angeles To Miami)

Sail date: October 11, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14920

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Thoroughly enjoyed this cruise, was a bit worried about the size of the ship but overall this ship is better organized than the Getaway and the crew are all happy which makes a big difference.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Hotel pickup a bit behind schedule so was rushed through check-in.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Cagney's excellent as usual. La Cucina, not a fan of the new menu. Garden Cafe buffet food was good, different dishes for all tastes. Only criticism was that the plates for hot meals were cold. The Local was very good for quick meals and as usual the chicken wings were great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Seemed to have a variety of things on.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
All staff we interacted with were helpful and polite. Overall impression of ships company was that they were a very happy crew.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Lay out on this class of ship is very different to the smaller ships. It's okay now we're used to it. Beautiful new ship still looking very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Aft balcony, great size. Beautiful ensuite all new. Only problems, when bed is Queen size couldn't fully utilize wardrobe and could have done with a couple of drawers.

Ship tip

Pick up a map of the ship, you're gonna need it for the first couple of days.

Ports of call

Panama Canal Transit

5 out of 5
Wonderful commentary going through the canal. Once in a lifetime experience.

Acapulco, Mexico

4 out of 5
Bay cruise and cliff divers. The weather was wet but that didn't stop us enjoying the cruise around the bay, food and drinks included . The cliff divers were amazing and boarded the cruiser after the dive to let us take photos if we wanted for a couple of dollars.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Natural wonders of Aruba very relaxing tour, driver was also guide. A nice afternoon, no rushing around to get back to bus.

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5
Hot and humid. Topless bus tour, speakers didn't work on back of bus. Had to fight off a couple of low hanging trees😆

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5
Tequila,Tiles and shopping, good tour. Tequila distillery was excellent, samples of the different flavours provided followed by food.

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
Did tour of city and Adventura mall, if you like expensive stores this is for you, two hours of free time to shop before being taken MIA for late flight home.

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

4 out of 5
Safari drive through was good.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5
Baja highlights good tour.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Very slow, was delayed for nearly an hour going on a tour because of facial checks getting off ship. We know it has to be done , just one of those things🙄
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